If you’ve ever stared at the NYT Spelling Bee honeycomb and felt completely stumped by a word you’ve never seen in your life, you’re in good company. The Spelling Bee has a way of surfacing some truly obscure vocabulary — words that feel like they belong in a dusty Victorian dictionary rather than a casual …
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The Most Common Spelling Bee Words Across All Puzzles
If you’ve been playing the NYT Spelling Bee for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed something curious: certain words seem to show up again and again, puzzle after puzzle. That’s not your imagination playing tricks on you. A closer look at Spelling Bee history and word-lists reveals some fascinating patterns about which words the …