There’s a special kind of satisfaction that comes from cracking a Spelling Bee pangram—especially on a board that looks deceptively simple. Today’s hive gave me the central letter E, surrounded by Y, U, I, G, N, T. At first glance, it felt like a vowel-rich board with some promising consonants, but Spelling Bee puzzles are rarely as easy as they seem.

Still, this one turned out to be one of the most enjoyable puzzles I’ve worked through recently. Here’s how I solved it—and all the words I uncovered along the way.

 Testing the Letter Set

When I start any Spelling Bee board, I look for immediate high-value combinations. With E, I, U available, I immediately checked for:

• -ing constructions

• -ine and -ing- patterns

• Words ending in -ey or -y

The consonants G, N, T are highly productive in English, so this board had potential.

 Early Word Discovery

I first found some quick warm-up words:

• tine

• tinge

• genie

• engine

• unite / untie

• eying

These confirmed that there were plenty of ways to combine consonants and vowels without hitting forbidden letters. A few longer ones like teeing and tinging also surfaced early, which is always a promising sign.

  Spotting the Pangram

The breakthrough moment came when I paused to look at the full collection of letters:

E Y U I G N T

Every pangram must use all seven letters. I started rearranging them mentally:

• ING…

• GEN…

• UNIT…

Then it struck me—almost out of nowhere:

INGENUITY

It uses every letter, uses the center letter, and is a perfect fit for the puzzle. It’s also an elegant word: “cleverness,” “inventiveness,” “original thought.” A fitting pangram for a puzzle that demands exactly those qualities.

Once the pangram fell into place, the rest of the board opened up easily.

Spelling Bee score improvement Full Word List

Below is a comprehensive, dictionary-supported list of valid words (4 letters or more), using only the allowed letters and containing E, based on standard English word lists.

Pangram

• ingenuity (PANGRAM)

Longer Words

• ingenuity

• getting

• tingeing

• entente
• genuine
• netting
• nineteen
• tenting
• tenuity
• unguent
• yenning

Medium Words

• unite

• untie

• eying

• tinge

• egging
• engine
• ennui
• entity
• eyeing
• genie
• genii
• gigue
• ignite
• innie
• intent
• netty
• ninety
• nugget
• teeing
• teeny
• tenet
• tutee
• yente

Shorter Words

• gene

• tine

• ting

• etui

• eggy

• gent
• nene
• nine
• nite
• teen
• tent
• tune
• yeti

Lessons from the Letters

Today’s Spelling Bee puzzle was a great reminder that cleverness often lies hidden in plain sight. Once INGENUITY emerged, everything else slid neatly into place. Even if the word list wasn’t the longest, the board rewarded pattern recognition, careful observation, and a bit of lateral thinking.

If every day’s puzzle were this satisfying, I’d never miss a session.