Your Spelling Bee Companion for Tuesday, July 7, 2026
A field guide for the P A B D L O R 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
32
Disputed Words
2
Pangrams
1
Score for Queen Bee
119
Genius estimate: 83 points
Verified Answers
32
Find every accepted word in today's puzzle
Pangrams
1
Use all seven letters
Disputed Words
2
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
Medium board with a focused long-word lane
The P-center hive gives you 32 verified answers and a 119-point ceiling, so this is more about building around a few productive stems than spraying guesses. Start by testing the repeated-letter and long-word shapes that keep P anchored in the middle, then sweep the short cleanup words after you lock in the bigger point families.
Verified answers
32
Max score
119
Genius
83
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.
119 possible points
Point Density
The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 83 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.
32 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.
PA
10
words
PO
8
words
DR
2
words
LO
2
words
PL
2
words
PR
2
words
AP
1
word
BL
1
word
BO
1
word
DO
1
word
LA
1
word
OP
1
word
Score Planning
Word-Length Grid
Longer words carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.
4 letters
16
one-point cleanup
5 letters
6
score-building row
6 letters
7
score-building row
8 letters
3
1 pangram
Progressive Hint
First-Letter Counts
P
22
answers
D
3
answers
L
3
answers
B
2
answers
A
1
answer
O
1
answer
Pattern Prompts
Work The Board Without Reveals
Pangram-first scoring
There is 1 verified pangram, so the fastest jump toward Genius is to hunt the all-letter build before you do four-letter cleanup.
Seven-plus letter lane
This board has 3 verified answers of seven letters or longer, which means long stems do most of the scoring work.
PA opening family
The PA start repeats enough to be worth a dedicated scan instead of random guesswork.
Repeated-letter tolerance
Repeated letters matter here; several verified answers only open up once you stop treating the hive like a one-tile-per-letter puzzle.
Late four-letter cleanup
16 verified answers are only four letters, so save that low-value sweep for the end once the bigger stems are exhausted.
Common Prefixes
pa
PA is one of the cleaner entry points on this board.
po
PO is one of the cleaner entry points on this board.
dr
DR is one of the cleaner entry points on this board.
lo
LO is one of the cleaner entry points on this board.
Common Suffixes
lar
The LAR ending repeats across multiple verified answers.
lop
The LOP ending repeats across multiple verified answers.
lor
The LOR ending repeats across multiple verified answers.
oop
The OOP ending repeats across multiple verified answers.
Progressive Help
Pangram Hints
Pangram shape
Look for a 8-letter build that uses all seven letters, keeps P active, and feels like a complete base word rather than a short fragment.
Reveal words: lapboard
Spoiler Control
Notable Words
- lapboardPangram
- parabola8 pts
- paradrop8 pts
- appall6 pts
- dollop6 pts
- lollop6 pts
- palapa6 pts
- pallor6 pts
- parlor6 pts
- poplar6 pts
Why these matter
- lapboard
LAPBOARD is a pangram, so it hits every letter and gives you the board's cleanest single-word scoring jump.
- parabola
PARABOLA is one of the board's longer answers, making it a better early target than scattered short fills.
- paradrop
PARADROP is one of the board's longer answers, making it a better early target than scattered short fills.
- appall
APPALL rewards you for allowing repeated letters, a common place to miss points on this hive.
- dollop
DOLLOP rewards you for allowing repeated letters, a common place to miss points on this hive.
- lollop
LOLLOP rewards you for allowing repeated letters, a common place to miss points on this hive.
- palapa
PALAPA rewards you for allowing repeated letters, a common place to miss points on this hive.
- pallor
PALLOR rewards you for allowing repeated letters, a common place to miss points on this hive.
Hard Finds
Tricky Accepted Words
- lapboard
LAPBOARD is worth flagging because it is either strategically valuable, easy to overlook, or unusually shaped for this hive.
- appall
APPALL is worth flagging because it is either strategically valuable, easy to overlook, or unusually shaped for this hive.
- bloop
BLOOP is worth flagging because it is either strategically valuable, easy to overlook, or unusually shaped for this hive.
- boop
BOOP is worth flagging because it is either strategically valuable, easy to overlook, or unusually shaped for this hive.
- dollop
DOLLOP is worth flagging because it is either strategically valuable, easy to overlook, or unusually shaped for this hive.
- droop
DROOP is worth flagging because it is either strategically valuable, easy to overlook, or unusually shaped for this hive.
- lollop
LOLLOP is worth flagging because it is either strategically valuable, easy to overlook, or unusually shaped for this hive.
- loop
LOOP is worth flagging because it is either strategically valuable, easy to overlook, or unusually shaped for this hive.
Disputed Candidates
Plausible Rejections
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.