New Delhi, June 10 -- The Hive at a Glance

Tuesday's New York Times Spelling Bee arrives with a generously stocked grid, a single pangram that doubles as a philosophy, and enough recurring suffix structures to keep even experienced solvers occupied well past their morning coffee. The seven letters in today's hive are E, F, G, I, L, N, and the mandatory center letter is O. Every valid word must contain that O, must be at least four letters long, and must draw only from the seven available letters, which can be reused as freely as needed.

The puzzle carries a maximum score of 282 points and requires 197 points to reach the Genius threshold. With 65 verified answers, today's grid ranks in the 95th percentile of all Spelling Bee puzzles by ...