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Your Spelling Bee Companion for Monday, July 6, 2026

A field guide for the C A E H L N V 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

caehlnv

Verified Answers

37

Disputed Words

6

Pangrams

1

Score for Queen Bee

174

Genius estimate: 122 points

Verified Answers

37

Find every accepted word in today's puzzle

Pangrams

1

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

6

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 nine-letter jackpot

Today’s hive puts C in the middle and keeps the answer set fairly compact, so random four-letter fishing is slower than usual. Start by leaning on the heavy CA-, CHA-, and CL- families, because this board pays off when you grow short stems into longer repeated-letter builds. There is one standout long answer, and the recurring -NCE and -AVE endings are the cleanest way to work toward it without revealing too much too early.

Verified answers

37

Max score

174

Genius

122

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.

174 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 122 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

37 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

    11

    words

  • CL

    5

    words

  • CH

    4

    words

  • EN

    3

    words

  • LE

    3

    words

  • AC

    2

    words

  • LA

    2

    words

  • VA

    2

    words

  • AV

    1

    word

  • CE

    1

    word

  • EA

    1

    word

  • HE

    1

    word

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

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

  • 4 letters

    11

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    11

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    6

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    8

    score-building row

  • 9 letters

    1

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • C

    21

    answers

  • L

    5

    answers

  • E

    4

    answers

  • A

    3

    answers

  • V

    2

    answers

  • H

    1

    answer

  • N

    1

    answer

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • CA- ladder

    This is the biggest family on the board, and it branches from simple cleanup into real scoring words fast.

  • CHA- expansion

    Once you spot CHA-, keep stretching it, because the board rewards that stem with several seven-letter answers.

  • CL- to CLE- build

    CL- is a productive bridge from short entries into six- and seven-letter value words.

  • -NCE endings

    The repeated NCE finish is one of the cleanest ways to turn partial finds into accepted longer answers.

  • -AVE endings

    AVE is a reliable closer here, especially once you test which stems can carry the center C.

  • Double-letter tolerance

    Repeated letters matter more than usual on this hive, so do not rule out doubled L, N, or E shapes.

Common Prefixes

  • ca-

    The strongest opening family on the board; use it first before wandering into one-off shapes.

  • cha-

    This prefix carries several of the best medium and long scoring answers.

  • cl-

    CL openings turn into both quick four-letter hits and higher-value six-letter builds.

  • en-

    EN is a smaller family, but it hides three useful longer answers.

  • val-

    VAL is a narrow but high-value branch worth checking once you have the late-board vocabulary pieces.

Common Suffixes

  • -ance

    This ending appears across both common and less obvious longer answers, so it is worth testing often.

  • -ence

    A smaller sister pattern to -ance that still produces solid points here.

  • -ave

    AVE is a dependable closer on this hive and helps turn several stems into accepted answers.

  • -ache

    ACHE shows up both as a full word and as a reusable tail.

  • -ncel

    This finish is easy to overlook, but it separates one ordinary-looking stem into two accepted answers.

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

No-spoiler nudge

There is exactly one pangram, and it is also the only nine-letter answer on the board.

Pattern nudge

The pangram starts with AVA- and leans on repeated A and N before closing with a CH/E sound.

Meaning nudge

Think of a fast-moving mass of snow roaring downhill.

Reveal

Show the full pangram.

Reveal words: avalanche

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • avalanche

    The board’s lone pangram is also the only nine-letter answer, so it is the fastest route to a big early score jump.

  • channel

    One of the best medium-long answers on the board, and a strong example of why repeated Ls matter today.

  • challah

    A memorable seven-letter find that rewards solvers who keep testing the CHA- stem past the obvious stop points.

  • nacelle

    A high-value vocabulary answer that is easy to miss until you start embracing doubled letters.

  • valance

    This is the kind of less-common longer answer that separates a solid Genius run from a casual cleanup pass.

  • valence

    Useful because it mirrors valance closely while still demanding a different final pattern check.

  • cleave

    A productive six-letter answer that shows how the CL family scales beyond the short scan words.

  • chancel

    A tricky seven-letter payoff tucked inside the same stem cluster as chance and channel.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • calla

    Easy to skip if you assume the call- family stops at the cleaner everyday form.

  • challah

    The doubled L and final AH sound make this harder to see than the other CHA- answers.

  • lech

    Short, valid, and easy to miss because most solvers expect a longer LE- continuation first.

  • nacelle

    This is one of the board’s best long finds, but the doubled E/L structure is not obvious on a first pass.

  • valance

    Looks plausible next to valence, but you still have to remember that both spellings are accepted today.

  • valence

    A useful late-board science/vocab pull that can hide behind the more familiar valance.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • achene

    The letters fit cleanly and BuzzyWords still surfaces it, but today’s verified source list does not accept it.

  • ceca

    This looks viable because the board tolerates repeated letters, but it is not in the source-backed answer set.

  • cella

    It follows the board’s repeated-L pattern, yet it remains outside the verified accepted list for this date.

  • cenacle

    It has the right length and letter mix to feel promising, but the trusted source set does not include it today.

  • chela

    This is another solver-generated fit that looks natural beside the CHA/CHE cluster, but it is not verified today.

  • nance

    BuzzyWords can still build it from the hive, but it was not in the accepted source answer list for July 6.

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.