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BuzzyWords

Your Spelling Bee Companion for Tuesday, June 23, 2026

A field guide for the A I J M N R U hive: how many words to look for, where the big points are hiding, and full answer lists only when you decide you are ready to reveal them.

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Today's Board

aijmnru

Verified Answers

29

Disputed Words

4

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

108

Genius estimate: 76 points

Verified Answers

29

Find every accepted word in today's puzzle

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

4

Real-looking words to treat with caution

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

Compact 29-word board with a MA-heavy long-word payoff

With A locked in the center, this is a smaller board that leans heavily on one productive family instead of broad letter variety. Start with MA- and especially MAR- extensions, because the pangram and both longest ordinary scorers live there. After that, most of the cleanup comes from short RA-, NA-, and UN- starters rather than fresh long branches.

Verified answers

29

Max score

108

Genius

76

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.

108 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 76 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

29 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.

  • MA

    10

    words

  • RA

    3

    words

  • UN

    3

    words

  • AR

    2

    words

  • NA

    2

    words

  • AI

    1

    word

  • AJ

    1

    word

  • AN

    1

    word

  • AU

    1

    word

  • IM

    1

    word

  • MI

    1

    word

  • NI

    1

    word

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

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

  • 4 letters

    14

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    9

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    3

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    1

    score-building row

  • 8 letters

    1

    score-building row

  • 9 letters

    1

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • M

    11

    answers

  • A

    6

    answers

  • U

    5

    answers

  • N

    3

    answers

  • R

    3

    answers

  • I

    1

    answer

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • MA-

    This is the engine of the board: it covers the pangram, both longest non-pangrams, and several short builders.

  • MAR-

    Once you see MAR-, keep extending it. This stem branches into the 9-letter pangram and two other strong long answers.

  • Double letters

    Repeated consonants matter here. The board rewards checking doubled M and doubled N shapes instead of assuming they are dead ends.

  • UN-

    The late UN- branch is compact but efficient, with close variants that are easy to batch together once you find one.

  • RA-/NA cleanup

    Short four-letter words make up a large share of the answer count, so dedicated cleanup passes on compact starts are worth real points.

Common Prefixes

  • ma-

    Most of the board's score lives here, from quick four-letter entries to the biggest reveals.

  • mar-

    This prefix is the long-word lever on the board.

  • un-

    A tidy late sweep with three related answers.

  • ra-

    Useful short-answer cleanup once the main family dries up.

Common Suffixes

  • -man

    The board reuses MAN both as a standalone chunk and as an ending.

  • -ima

    This ending helps connect two of the more unusual accepted words.

  • -ain

    A simple vowel-consonant finish that supports short cleanup.

  • -arm

    A rare-looking ending that still pays off twice.

  • -ana

    This ending appears in both a tiny cleanup word and a long marquee answer.

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

Opening nudge

The board's best route starts inside the MA family. Stay there longer than you think before hunting isolated short words.

Shape hint

The pangram is a single 9-letter word that starts with MAR- and keeps returning to A instead of ending with a neat common suffix.

Last-step push

If you have MARI- in place, the remaining letters are all still live and one of them repeats.

Reveal word

Use this only if you want the full pangram.

Reveal words: marijuana

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • marijuana

    The lone pangram and the board's biggest reveal, all packed into the same MA-heavy branch that drives the puzzle.

  • marinara

    A nine-letter non-pangram that rewards anyone who keeps extending MAR- after finding the first obvious hit.

  • uranium

    The only seven-letter non-pangram, giving the thinner U branch a real scoring target.

  • minima

    A repeated-vowel six that shows this board keeps paying off once you trust the M-heavy rhythm.

  • umami

    A memorable five-pointer that is easier to spot once you stop treating U as a dead peripheral letter.

  • ninja

    A punchy short answer that breaks up the otherwise MA-dominant feel of the board.

  • marm

    Small in score but strategically useful because it confirms that odd-looking MAR- continuations are live today.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • marm

    Easy to miss because it looks clipped, but it is source-verified and also feeds the stronger MAR- search path.

  • arum

    A specialist botanical word that fits the letters cleanly but does not feel obvious in the middle of the MA cluster.

  • anima

    A common near-miss risk because many solvers see ANIMA-like shapes only after exhausting plainer A-starts.

  • minima

    Worth chasing because the repeated I/A pattern hides a solid six-point word inside the dominant M family.

  • marinara

    A long familiar-looking answer that is easier to underextend if you stop at MARINA.

  • unjam

    This is the least natural-looking member of the UN- trio, which makes it an easy cleanup miss.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • anna

    It fits the letter bank and center-letter rule, but it is not verified in today's accepted source list.

  • mara

    A tidy four-letter candidate from the main family, but today's source set does not include it.

  • maria

    Looks like a natural extension from MARI-, yet it remains outside the verified answer set for this board.

  • numina

    It matches the repeated-vowel style of the hive, but it is solver-only rather than source-accepted today.

Answer Vault

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

Trusted words are your safest answer list. Disputed words are real-looking candidates that may not count in the curated puzzle, but they can still be useful for review.