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Life & fun · June 10, 2020

Letter Hive

Easy to learn but hard to master word game

Letter Hive launched on June 10, 2020 with 65 votes, #767 of 4,317 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

What it does

A difficult word game inspired by the New York Times' game Spelling Bee. Try to find as many words as you can with only seven letters. Rules: - words must have at least 4 letters - words must contain the center letter - letters can be used more than once How many words can you find? Have fun :)

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