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Spelling Swarm archive for January 1, 2026

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Queen E 669 accepted words 8 pangrams

Puzzle overview

The Queen Letter for this hive was E. The full letter bank was E Y P S A L R, and a valid word needed at least 4 letters while using the Queen Letter every time.

Word bank

669 accepted words

This puzzle supported a fixed accepted-word set owned by the daily hive, not a changing runtime dictionary scan.

Pangrams

8 pangrams to find

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

Score profile

3304 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 a human-readable recap: 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

  • APPLE: A round fruit with red, green, or yellow skin and crisp flesh.
  • PEARL: A smooth, round gem formed inside some shells.
  • SLEEP: A natural state of rest for the body and mind.
  • PEPPER: A spicy seasoning or a vegetable used in cooking.
  • PLAYERS: People who take part in a game or sport.

5-letter accepted words with definition support

Every word below belonged to this puzzle's stable accepted-word set, used the Queen Letter E, and carries definition-backed recap value for archive browsing.

5 points

APPLE

A round fruit with red, green, or yellow skin and crisp flesh.

5 points

PEARL

A smooth, round gem formed inside some shells.

5 points

SLEEP

A natural state of rest for the body and mind.

6-letter accepted words with definition support

Every word below belonged to this puzzle's stable accepted-word set, used the Queen Letter E, and carries definition-backed recap value for archive browsing.

6 points

PEPPER

A spicy seasoning or a vegetable used in cooking.

7-letter accepted words with definition support

Every word below belonged to this puzzle's stable accepted-word set, used the Queen Letter E, and carries definition-backed recap value for archive browsing.

Pangram

PLAYERS

People who take part in a game or sport.

Why this archive page does not dump every raw accepted spelling

This puzzle supported 669 accepted words in total. 5 of them carry stable definition support in the WordHive data layer, so those are the ones surfaced here for readable archive value.

The archive still reflects the puzzle's full accepted-word count and stable puzzle contract, but it keeps the public recap focused on useful, definition-backed vocabulary instead of exposing a noisy raw dictionary dump.

664 additional accepted spellings remain part of the puzzle contract even though they are not listed individually on this public recap page.

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