Some Spelling Bee puzzles give you a neat, single pangram to chase. Others—like today’s challenge—reward you twice. With A as the mandatory center letter and R, D, I, Y, O, N forming the outer ring, today’s hive delivered not just one but two full pangrams: ORDINARY and NONDAIRY.

In this breakdown, I’ll walk you through how I solved the puzzle step by step, how my pattern recognition developed as I explored the hive, and the complete word list I uncovered along the way.

 First Look at the Hive

When I first saw today’s letters—A in the center, surrounded by R, D, I, Y, O, and N—my immediate instinct was that the puzzle had great potential. This letter set includes:

• Two strong vowels (A, O)

• A second vowel functioning as both vowel and consonant (Y)

• High-utility consonants (R, N, D)

• A smooth-flowing structure for building prefixes and suffixes

Right away, words like rain, road, raid, and yard popped into my mind. This usually signals a puzzle rich with word families—which is often a sign that pangrams might be hiding.

Warming Up with Short Words

As always, I started with the simple, foundational words. These “warm-up” words help build rhythm:

• ran, rad, ray, and, nor, oar

• yard, yarn, rain, roan, airy, aria, ado

• road, raid, dairy, diary, dory, nary

At this stage, I was mostly exploring letter flow—checking which letters paired naturally and which combinations repeated. The A+r/n/d/y patterns were especially productive.

 Spotting the First Pangram: ORDINARY

The first breakthrough came with the structure:

O + R + D + I + N + A + R + Y

The word ORDINARY fit perfectly:

• Uses all seven outer letters

• Includes the center letter A

• Forms cleanly without forced constructions

Once that clicked, I was confident today’s grid contained at least one pangram—but the letter structure still felt like it offered more.

The Second Pangram Surprise: NONDAIRY

The real excitement came when I circled back to the letters N–O–N.
From there, the word built itself:

N + O + N + D + A + I + R + Y

The resulting word — NONDAIRY — was a perfect second pangram.

The realization actually came from the smaller word dairy, which naturally expanded into nondairy once I saw how the letters aligned.

Finding a second pangram is always satisfying, especially when both are common, recognizable words.

Daily Bee cheat list Full Word List I Found

Here’s the complete set of words I identified from today’s hive:

Short Words (3–4 letters)

yard

yarn

airy

aria
rain

roan

road

raid

nary

dory

anon

arid

darn

dary

dyad

naan

nada

nana

rand

rani

roar

dairy

diary

adron

anion

annoy

ardor

array

daddy

dandy

dinar

drain

dryad

nadir

naiad

nanny

radar

radii

radio

radon

rainy

rando

randy

rayon

Medium & Long Words

ordain
nondairy
ordinary

arroyo

doodad

dorado

inroad

radian

andiron

android

noonday

dooryard

Pangrams

ORDINARY
NONDAIRY

Two pangrams in a single puzzle is always a treat, and today’s set delivered beautifully.

 Final Thoughts

Today’s Spelling Bee puzzle was the perfect blend of approachable and challenging. The balance of vowels and consonants made the grid inviting, while the hidden dual-pangram structure made it deeply rewarding.

By starting with simple words, exploring common roots, and paying attention to how letters form natural expansions, both pangrams—ORDINARY and NONDAIRY—revealed themselves clearly.

Whether you’re chasing pangrams daily or sharpening your vocabulary, puzzles like today’s remind us why the Spelling Bee is so addictive: there’s always a moment of discovery waiting.

See you again tomorrow for another word adventure!