Guide
How to play Hive
Hive gives you seven letters in a honeycomb. Make words of four letters or more using only those letters, and every word must include the center letter. Score points for each find; pangrams that use all seven letters earn a bonus. Reach Genius — about four-fifths of the maximum score — to finish the daily.
Rules
- Make words from seven letters — Tap letters or slide across the hive to build a word. Every answer must be at least four letters, use only the hive letters, and include the center letter.
- Do not skip the center — A word that ignores the center letter will not score, even if it is in the dictionary.
- Score points toward Genius — Four-letter words are worth one point. Longer words score their length. Pangrams that use every letter earn a +7 bonus.
- Do not repeat a found word — Once a word is accepted it stays on your list. Submitting it again wastes a turn.
Tips
- Shuffle the ring — The outer six letters can rotate. A fresh angle often spots a plural or past tense you missed.
- Hunt pangrams early — A pangram jumps your score and often unlocks several shorter words built from the same letters.
- Plural and tense forms — If you find TREE, try TREES. If you find MAKE, try MAKES and MAKER.
- Genius is the daily win — Reach Genius — about 80% of the hive's max score — to finish the board. Hint reveals one word when you are stuck.
Where it comes from
Anagram hives and pangram hunts predate the daily web format, but the modern loop is the same: one shared letter set, a rank ladder, and bragging rights for long words and pangrams.
How it differs from similar puzzles
Hive Unlimited serves a new seven-letter hive on demand. The daily is one hive for every player, with a score archive to replay past boards.
Also known as
Looked up as a letter hive, pangram puzzle, or anagram hive. Hive is the Coronet Arcade name.
- Letter hive
- Anagram hive
- Pangram puzzle
- Seven-letter word game
- Honeycomb word puzzle