Your Spelling Bee Companion for Thursday, June 25, 2026
A field guide for the I A D E F T X 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.
Today's Board
Verified Answers
35
Disputed Words
0
Pangrams
1
Score for Queen Bee
151
Genius estimate: 106 points
Verified Answers
35
Find every accepted word in today's puzzle
Pangrams
1
Use all seven letters
Disputed Words
0
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 board with one pangram payoff
With I in the center and only 35 verified answers, this is a compact hive that pays off once you spot how many words grow out of -IED and -TED families. Start with FI-, TI-, and ED- openings before hunting isolated four-letter words. The single pangram is a long extension from a shorter base word, so look for a familiar verb that can stretch to use the full board.
Verified answers
35
Max score
151
Genius
106
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.
151 possible points
Point Density
The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 106 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.
35 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.
FI
8
words
TI
5
words
ED
4
words
DI
3
words
ID
3
words
AF
2
words
AI
2
words
DE
2
words
EX
2
words
TA
2
words
AT
1
word
FE
1
word
Score Planning
Word-Length Grid
Longer words carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.
4 letters
13
one-point cleanup
5 letters
6
score-building row
6 letters
11
score-building row
7 letters
5
1 pangram
Progressive Hint
First-Letter Counts
F
9
answers
T
7
answers
E
6
answers
A
5
answers
D
5
answers
I
3
answers
Pattern Prompts
Work The Board Without Reveals
FI- ladder
FI is the board's richest opening: it gives you quick four-letter cleanup, the uncommon FIFE/FIFED pair, and the route into the pangram family.
-IED endings
This hive repeats the -IED finish enough that it should be an active scan, not an afterthought. Several longer answers grow out of that exact ending.
-TED extensions
Past-tense extensions carry a lot of the score here, so once you find a base verb, immediately test whether -TED also works.
ED- family
ED is unusually productive for a compact board, giving both short entries and longer branches that are easy to miss if you only hunt from the outer letters.
TI- cleanup cluster
TI is a reliable late-board cleanup lane. If you find TIDE early, keep pushing that branch before moving on.
Common Prefixes
fi
FI is the strongest starting pair on the board and reaches from short answers into the pangram family.
ti
TI produces a tidy chain of small and medium answers, so it is worth sweeping in one pass.
ed
ED opens both direct answers and longer branches, especially once you test past-tense growth.
di
DI looks modest at first, but it hides both short cleanup and an extension worth checking.
Common Suffixes
ied
The -IED ending repeats across multiple stems and does real scoring work on this board.
ted
-TED is the clearest extension pattern once you have the board under control.
xed
X-words do not stop at the base form; check whether the same stem also takes -XED.
ate
The -ATE shape matters because it points directly toward one of the board's best scorers.
Progressive Help
Pangram Hints
Length nudge
There is one pangram, and it is a 7-letter word built from a shorter FI- verb already on the board.
Structure nudge
It starts with FI-, uses the X, and finishes with a past-tense ending.
Reveal the pangram
Use this only if you want the full answer.
Reveal words: fixated
Spoiler Control
Notable Words
- fixatedPangram
- affixed7 pts
- deified7 pts
- edified7 pts
- ideated7 pts
- ataxia6 pts
- defied6 pts
- dieted6 pts
- eddied6 pts
- edited6 pts
Why these matter
- fixated
FIXATED is the only pangram, so it is the board's biggest single score swing and the cleanest early route toward Queen Bee pace.
- affixed
AFFIXED is a seven-point extension that proves the X family is richer than just the pangram branch.
- deified
DEIFIED is a high-value repeated-vowel answer that rewards anyone who keeps pushing the -IED pattern past the obvious stems.
- edified
EDIFIED is another seven-point builder and a good reminder that ED can lead to more than the plain EDIT branch.
- ideated
IDEATED turns IDEA into one of the board's best non-pangram scores, making it a strong follow-up once you uncover the base word.
- ataxia
ATAXIA is one of the stranger accepted shapes in the list, and finding it usually means you are using the X aggressively instead of saving it for last.
Hard Finds
Tricky Accepted Words
- ataxia
ATAXIA is easy to skip because it burns both As and the X in an uncommon shape, but it is a real six-letter scorer on this board.
- deified
DEIFIED looks overbuilt at first glance, yet the repeated I and E pattern is fully accepted and worth seven points.
- eddied
EDDIED hides behind a doubled D plus an -IED ending, which makes it easy to doubt unless you deliberately test the ED family.
- fetid
FETID is a useful five-letter pickup that can disappear if you focus too hard on the longer extension chains.
- fifed
FIFED is the kind of verb form many solvers second-guess, so it is worth remembering once you spot FIFE.
- ideated
IDEATED is a big score if you extend IDEA all the way through the longer verb family instead of stopping at the obvious base word.
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.