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BuzzyWords

Your Spelling Bee Companion for Wednesday, June 24, 2026

A field guide for the T A C E M N P 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

tacemnp

Verified Answers

64

Disputed Words

9

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

292

Genius estimate: 204 points

Verified Answers

64

Find every accepted word in today's puzzle

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

9

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

Wide 64-word board with one 10-letter pangram and a long four-letter cleanup tail

Today's T-centered hive is generous on raw answer count, but it hides most of its big points behind repeated-letter builds rather than easy straight-line stems. Start by testing TE-, PA-, and EN- openings, because those families reach the 8- to 10-letter payoffs faster than the 25 short cleanup words. Once you have the long T words, circle back for the compact four-letter set.

Verified answers

64

Max score

292

Genius

204

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.

292 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 204 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

64 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.

  • TE

    13

    words

  • ME

    6

    words

  • PA

    6

    words

  • TA

    6

    words

  • AC

    4

    words

  • CA

    4

    words

  • EN

    4

    words

  • MA

    4

    words

  • PE

    4

    words

  • AN

    3

    words

  • CE

    3

    words

  • NA

    2

    words

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

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

  • 4 letters

    25

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    9

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    10

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    10

    score-building row

  • 8 letters

    7

    score-building row

  • 9 letters

    1

    score-building row

  • 10 letters

    2

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • T

    19

    answers

  • M

    10

    answers

  • P

    10

    answers

  • A

    8

    answers

  • C

    7

    answers

  • E

    6

    answers

  • N

    4

    answers

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • TE- ladder

    TE is the densest opening on the board, and it scales from four-letter fillers into real scoring answers.

  • PA- upgrades

    PA starts as simple cleanup, then jumps into longer patent and food-related builds that are worth chasing early.

  • EN- long-word route

    EN is the cleanest path to the biggest points because it produces both the pangram and another 9-letter scorer.

  • Repeated-letter pressure

    Many of the best answers reuse T, E, or N, so do not abandon a shape just because it doubles back on a letter.

  • Four-letter cleanup comes late

    This hive has 25 four-letter answers. They matter for Queen Bee, but they are the least efficient way to reach Genius.

Common Prefixes

  • TE-

    The board keeps rewarding TE starts, from tiny check-ins to the strongest long-word chain.

  • PA-

    PA is a productive scoring family that branches into both short fillers and longer patent-style answers.

  • EN-

    EN openings are fewer, but they carry two of the highest-value answers on the board.

  • AC-

    AC gives you the acceptance branch, which is one of the easiest ways to bank 6- to 10-letter points fast.

Common Suffixes

  • -ENT

    ENT is everywhere here, from short words to the pangram, so it is one of the safest endings to test repeatedly.

  • -ANT

    ANT endings keep surfacing in both short and mid-length words and help you sweep repeated-letter forms.

  • -ATE

    ATE endings connect several strong point-dense words and help unlock one of the longest acceptance-family answers.

  • -TEE

    TEE shows up in multiple higher-value answers, including two words that are easy to overlook on a busy board.

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

All-letter shape

There is one pangram, and it stretches to 10 letters. Build around a camping-style base that keeps T active while touching every outer letter.

First push

The pangram starts with EN- and quickly turns into a familiar camp-related noun.

Reveal the target

If you want the full answer, reveal it here.

Reveal words: encampment

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • encampment

    The only pangram is also one of the two 10-letter answers, so it is the clearest early route toward a big score jump.

  • acceptance

    This 10-letter word turns the AC branch into a true point engine instead of just a short-word family.

  • enactment

    Once ENACT appears, the board gives you a natural path to a 9-letter follow-up worth locking in.

  • antennae

    Finding ANTENNA first can help you push one more letter and avoid leaving a hidden eight-letter answer behind.

  • teammate

    TE- is the richest opening on the board, and this is its cleanest long-word payoff.

  • tenement

    TEN- produces several answers, but this is the version that pays best for that family.

  • pancetta

    A high-value food word that proves the PA branch is not just filler on this board.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • mentee

    Easy to miss because the doubled E makes it feel less natural than the cleaner ME- and TE- words.

  • nametape

    An eight-letter answer that hides inside a very ordinary phrase shape.

  • pancetta

    Looks plausible enough to second-guess, but it is fully verified and a strong scorer.

  • cetacean

    The repeated C/E/A pattern can scramble your scan even after you find shorter CE- words.

  • antennae

    The extra E at the end makes this harder to spot than antenna.

  • tepee

    Short, valid, and easy to overlook because teepee is also in the list.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • acceptant

    It fits the acceptance family cleanly, so it is a believable solver candidate, but it is not in today's verified source list.

  • ament

    A real-looking short form built from the right letters, but it is not verified for this puzzle.

  • anent

    A dictionary-looking oddball that survives publicly, yet the source list does not include it today.

  • appetence

    The letter set supports it and the repeated E/N/T pattern looks natural, but it is not source-verified here.

  • emmet

    The doubled M/T shape is plausible on this board, but it remains outside the accepted source list.

  • paten

    It follows the productive PA- family, but today's source answers stop short of including it.

  • patten

    It extends the same PA/TT/EN pattern that works elsewhere, but the verified list leaves it out.

  • peccant

    It looks like a valid long shot from the letter bank, but it is still only a disputed BuzzyWords candidate.

  • tappet

    This repeated-T build is live on BuzzyWords, yet it is not verified by today's source answer set.

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.