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BuzzyWords

Your Spelling Bee Companion for Saturday, July 11, 2026

A field guide for the T A I L N P 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

tailnpu

Verified Answers

62

Disputed Words

5

Pangrams

2

Score for Queen Bee

271

Genius estimate: 190 points

Verified Answers

62

Find every accepted word in today's puzzle

Pangrams

2

Use all seven letters

Disputed Words

5

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

Broad word list with two pangram spikes and several repeated-letter traps

T sits in the center of a roomy 62-word hive, but the board does not pay out evenly. Start with the dense TA, PI, and PL families, then look for repeated-letter builds that stretch familiar bases into the biggest scores. The two pangrams are worth chasing early because one is a clean seven-letter hit and the other is the day's long, high-value outlier.

Verified answers

62

Max score

271

Genius

190

2 pangrams

Pangram Hunt

Start by forcing every letter into longer shapes before clearing short entries. Pangrams are the fastest way to move the score.

271 possible points

Point Density

The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 190 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.

62 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.

  • TA

    9

    words

  • PI

    6

    words

  • PL

    6

    words

  • TI

    6

    words

  • PA

    5

    words

  • IN

    4

    words

  • TU

    4

    words

  • UN

    4

    words

  • LI

    3

    words

  • NA

    3

    words

  • PU

    3

    words

  • AT

    2

    words

Score Planning

Word-Length Grid

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

  • 4 letters

    23

    one-point cleanup

  • 5 letters

    17

    score-building row

  • 6 letters

    11

    score-building row

  • 7 letters

    8

    1 pangram

  • 8 letters

    2

    score-building row

  • 11 letters

    1

    1 pangram

Progressive Hint

First-Letter Counts

  • P

    20

    answers

  • T

    19

    answers

  • U

    6

    answers

  • A

    5

    answers

  • I

    4

    answers

  • L

    4

    answers

  • N

    4

    answers

Pattern Prompts

Work The Board Without Reveals

  • TA- opens the board

    Nine accepted words start with TA, so early traction often comes from sweeping that family before you branch out.

  • PI and PL ladders

    The board hides a deep middle tier of PI- and PL- words that stack score steadily once you spot the shared bases.

  • Tilt extensions

    TILT is not the end of the line here; the hive keeps rewarding that shape with add-on forms.

  • Repeated-letter payoffs

    Several of the better scores come from trusting doubled consonants and doubled vowels instead of avoiding them.

  • -IAL and long formal endings

    Some of the strongest medium-long words come from extending plain bases into -ial or similarly formal-looking endings.

Common Prefixes

  • ta-

    The busiest opening on the board, ranging from cleanup words to longer score builders.

  • pla-

    This cluster gives you multiple branching routes once you find one anchor word.

  • pi-

    Short PI starts feed both quick points and a couple of useful extensions.

  • un-

    A compact late-board family that is easy to miss if you stop after the obvious roots.

Common Suffixes

  • -ial

    This ending carries several of the board's higher-value reveals.

  • -tilt

    Once you see TILT, the extended versions fall into place.

  • -tail / -tain

    These endings help unlock medium-score chains from short bases.

  • -na / -nata

    Vowel-heavy endings create a few of the more slippery accepted words.

Progressive Help

Pangram Hints

No-spoiler shape

Both pangrams lean on common vowels and familiar endings instead of rare consonant clusters, so this is more about seeing the pattern than brute force.

Family nudge

One pangram is a tidy seven-letter adjective tied to weddings; the other is an eleven-letter extension built from a word meaning very small.

Reveal the shorter pangram

If you want the cleaner pangram first, reveal the seven-letter one.

Reveal words: nuptial

Reveal both pangrams

Open the full pangram set when you are ready to cash in the biggest points.

Reveal words: lilliputian, nuptial

Spoiler Control

Notable Words

Why these matter

  • lilliputian

    This eleven-letter pangram is the single biggest jump on the board and the clearest reason to keep testing repeated-letter builds.

  • nuptial

    The shorter pangram is a fast route to major points once you notice the wedding-themed ending.

  • plantain

    A strong eight-letter score that rewards anyone who stays with the PLA branch after the shorter cleanup words.

  • palatial

    This is one of the best examples of the board turning a familiar base into a formal-looking longer payoff.

  • pintail

    A useful bridge word that proves the PI family is more than a stack of four-letter fillers.

  • nautili

    An uncommon plural that stands out as one of the board's best late reveals once the obvious words are gone.

Hard Finds

Tricky Accepted Words

  • nautili

    Pluralized classical form that feels less obvious than the more common singular, but it is a real source-backed scorer here.

  • uplit

    Short and unusual enough that many solvers will assume it is a reject, even though it is part of today's accepted set.

  • uptilt

    An extension that only appears once you trust the TILT family and keep pushing it.

  • tallit

    Repeated letters and less-common spelling make it easy to skip on a first pass.

  • pitapat

    The rhythm is memorable, but the duplicated syllable shape is still easy to miss under pressure.

  • lilliputian

    The day's biggest word asks you to commit to repeated letters and a long, unusual build.

Disputed Candidates

Plausible Rejections

  • atlatl

    All the letters fit and the doubled pattern looks legitimate, but today's source list does not verify it.

  • attaint

    It sits very close to accepted ATTTAIN patterns, which makes it a believable but unverified extension.

  • pinta

    This feels like it should belong beside PATINA and PINATA, but it is not in the validated answer set.

  • taipan

    The shape matches several accepted TA and PA builds, yet today's source set leaves it out.

  • titian

    It uses the hive cleanly and mirrors other TI- answers, but it remains disputed for this board.

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.