How to play Hive
Hive gives you seven letters in a honeycomb, one of them in the center. Make as many words as you can from those letters. Every word has to use the center letter, and letters can be used more than once. The more words you find, the higher you climb, from Egg all the way to Queen.
Play today's Hive →The rules
Make as many words as you can with the 7 letters of the hive.
- Words have 4 letters or more.
- Every word uses the center letter.
- Letters can be used more than once.
- Accents don't matter: type P-A-O for “pão”.
- Only common words count. A rare word gets “Not in today's list”.
- The list shows a row of tiles for each word of the day, shortest first, then in alphabetical order. Each hidden word shows its first letter and where the center letter goes.
Points
- A 4-letter word is worth 1 point.
- Longer words are worth 1 point per letter.
- A word with all 7 letters is a full hive: 7 more points!
Find half of the day's words to win, and all of them to be a Master. Climb the ranks as you score, from Egg to Queen. The same letters for everyone, new ones every day.
An example
Say the letters are A, E, L, N, P, R and T, with P in the center. PEAR counts: four letters, all from the hive, with the P. PLATE and PLANET count too, and so does APPLE, because letters can repeat.
TEAR doesn't count, because it has no P, and PEA is too short. PLANTER uses all seven letters: a full hive, worth 7 points for its length plus 7 more.
Tips
- Look for endings and beginnings: when the letters allow, -ER, -ED, -ING, RE- and UN- turn one word into several.
- Try other forms of a word you found: PLANT, PLANTER, REPLANT. The hive never has an S, so plurals don't add easy points.
- Shuffle the letters. A new arrangement often shows words you couldn't see.
- Look for the full hive: one word that uses all seven letters is worth a lot of points.
- The list shows a row for every word of the day, with its first letter and where the center letter goes. Use those rows as clues.
- Come back later. Words you couldn't find in the morning often jump out after a break.
Questions
How are points counted?
A 4-letter word is worth 1 point. Longer words are worth 1 point per letter. A word with all seven letters earns 7 more.
What does it take to win?
Finding half of the day's words is a Victory, and finding all of them makes you a Master. The ranks, from Egg to Queen, follow your points along the way.
Why isn't my word in the list?
Only common words count. Proper names, abbreviations and very rare words get “Not in today's list”.
Do accents matter?
No: type P-A-O for “pão”.
Can I see the answers?
Yes. You can give up and see every word of the day, and yesterday's words are always there to check.