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# Hive Hunt
> Spelling-Bee honeycomb — find words that use the center letter
**Category:** Word · **Players:** free-for-all · **Status:** Beta
Hive Hunt is in beta — details may change.
A Spelling-Bee-style word hunt for the whole chat. Each puzzle puts a
seven-letter honeycomb on stage with one **center letter** highlighted. Type
words built from those seven letters that include the center one, and the first
chatter to type each valid word locks it in for a point. Words that use all
seven letters — **pangrams** — get a celebration. Whoever finds the most words
across the session wins.
## Gameplay
Seven letters, one highlighted in the middle. Every answer has to use that
center letter.
No command — type words of four or more letters built only from the seven
(letters can repeat). First to type each word locks it.
Keep going — every locked word is a point, and pangrams are the trophies.
## How the hive works
Only the seven letters are in play, every word must contain the center letter,
and each valid word is claimed by whoever types it first.
* **Four letters or more.** Shorter attempts don't count.
* **Only the seven letters**, and they can repeat within a word.
* **Always the center letter.** A word without it is rejected, however valid it
otherwise is.
* **First to type it locks it.** Each valid word scores its finder a point;
duplicates after that don't score.
* **Pangrams** use all seven letters — they trigger a celebration and can be
worth a bonus (see [Configuration](#configuration)).
## Configuration
| Option | Values | Default |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------- |
| **Puzzles** | 1–5 | 1 |
| **Puzzle timer** | 60–900s | 420s (7 min) |
| **Pangram bonus** | 0–10 | 0 |
| **Hint gift** | a gift that reveals a word skeleton | Off until set |
**Puzzles.** How many hives make up the session.
**Puzzle timer.** How long each hive stays open before it auto-reveals; the host
can also reveal early, and a hive ends immediately if chat clears every word.
**Pangram bonus.** Extra points on top of the usual **+1** for a pangram — set
above zero to reward the hardest finds and dial back tiny-word spam.
**Hint gift.** An optional gift that surfaces a partial word (see
[Gifts](#gifts)).
## Layout
1. **Marquee** — game title and how-to hint.
2. **Puzzle + timer strip** — puzzle number, find count, and the countdown.
3. **Honeycomb** — the seven letters, center highlighted.
4. **Found words** — words locked so far, newest on top, with the finder.
5. **Leaderboard** — players ranked by words found.
The game moves through **Lobby → Puzzle → Puzzle done → Finished**.
## Gifts
Hive Hunt's hint gift **surfaces a skeleton** of one word chat hasn't found yet —
its leading letters shown, the rest masked. It favours pangrams, then the longest
remaining word, and always leaves at least one letter hidden, so it's a nudge,
not a giveaway: chat still has to type the word to lock the point. It's off unless
the host sets it.
## Scoring
* Every locked word is **+1**; a pangram is **+1** plus the configured pangram
bonus.
* The session leaderboard ranks by total words found; the most across all
puzzles wins, and ties are shipped as co-winners.
* Points feed the per-streamer tally behind
[avatar ring tiers](/games/leaderboards). Wins are tracked per streamer.