Your Spelling Bee Companion for Monday, July 13, 2026
A field guide for the M A C I L O T 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
53
Disputed Words
1
Pangrams
1
Score for Queen Bee
194
Genius estimate: 136 points
Verified Answers
53
Find every accepted word in today's puzzle
Pangrams
1
Use all seven letters
Disputed Words
1
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
Mid-size board with one nine-letter pangram and heavy double-letter traffic
M is the hub today, and the board leans hard on repeated-letter builds instead of wide-open letter coverage. Start by scanning the dense COM-, MA-, and TOM- families, because the longest scoring routes sit inside those clusters. After that, sweep the many four-letter cleanups once the big M-centered stems are already on your board.
Verified answers
53
Max score
194
Genius
136
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.
194 possible points
Point Density
The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 136 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.
53 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.
MA
9
words
MO
8
words
CO
6
words
MI
5
words
CL
4
words
TO
4
words
CA
3
words
LI
3
words
AT
2
words
LO
2
words
AC
1
word
AM
1
word
Score Planning
Word-Length Grid
Longer words carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.
4 letters
27
one-point cleanup
5 letters
11
score-building row
6 letters
7
score-building row
7 letters
4
score-building row
8 letters
1
score-building row
9 letters
3
1 pangram
Progressive Hint
First-Letter Counts
M
22
answers
C
13
answers
L
7
answers
T
5
answers
A
4
answers
I
1
answer
O
1
answer
Pattern Prompts
Work The Board Without Reveals
COM- ladder
This is the richest scoring family on the board: short COM- entries grow into the pangram, so it is the first cluster worth exhausting.
MA- with doubled consonants
The MA opening keeps mutating into doubled-letter answers, which makes it a reliable way to add points fast without changing your scan pattern much.
TOM- branch
Once you see TOM-, you can turn one short base into several medium and long answers, including the board's other nine-letter payoff.
-MIT closes
The MIT ending is productive in more than one direction, so test it whenever you have an M word that feels one move short.
Double-letter pressure
Many of today's verified words only work if you stay open to doubled consonants or vowels, especially in the middle of otherwise plain-looking builds.
CLI- / CLA- split
The CL opening branches into both short cleanup words and the longest non-pangram scoring answers, so it is worth a dedicated pass.
Common Prefixes
COM-
This prefix carries the board's best upward ladder from four letters to the pangram.
MA-
MA- is the broadest family on the board and includes several doubled-letter traps.
TOM-
TOM- gives you one clean stem that branches into a useful long-word cluster.
CLI-
CLI- is a small family, but both members are high-value and easy to miss if you stop at CLAM and CLAIM.
Common Suffixes
-MIT
This ending shows up in both a key long build and a useful cleanup word.
-AIM
AIM is a tidy finishing pattern that helps turn shorter starts into accepted verbs.
-MMA
The MMA finish rewards anyone who keeps testing doubled consonants instead of forcing cleaner-looking endings.
-TIC
The TIC ending is where the CL branch cashes in for its biggest points.
Progressive Help
Pangram Hints
No-spoiler nudge
There is one pangram, and it is a nine-letter M word built from a very familiar COM- opening.
Structure hint
Think of a word that starts with COM-, doubles a middle consonant, and finishes with a common -AL ending.
Reveal the pangram
If you want the full all-letter answer, reveal it here.
Reveal words: committal
Spoiler Control
Notable Words
- committalPangram
- climactic9 pts
- tomatillo9 pts
- maillot7 pts
- militia7 pts
- mammal6 pts
- moola5 pts
- climatic8 pts
- acclaim7 pts
- comical7 pts
Why these matter
- committal
COMMITTAL is the lone pangram and the clearest early point swing, so spotting the COM- ladder quickly matters.
- climactic
CLIMACTIC is one of the board's two other nine-letter prizes and shows why the CL branch deserves a full pass.
- tomatillo
TOMATILLO is a long source-backed answer that turns the simple TOM stem into one of the day's best payoff routes.
- maillot
MAILLOT is a strategic find because it converts the crowded MA family into an eight-letter score jump.
- militia
MILITIA is a good reminder that repeated I and T placements matter on this board, not just double M builds.
- mammal
MAMMAL is a compact example of the doubled-letter pressure that shapes much of today's answer list.
- moola
MOOLA is worth remembering because the double-O pattern is valid today even though many similar-looking variants are not.
Hard Finds
Tricky Accepted Words
- maillot
MAILLOT is easy to miss because the French-looking spelling hides inside the busy MA cluster.
- tatami
TATAMI uses the board's repeated-letter theme and feels less obvious than the more familiar TOM- and COM- families.
- tomtit
TOMTIT is short but unusual, so it can slip past solvers who only chase the more obvious TOMATO branch.
- malic
MALIC looks unfinished at first glance, which makes it a classic late-board cleanup miss.
- moola
MOOLA arrived via source backfill, and the doubled vowels make it easy to overlook even after you see MOOT and MOLT.
- imam
IMAM is one of the few accepted words that does not announce a larger family around it, so it rewards a separate scan.
- cami
CAMI is a compact accept that can be skipped if you only test the more common CALM, CAMO, and CLAIM shapes.
Disputed Candidates
Plausible Rejections
- mola
MOLA fits the hive cleanly and stays indexable on BuzzyWords, but today's verified source list did not include it.
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.