Your Spelling Bee Companion for Friday, July 24, 2026
A field guide for the K E G I N O 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.
Today's Board
Verified Answers
24
Disputed Words
2
Pangrams
1
Score for Queen Bee
112
Genius estimate: 78 points
Verified Answers
24
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
Tight board with repeat-letter payoff
The center K keeps this hive narrow, but it rewards anyone who quickly tests doubled vowels and repeated K patterns. Start by probing longer K-heavy shapes and the few productive ING branches, then sweep the short four-letter cleanup only after you have the big scoring skeleton in place.
Verified answers
24
Max score
112
Genius
78
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.
112 possible points
Point Density
The current candidate pool estimates a Genius target around 78 points. Longer words matter more than raw word count.
24 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.
KI
4
words
IN
3
words
KE
3
words
EV
2
words
GE
2
words
KN
2
words
OI
2
words
EK
1
word
EN
1
word
GI
1
word
KO
1
word
NO
1
word
Score Planning
Word-Length Grid
Longer words carry more score. Clear them before the four-letter cleanup.
4 letters
9
one-point cleanup
5 letters
3
score-building row
6 letters
4
score-building row
7 letters
7
1 pangram
8 letters
1
score-building row
Progressive Hint
First-Letter Counts
K
10
answers
E
4
answers
G
3
answers
I
3
answers
O
2
answers
N
1
answer
V
1
answer
Pattern Prompts
Work The Board Without Reveals
EVO- to -ING
One of the board's cleanest routes is upgrading a common 5-letter verb into the only pangram, so this family should be an early scan target.
INVO- ladder
The INVO- branch supplies both a solid mid-board answer and one of the day's best long scorers, making it a strong follow-up once you spot vowel-heavy starts.
Repeated EE core
This hive likes doubled E's. When a word feels too repetitive, check it anyway because several verified answers lean on EE in the middle.
KING and KINK extensions
Two short K-starts open into longer verified forms, so once you land the base, push it forward before moving to unrelated four-letter words.
Save the animal-noise cleanup
The OI / OO corner does produce valid answers, but they are better used as late cleanup than as your opening scoring plan.
Common Prefixes
ev-
A small family, but it contains the board's most important scoring route.
inv-
This prefix gives one of the most reliable long-word ladders on the board.
kn-
Silent-K style spellings matter here, so do not skip KN openings just because the board feels vowel-tight.
Common Suffixes
-ing
The board has an unusually productive ING finish for such a tight letter set, and those words carry much of the point total.
-oke
A small ending, but it unlocks both a core base word and the path to the pangram.
Progressive Help
Pangram Hints
No-spoiler pangram nudge
The pangram is a 7-letter verb that starts with a vowel and turns a familiar 5-letter base into the board's cleanest all-letter answer.
Pattern nudge
If you see the EVO- opening, keep the center letter active and extend it to an -ING finish.
Reveal words: evoking
Spoiler Control
Notable Words
- evokingPangram
- invoking8 pts
- geeking7 pts
- keening7 pts
- kinging7 pts
- kinking7 pts
- kneeing7 pts
- oinking7 pts
- ginkgo6 pts
- inking6 pts
Why these matter
- evoking
The lone pangram and the cleanest early target: once you see the EVO- frame, the full board opens up fast.
- invoking
A major point earner that rewards pushing past the shorter INVOKE base instead of settling for the first valid form.
- geeking
Shows how generous the board is with doubled E patterns once you stop treating repeats as a warning sign.
- keening
Another repeat-heavy scorer that helps confirm the board's vowel-doubling theme.
- ginkgo
Useful because its letter texture feels awkward, yet it proves the board is willing to reward less natural-looking clusters.
- enoki
A high-miss word for many solvers because the letter order is not intuitive even though every letter is right in front of you.
Hard Finds
Tricky Accepted Words
- enoki
Easy to miss because the vowel order is slippery and it looks less natural than the stronger K-start families.
- ginkgo
Worth chasing because the unusual consonant cluster and repeated G can make it feel impossible even though it is verified.
- keening
A good reminder that doubled vowels are live on this board and can stretch into real scoring length.
- kinking
The doubled K pattern looks excessive at first glance, which makes it a classic late-find word.
- viking
This one is strategically useful because it confirms the board will accept longer K words that do not start with K.
- kneeing
Silent-K spelling plus the extended ending makes it easier to overlook than the shorter base form.
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.