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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Friday, June 12, 2026

A field guide for the N A C I L P T hive: how many words you need, strategies for finding them, and (if you turn hint mode off) the full word lists you need to reach Genius and Queen Bee today.

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Today's Board

nacilpt

Verified Answers

60

Disputed Words

8

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

306

Genius estimate: 215 points

Verified Answers

60

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

8

In our dictionary but not the Spelling Bee list

Puzzle Snapshot

Solve The Hive Before The Spoilers

This page is currently in hint mode: you get the board, counts, estimated score targets, and strategy prompts without answer words. Reveal specific words only when you are ready to check your solve.

Today's Read

Large N board with 60 answers, one pangram, and a long late-game cleanup through PLA-, CANT-, and TIN patterns.

The center letter is N, and this hive rewards solvers who stay patient long enough to build out families instead of sniping isolated four-letter words. Start by testing productive openings like CAN-, PLA-, and PI-, then look for repeated-letter answers and long N-heavy forms before you sweep the short cleanup.

Verified answers

60

Max score

306

Genius

215

1 pangram

Pangram Hunt

Start by forcing every letter into longer shapes before clearing short entries. Pangrams are the fastest way to move the score.

306 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 215 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

60 verified answers

Queen Bee Path

Use the word lists below to scoop up every point you need to reach Queen Bee.

Study mode

Definition Pass

Click unfamiliar words to reveal their definitions and cement them in your memory for next time.

Spoiler-Light Scan

Two-Letter Start Counts

Use these starts as a checklist without revealing full answers.

  • CA

    9

    words

  • PA

    6

    words

  • PL

    6

    words

  • AN

    5

    words

  • NA

    5

    words

  • PI

    5

    words

  • CL

    4

    words

  • IN

    4

    words

  • TA

    4

    words

  • TI

    4

    words

  • LA

    3

    words

  • AP

    2

    words

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

Longer rows carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.

  • 4 letters

    14

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    15

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    18

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    7

    score-building row

  • 8 letters

    2

    score-building row

  • 9 letters

    3

    1 pangram

  • 10 letters

    1

    score-building row

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • P

    17

    answers

  • C

    13

    answers

  • A

    8

    answers

  • T

    8

    answers

  • N

    6

    answers

  • I

    4

    answers

  • L

    4

    answers

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • CAN- and CANT- chain: This is one of the fastest ways into the board because the same opening unlocks both short starters and longer score-builders. Examples: canal, cant, cantata, cantina, cancan.
  • PLA- / PLI- ladder: The late board opens up once you test plain plan forms and then extend them into longer variants. Examples: plain, plaint, plan, plant, plantain, pliant.
  • PI- scoring route: PI- produces several of the cleaner mid-length scoring words, so it is worth checking before the four-letter sweep. Examples: picnic, pinata, pint, pintail, pippin.
  • Repeated-letter answers matter: This hive leans on doubled letters more than once, so do not reject a shape just because it reuses P, N, or A. Examples: applicant, annal, cancan, canna, panini, pippin, tannin.
  • TIN / TAN cleanup: Once the big families are in place, the remaining points often come from N-centered T words that toggle between -IN, -IC, and -AN endings. Examples: taint, tannic, tannin, tinct, tint, titan, titanic.

Common Prefixes

  • can-

    The CAN family is one of the board's most productive starts.

    Examples: canal, cancan, canna, cant, cantata, cantina

  • pi-

    PI- carries both mid-length scoring words and a repeated-letter trap.

    Examples: picnic, pinata, pint, pintail, pippin

  • pla-

    PLA- is a reliable late-board stem that expands cleanly into longer answers.

    Examples: plain, plaint, plan, plant, plantain

  • tan-

    TAN- helps uncover several easy-to-miss accepted words near the end.

    Examples: taint, tannic, tannin

Common Suffixes

  • -ant

    The board has several valuable -ANT endings, including the long 10-letter extension.

    Examples: anticipant, applicant, natant, pliant

  • -ic

    Shorter scientific-looking endings show up repeatedly and are worth testing.

    Examples: antic, clinical, niacin, tannic, titanic

  • -ain

    AIN endings help bridge short words into stronger point totals.

    Examples: attain, plain, taint

  • -ata

    ATA appears in more than one accepted form, which is a good reminder to test that rhythm.

    Examples: cantata, pinata

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Pangram shape

There is one pangram, and it is a 9-letter word that starts with A and uses a doubled consonant in the middle.

Pangram structure

Think of a common noun for someone submitting paperwork or seeking a role; the word ends in -ANT.

Reveal pangram

Use this only if you want the full all-seven-letter answer.

Reveal words: applicant

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • applicant

    APPLICANT is the lone pangram, so it is the cleanest early path to a major score jump on this board.

  • anticipant

    ANTICIPANT is the longest answer on the board and a strong clue that -ANT endings matter all day.

  • clinician

    CLINICIAN is a 9-letter scorer that rewards anyone who keeps building once CLINIC appears.

  • plantain

    PLANTAIN is one of the best examples of why the PLA- ladder is worth extending instead of stopping at PLAN or PLANT.

  • tactician

    TACTICIAN is a high-value long word that can hide until very late because its opening is less obvious than the CAN and PLA families.

  • niacin

    NIACIN is a useful accepted science word and a good reminder to test uncommon -IACIN / -IC endings.

  • panini

    PANINI shows how much repeated letters matter here; if you avoid doubles, you leave real points behind.

  • pintail

    PINTAIL is a strong mid-length score that grows naturally out of the PI- family once PINT is found.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • anticipant

    The 10-letter extension is easy to miss because many solvers stop at the shorter ANT- words.

  • lanai

    LANAI is a classic Bee trap: common enough to be accepted, but not a shape most players test early.

  • naan

    NAAN is short, repeated-letter, and easy to overlook if you avoid doubled vowels.

  • niacin

    NIACIN is a useful high-value science word that fits the board's N-heavy feel.

  • pinata

    PINATA was missing from the live solver at first, so it is worth flagging as a source-verified keep.

  • panini

    PANINI is another repeated-letter answer that belongs on the verified list even if it looks too modern at a glance.

  • tactician

    TACTICIAN is a long payoff word hiding behind a less obvious TAC- entry point.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • anna

    ANNA fits the letters and has a public word page, but it was not in the majority source answer set for June 12.

  • attaint

    ATTAINT looks like a natural extension of ATTAIN, but it was not verified by the majority source set.

  • linn

    LINN matches the hive and stays public on BuzzyWords, but it was not accepted by the majority source list.

  • napa

    NAPA is plausible from the letter mix, yet it did not appear in the 60-word majority answer set.

  • nipa

    NIPA also fits the board cleanly, but it remained outside the source-backed accepted list.

  • pinta

    PINTA is a believable short extension off PINT, though the majority source set did not include it.

  • taipan

    TAIPAN is a strong candidate shape for these letters, but it was not verified for this date.

  • titian

    TITIAN fits the TIT- / TIN- zone of the board, yet it stayed disputed against the majority source set.

Answer Vault

All The Words You Need And A Few You Don't.

Trusted words are those you'll need to solve the puzzle. Disputed words are the ones we found in our dictionary that don't appear in the Spelling Bee's curated list. But we thought you might like to see them anyway.