# Spelling Bee Hive (remote · www.spellingbeehive.com)

Spelling bee words: spellings, pronunciations, definitions, practice quizzes and winning words.

- Trust score: 86/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `www.spellingbeehive.com`: 86/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee/www.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee/www)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 83/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 84/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 727 tokens (~145/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 70/100
  - Stability observed for 21 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Spelling Bee Hive MCP server?

Spelling Bee Hive is a hosted endpoint at https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee 'https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee": {
      "url": "https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee]
url = "https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee --url 'https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee:
    url: "https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 86, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 85, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-26 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-24 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-22 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-20 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (5)

### `trending_words` (~64 tokens)

Words people are looking up

Words people have recently been searching for how to spell, say or define, grouped by topic, each with a short spelling tip and a link to its page.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many words to return, from 1 to 100. Defaults to 30.

Output parameters:

- `groups` (array|null)
- `page` (string|null)
- `updated` (string|null)

### `winning_words` (~149 tokens)

Spelling bee winning words

Winning words of past spelling bees, newest first: the national championship back to 1925 and national and regional bees around the world, each with a link to the word's page. Filter by part of a competition's name (for example "Scripps" or "Ghana") or by year. With no filter it returns the most recent national championship winners.

Input parameters:

- `competition` (string): Part of a competition's name, for example "Scripps". Optional.
- `limit` (integer): How many winners to return, from 1 to 50. Defaults to 20.
- `year` (integer|null): Only winners from this year, for example 2024. Optional.

Output parameters:

- `competitions` (array|null)
- `matchingWinners` (integer)
- `note` (string|null)
- `page` (string|null)
- `sources` (array|null)
- `summary` (string|null)
- `winners` (array|null)

### `practice_words` (~182 tokens)

Get spelling bee practice words

Get words to quiz a speller on, picked at random from one of Spelling Bee Hive's free practice sets at the chosen difficulty: levels 1-3 are School, 4-6 Advanced and 7-9 Champion, where 1 is the easiest and 9 is national-final difficulty. Each word comes with what a bee's pronouncer can give - pronunciation, part of speech, definition, language of origin and an example sentence - and a recording. Run it like a bee: say the word, give those clues when asked, and only reveal the spelling after the speller has answered.

Input parameters:

- `count` (integer): How many words to return, from 1 to 20. Defaults to 10.
- `level` (integer, required): Difficulty level, a whole number from 1 (easiest) to 9 (hardest).

Output parameters:

- `difficulty` (string|null)
- `level` (integer)
- `note` (string|null)
- `practiceLink` (string|null)
- `practiceSet` (string|null)
- `words` (array|null)

### `look_up_word` (~134 tokens)

Look up a word

Look up an English word in Spelling Bee Hive's catalogue of more than a hundred thousand words: its correct spelling, a pronunciation guide, part of speech, language of origin, definitions and an example sentence, its Spelling Bee Hive difficulty level and practice set, and any spelling bee it was a winning word in. Includes links to the word's page and a recording of it. Use it to check a spelling, or for the clues a speller may ask for in a bee.

Input parameters:

- `word` (string, required): The word to look up, for example "accommodate" or "bromocriptine".

Output parameters:

- `audio` (string|null)
- `definitions` (array|null)
- `difficulty` (string|null)
- `exampleSentence` (string|null)
- `found` (boolean)
- `note` (string|null)
- `origin` (string|null)
- `partOfSpeech` (string|null)
- `practiceAccess` (string|null)
- `practiceLink` (string|null)
- `practiceSet` (string|null)
- `pronunciation` (string|null)
- `requested` (string|null)
- `spellingBeeHistory` (array|null)
- `spellingTip` (string|null)
- `word` (string|null)
- `wordPage` (string|null)

### `words_of_the_year` (~74 tokens)

Dictionary Words of the Year

Each major English dictionary's Word of the Year for a year, with how to say it, what it means and a spelling tip. A pick that has not been announced yet says when it is expected.

Input parameters:

- `year` (integer|null): The year, for example 2025. Defaults to the most recent year.

Output parameters:

- `otherYears` (array|null)
- `page` (string|null)
- `picks` (array|null)
- `year` (integer)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee/www#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 86
- 2026-11-04: 86
- 2026-11-03: 85
- 2026-11-02: 85
- 2026-11-01: 84
- 2026-10-31: 84
- 2026-10-30: 83
- 2026-10-29: 83
- 2026-10-28: 82
- 2026-10-27: 82
- 2026-10-26: 82
- 2026-10-25: 81
- 2026-10-24: 81
- 2026-10-23: 80
- 2026-10-22: 80
- 2026-10-21: 79
- 2026-10-20: 79
- 2026-10-19: 78
- 2026-10-18: 78
- 2026-10-17: 77
- 2026-10-16: 77
- 2026-10-15: 76

## Common questions

### What is the Spelling Bee Hive MCP server?

Spelling Bee Hive is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.spellingbeehive/spelling-bee. Spelling bee words: spellings, pronunciations, definitions, practice quizzes and winning words. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp).

### Is the Spelling Bee Hive MCP server safe to use?

Spelling Bee Hive scores 86 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Spelling Bee Hive MCP server expose?

Spelling Bee Hive exposes 5 tools: trending_words, winning_words, practice_words, look_up_word, words_of_the_year. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 603 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Spelling Bee Hive MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Spelling Bee Hive without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Spelling Bee Hive MCP server still maintained?

Spelling Bee Hive is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Spelling Bee Hive MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on Spelling Bee Hive, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://www.spellingbeehive.com/mcp
- Website: https://www.spellingbeehive.com/spelling-bee-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee/www.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee/www/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee/www.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-spellingbeehive-spelling-bee/www