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WordHive Spelling Bee archive for January 18, 2026

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Queen E 761 accepted words 3 pangrams

Puzzle overview

The center letter for this hive was E. The full letter bank was E T W R N S I, and a valid word needed at least 4 letters while using the center letter every time.

Word bank

761 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

3 pangrams to find

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

Score profile

3959 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

  • TENT: A portable shelter made of fabric and poles.
  • TREE: A tall plant with a wooden trunk and branches.
  • WEST: The direction on a compass where the sun appears to set.
  • SWEET: Having a sugary taste.
  • STREET: A public road in a city or town.
  • WINTER: The coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.

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

TENT

A portable shelter made of fabric and poles.

1 points

TREE

A tall plant with a wooden trunk and branches.

1 points

WEST

The direction on a compass where the sun appears to set.

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

SWEET

Having a sugary taste.

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

STREET

A public road in a city or town.

6 points

WINTER

The coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.

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

WINTERS

The coldest seasons of the year, in different years.

Why this archive page highlights definition-backed words

This puzzle supported 761 accepted words in total. 7 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.

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

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