Spelling Bee hints & answers: Jun 15, 2026 (Puzzle #10940)

This page shows spoiler-layered hints and full answers for the NYT Spelling Bee hive published on Jun 15, 2026 (2026-06-15 · Puzzle #10940).

Hive overview

This hive centers on H with six outer letters. It has 63 stored words, 3 pangrams, and about 288 available points before rank thresholds.

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This hive has 63 playable words worth about 288 points in total. Aim to unlock the pangram and a few long words early to get ahead of the ranking curve.

There are 3 pangrams hidden in this hive.

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Word count matrix (starting letter × length):

	4	5	6	7+	Σ
H	4 letters4	5 letters4	6 letters4	7+ letters2	Total14
A	4 letters1	5 letters–	6 letters1	7+ letters2	Total4
C	4 letters7	5 letters6	6 letters2	7+ letters6	Total21
E	4 letters2	5 letters1	6 letters–	7+ letters2	Total5
I	4 letters1	5 letters–	6 letters–	7+ letters–	Total1
P	4 letters3	5 letters3	6 letters–	7+ letters1	Total7
T	4 letters4	5 letters4	6 letters3	7+ letters–	Total11
Σ	4 letters22	5 letters18	6 letters10	7+ letters13	Total63

Approximate rank thresholds for this hive:

Good Start: 0 pts
Moving Up: 6 pts
Good: 14 pts
Solid: 23 pts
Nice: 43 pts
Great: 72 pts
Amazing: 115 pts
Genius: 202 pts
Queen Bee: 288 pts

Check your current score in the NYT game to see how close you are to each rank.

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Counts use the available unique accepted answers; they do not add dictionary guesses.

By length: 4 letters: 22 · 5 letters: 18 · 6 letters: 10 · 7 letters: 10 · 8 letters: 2 · 9 letters: 1

By first two letters: AC: 1 · AP: 1 · AT: 2 · CA: 5 · CH: 16 · EA: 1 · EP: 2 · ET: 2 · HA: 6 · HE: 6 · HI: 2 · IT: 1 · PA: 3 · PE: 1 · PH: 1 · PI: 2 · TA: 1 · TE: 5 · TH: 4 · TI: 1

Pangram 1

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9 letters; worth 16 points. Some hive letters appear more than once.

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The pangram starts with A and ends with C: A•••••••C.

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APATHETIC

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APATHETIC: 9 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 16 points. Uses all seven letters: A, C, E, H, I, P, T.

Pangram 2

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7 letters; worth 14 points. A perfect pangram: each hive letter appears once.

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The pangram starts with H and ends with C: H•••••C.

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HEPATIC

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HEPATIC: 7 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 14 points. Uses all seven letters: A, C, E, H, I, P, T.

Pangram 3

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8 letters; worth 15 points. Some hive letters appear more than once.

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The pangram starts with P and ends with C: P••••••C.

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PATHETIC

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PATHETIC: 8 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 15 points. Uses all seven letters: A, C, E, H, I, P, T.

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Full answer list for this hive (alphabetical):

WordLengthScorePangram

ACHE
4
1
No
APATHETIC
9
16
Yes
ATTACH
6
6
No
ATTACHE
7
7
No
CACHE
5
5
No
CACHET
6
6
No
CAPICHE
7
7
No
CAPTCHA
7
7
No
CATCH
5
5
No
CHAI
4
1
No
CHAP
4
1
No
CHAPATI
7
7
No
CHAT
4
1
No
CHEAP
5
5
No
CHEAPIE
7
7
No
CHEAT
5
5
No
CHEEP
5
5
No
CHEETAH
7
7
No
CHIA
4
1
No
CHIC
4
1
No
CHICA
5
5
No
CHICHI
6
6
No
CHIP
4
1
No
CHIT
4
1
No
CHITCHAT
8
8
No
EACH
4
1
No
EPITAPH
7
7
No
EPITHET
7
7
No
ETCH
4
1
No
ETHIC
5
5
No
HAPTIC
6
6
No
HATCH
5
5
No
HATCHET
7
7
No
HATE
4
1
No
HATH
4
1
No
HATHA
5
5
No
HEAP
4
1
No
HEAT
4
1
No
HEATH
5
5
No
HECTIC
6
6
No
HEPATIC
7
14
Yes
HEPCAT
6
6
No
HIPPIE
6
6
No
HITCH
5
5
No
ITCH
4
1
No
PATCH
5
5
No
PATH
4
1
No
PATHETIC
8
15
Yes
PEACH
5
5
No
PHAT
4
1
No
PITCH
5
5
No
PITH
4
1
No
TACH
4
1
No
TEACH
5
5
No
TECH
4
1
No
TECHIE
6
6
No
TEETH
5
5
No
TEETHE
6
6
No
THAT
4
1
No
THATCH
6
6
No
THEE
4
1
No
THETA
5
5
No
TITHE
5
5
No

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