Spelling Hive

How to play

1. Use only the seven displayed letters to make words of at least four letters. Every word must include the highlighted center letter; letters may repeat.
2. Type or tap the letter tiles, then use Submit word or press Enter. Delete removes the last typed letter; Clear empties your entry. Shuffle letters rearranges the outer letters while keeping the required center fixed.
3. Only words in this hive’s common-English list count, including familiar plurals and verb forms. Proper names and abbreviations are excluded. Each different word earns points once; unsupported words and repeated answers add no points.
4. Four-letter words earn 1 point. Longer words earn their letter count. A word containing all seven different letters earns 7 extra points.
5. Accepted words appear in your word list. Reach or pass the shown point goal to complete the hive; finding every possible word is not required.

Head-to-head rules

Reach the shared word-point goal before your opponent. Both players get the same puzzle and start together, with 3 minutes to finish. Completion time decides the match; fewer moves or a higher solo score do not beat an earlier correct finish. Finishes within 0.1 seconds draw. If neither player finishes before time runs out, the match is a draw.

Your moves and answers stay private. Leaving through the game controls forfeits the match; closing the page does not pause its clock.

Real-player matches update this game's own Elo rating. Daily and practice results keep their separate progress and never change Elo.