A daily puzzle to find the longest hidden word in the fewest guesses. Tap letters left to right across the grid, skipping any you like, to spell words.
Spelling Bee
Make as many words as you can from seven letters.
What is Spelling Bee?
Spelling Bee is the NYT hive game: seven letters, one mandatory centre letter, and a hunt for as many words as you can make. Reaching 'Genius' is the daily badge of honour.
How to play Spelling Bee
Build words of four letters or more using only the seven hive letters; every word must contain the centre letter, and letters can repeat. Longer words score more, and a pangram that uses all seven letters earns a big bonus that vaults your rank.
Tips & strategy
- Cycle prefixes and suffixes (RE-, -ING, -IEST) around the centre letter to mine word families.
- Hunt the pangram early — it's worth the most and confirms which letters combine.
- Plurals and -ED forms add quick points once you've found the root.
Where to play
Play Spelling Beenytimes.com · free, new puzzle daily
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