Spelling Bee hints & answers: Jun 18, 2026 (Puzzle #26984)

This page shows spoiler-layered hints and full answers for the NYT Spelling Bee hive published on Jun 18, 2026 (2026-06-18 · Puzzle #26984).

Hive overview

This hive centers on T with six outer letters. It has 40 stored words, 2 pangrams, and about 168 available points before rank thresholds.

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This hive has 40 playable words worth about 168 points in total. Aim to unlock the pangram and a few long words early to get ahead of the ranking curve.

There are 2 pangrams hidden in this hive.

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Word count matrix (starting letter × length):

	4	5	6	7+	Σ
T	4 letters9	5 letters2	6 letters4	7+ letters1	Total16
D	4 letters3	5 letters3	6 letters2	7+ letters2	Total10
E	4 letters2	5 letters–	6 letters3	7+ letters–	Total5
F	4 letters3	5 letters2	6 letters3	7+ letters–	Total8
I	4 letters–	5 letters1	6 letters–	7+ letters–	Total1
O	4 letters–	5 letters–	6 letters–	7+ letters–	Total0
X	4 letters–	5 letters–	6 letters–	7+ letters–	Total0
Σ	4 letters17	5 letters8	6 letters12	7+ letters3	Total40

Approximate rank thresholds for this hive:

Good Start: 0 pts
Moving Up: 3 pts
Good: 8 pts
Solid: 13 pts
Nice: 25 pts
Great: 42 pts
Amazing: 67 pts
Genius: 118 pts
Queen Bee: 168 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: 17 · 5 letters: 8 · 6 letters: 12 · 7 letters: 1 · 8 letters: 1 · 10 letters: 1

By first two letters: DE: 4 · DI: 3 · DO: 3 · ED: 2 · EF: 1 · EX: 2 · FE: 4 · FI: 1 · FO: 3 · ID: 1 · TE: 4 · TI: 5 · TO: 7

Pangram 1

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10 letters; worth 17 points. Some hive letters appear more than once.

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The pangram starts with D and ends with D: D••••••••D.

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DETOXIFIED

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DETOXIFIED: 10 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 17 points. Uses all seven letters: D, E, F, I, O, T, X.

Pangram 2

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

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The pangram starts with T and ends with D: T••••••D.

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TOXIFIED

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TOXIFIED: 8 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 15 points. Uses all seven letters: D, E, F, I, O, T, X.

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Full answer list for this hive (alphabetical):

WordLengthScorePangram

DEFT
4
1
No
DETOX
5
5
No
DETOXED
7
7
No
DETOXIFIED
10
17
Yes
DIET
4
1
No
DIETED
6
6
No
DITTO
5
5
No
DOTE
4
1
No
DOTED
5
5
No
DOTTED
6
6
No
EDIT
4
1
No
EDITED
6
6
No
EFFETE
6
6
No
EXIT
4
1
No
EXITED
6
6
No
FEET
4
1
No
FETE
4
1
No
FETED
5
5
No
FETID
5
5
No
FITTED
6
6
No
FOOT
4
1
No
FOOTED
6
6
No
FOOTIE
6
6
No
IDIOT
5
5
No
TEED
4
1
No
TEFF
4
1
No
TEXT
4
1
No
TEXTED
6
6
No
TIDE
4
1
No
TIDED
5
5
No
TIDIED
6
6
No
TIED
4
1
No
TIFF
4
1
No
TOED
4
1
No
TOFFEE
6
6
No
TOOT
4
1
No
TOOTED
6
6
No
TOTE
4
1
No
TOTED
5
5
No
TOXIFIED
8
15
Yes

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