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WordHive Spelling Bee archive for January 10, 2026

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Queen E 579 accepted words 2 pangrams

Puzzle overview

The center letter for this hive was E. The full letter bank was E C D N S L A, and a valid word needed at least 4 letters while using the center letter every time.

Word bank

579 accepted words

This puzzle used one fixed accepted-word set for that day's hive, so the recap stays tied to the original board.

Pangrams

2 pangrams to find

Each pangram used all seven letters at least once and carried the WordHive Spelling Bee pangram bonus.

Score profile

2764 total points

Short four-letter answers scored 1 point, longer words scored by length, and pangrams added the extra bonus.

Pangrams for this puzzle

These were the highest-value finds in this hive because they used every letter in the bank at least once.

Vocabulary support

Definition highlights from this hive

Archive pages are more useful when they do more than list answers. These highlighted words give the puzzle some teaching value as well as recap value.

That makes each archive detail page easier to scan: you can see what the letter bank allowed, what the best words were, and what some of those words mean without leaving the page.

Highlighted words

  • CANE: A walking stick or the stiff hollow stem of certain plants.
  • LENS: A curved piece of glass that focuses light to form an image.
  • SEED: The small part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.
  • CLEAN: Free from dirt or mess.
  • DANCE: To move rhythmically, often to music.
  • SCALE: A device used to measure weight.

4-letter accepted words with definition support

Every word below belonged to this puzzle's accepted-word set, used the center letter E, and includes definition support for archive browsing.

1 points

CANE

A walking stick or the stiff hollow stem of certain plants.

1 points

LENS

A curved piece of glass that focuses light to form an image.

1 points

SEED

The small part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.

5-letter accepted words with definition support

Every word below belonged to this puzzle's accepted-word set, used the center letter E, and includes definition support for archive browsing.

5 points

CLEAN

Free from dirt or mess.

5 points

DANCE

To move rhythmically, often to music.

5 points

SCALE

A device used to measure weight.

6-letter accepted words with definition support

Every word below belonged to this puzzle's accepted-word set, used the center letter E, and includes definition support for archive browsing.

6 points

CANDLE

A stick of wax with a wick that burns to give light.

6 points

DECADE

A period of ten years.

7-letter accepted words with definition support

Every word below belonged to this puzzle's accepted-word set, used the center letter E, and includes definition support for archive browsing.

Pangram

CANDLES

Sticks of wax with wicks that burn to give light.

Why this archive page highlights definition-backed words

This puzzle supported 579 accepted words in total. 9 of them currently include definition support in WordHive, so those are the ones surfaced here for a cleaner public recap.

The archive still reflects the puzzle's full accepted-word count, but it keeps the page focused on readable vocabulary support instead of listing every raw accepted spelling.

570 additional accepted spellings still counted for this puzzle even though they are not listed individually on this recap page.

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