Spelling Bee Word Endings That Guarantee Points: The -ATE, -IZE, and -FY Suffixes That Hide in Every Puzzle

If you’ve spent any time with the NYT Spelling Bee, you’ve probably had that satisfying moment where a word just clicks — usually because you recognized a familiar ending. Verb-forming suffixes like -ATE, -IZE, and -FY are some of the most reliable patterns in the English language, and they show up in Spelling Bee puzzles …