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BuzzyWords

Your Spelling Bee Companion for Wednesday, June 17, 2026

A field guide for the R A B C K L O 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

rabcklo

Verified Answers

42

Disputed Words

0

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

170

Genius estimate: 119 points

Verified Answers

42

Find every accepted word in today's source list

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

0

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

Medium board with one compound pangram and dense RACK/ROLL ladders

Today's center letter is R, and the hive rewards solvers who trust chunky compound shapes instead of chasing only short cleanup. Start by testing RACK, ROLL, and CRO- builds, then sweep the COR-/COL- family once the doubled letters start to feel legal. If you find the long compound lane early, the rest of the board opens much faster.

Verified answers

42

Max score

170

Genius

119

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.

170 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 119 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

42 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.

  • RO

    8

    words

  • CO

    7

    words

  • CR

    6

    words

  • BA

    5

    words

  • BO

    3

    words

  • CA

    3

    words

  • AR

    2

    words

  • LA

    2

    words

  • OR

    2

    words

  • BR

    1

    word

  • OA

    1

    word

  • OK

    1

    word

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

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

  • 4 letters

    18

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    12

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    3

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    5

    score-building row

  • 8 letters

    4

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • C

    16

    answers

  • B

    9

    answers

  • R

    9

    answers

  • O

    4

    answers

  • A

    2

    answers

  • L

    2

    answers

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • ROLL / RACK compound lane: The biggest points are packed into compound-looking builds, so extend short check words before you start cleaning up fours. Examples: rollback, rollbar, bookrack, barrack, barback.
  • COR- and COL- cluster: Once COR- works, the board starts yielding doubled-letter answers and near-neighbor forms instead of isolated hits. Examples: coral, corral, corolla, collar, color.
  • CRO- ladder: This is the cleanest way to turn one short find into several accepted words with different endings. Examples: croc, crock, crook, croak.
  • Repeated-OO scoring lane: Repeated vowels are real on this board, and they unlock more than one medium-value answer. Examples: boor, brook, crook, rook.
  • RO- cleanup after the long hits: The RO- branch contains both odd-looking verifies and practical cleanup, so it is worth a deliberate final pass. Examples: roar, rock, roll, rococo, robocall.

Common Prefixes

  • BA-

    BA- quickly opens both compound score words and shorter checks that confirm the board's repeated consonants.

    Examples: barb, bark, barback, barbacoa, barrack

  • CO-

    CO- is the most productive broad family on the board and branches into several different endings.

    Examples: cobra, color, coral, corolla, corral

  • CR-

    CR- gives you a compact ladder from short starter words into better scoring extensions.

    Examples: crab, crack, croak, crock, crook

  • RO-

    RO- carries both the pangram lane and a few odd-looking accepted cleanup words, so do not stop at the obvious trio.

    Examples: roar, rock, rococo, roll, rollback

Common Suffixes

  • -ack

    This ending is one of the clearest score signals on the board and supports both plain and compound shapes.

    Examples: rack, crack, barback, barrack

  • -ook

    Once the repeated-OO pattern feels safe, this ending produces a tidy mini-family.

    Examples: brook, crook, rook

  • -ock

    This ending helps turn short probes into accepted medium words instead of dead ends.

    Examples: rock, crock, oarlock

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

All-letter family

There is one pangram, and it is an eight-letter compound that grows out of a very common ROLL- starter with a hard K ending.

Compound nudge

Think of a motion/control verb that can also describe undoing a change or moving backward.

Reveal pangram

Use this only after your own scan.

Reveal words: rollback

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • rollback

    ROLLBACK is the only pangram, so it proves the whole hive and gives the biggest single scoring swing.

  • bookrack

    BOOKRACK is the longest non-pangram and a great sign that compound-looking RACK builds are worth trusting today.

  • robocall

    ROBOCALL is a modern-looking long answer that rewards anyone willing to test the RO- branch past simple cleanup.

  • barbacoa

    BARBACOA is one of the board's best long scores and a reminder that the BA- lane is more than short filler.

  • corolla

    COROLLA turns the COR- family into a doubled-letter scoring lane instead of a short-word cluster.

  • rococo

    ROCOCO is memorable because the mirrored CO pattern looks strange even though it is fully accepted.

  • rollbar

    ROLLBAR is the best bridge into the pangram family and helps the long ROLL- lane click faster.

  • oarlock

    OARLOCK confirms that LOCK-style endings are live and worth extending beyond the most obvious roots.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • arco

    ARCO is easy to skip because it looks like specialized music shorthand rather than a Daily-friendly answer.

  • boor

    BOOR is a legitimate repeated-vowel cleanup word and a useful reminder that OO is active today.

  • croc

    CROC feels clipped enough to doubt on first pass, but it is source-verified and unlocks the whole CRO- ladder.

  • corolla

    COROLLA hides behind doubled letters and a floral-looking shape, even though it is one of the better scoring non-pangrams.

  • rococo

    ROCOCO looks almost too symmetrical to be real, which makes it a classic second-guess trap.

  • barbacoa

    BARBACOA is high-value and unusual enough that many solvers will test its parts but hesitate to commit to the full word.

  • oarlock

    OARLOCK is a strong seven-letter payoff that only appears if you keep extending the LOCK shape beyond the obvious short words.

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.