🐝 How to Play Hive

Your complete guide to Hive (Spelling Bee) with clear rules, scoring explained, rank tiers, and smart strategies to reach the highest score.

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What is Hive?

Hive is a daily word game where your task is to create words from 7 letters arranged in a honeycomb. Each puzzle has one center letter (which you must use in every word) and six outer letters. The goal is to find as many words as possible and get the highest score.

Game Rules

The center letter is mandatory - every word must contain the yellow letter from the middle.
Words must be at least 4 letters long.
  • Shorter words do not count.
  • You can use letters more than once.
  • You don't have to use all letters in a single word.
Pangram - a word that contains all 7 letters earns extra points.

Scoring

4-letter words: 1 point.
Longer words: 1 point for each letter.
Pangram: 7 points for the word + 7 bonus points (14 points total).

Ranks

Your rank depends on the percentage of the maximum possible score you achieve:

Beginner
0-9%
Good Start
10-19%
Advanced
20-49%
Expert
50%+

Tips & Strategies

Start with simple words - try finding words you use every day first.
Look for prefixes and suffixes - such as "re-", "un-", "-ing", "-ed".
Shuffle the letters - often you can make several different words from the same letters.
Remember the pangram - finding the word with all letters can significantly boost your score.

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