![]() As far as I know, the Spelling Bee dictionary is not available. Sometimes there are words that we think should be in there that aren't, and some of the words that are in there are pretty wacky. So I am trying to build an actual Spelling Bee dictionary to check against by copying the words out from that site and making a database. My R program currently just checks against the Hunspell dictionary, which tends to leave some more technical words out, and his spits out way too many possible words. We only look at that after all else has been exhausted. It also gives metrics for words seen most often, number of words of a particular length, etc. I also found a site that will give you the answers (you have to click a button to see them, so they aren't just readily visible on this site: ). They go about the process differently, so we usually find all of them eventually. I wrote mine in R, he wrote his in some language on his Linux system (Perl?). a little nerdy, but we each wrote computer programs to help find the remaining words. Today was the first (and probably last) day that I got Queen Bee all by myself and in only an hour or so! Usually my husband and I work on it independently throughout the day, then compare lists, then. The New York Times recently released its own hints page, but longtime solvers also like the thoroughness of novelist William Shunn ( /bee/) and the hints on Twitter provided by solver Bee is available on The New York Times website and app - a subscription with games may be required for regular play.I do Spelling Bee every day on the app, along with the crosswords. Hints: There are many resources where you can find hints to each day’s Bee - some break down how many words total, how many pangrams, how many words per letter, etc. ![]() A new Spelling Bee is released at midnight every day and it takes every ounce of willpower for me to go to bed before that happens so that I’m not up late solving (at least I’m not on the East Coast, where some people wake up at 3 a.m. The Hivemind includes celebrities like Steve Martin, Aidy Bryant, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, William Jackson-Harper and many more. Many communicate on Twitter to share clues, post funny word combinations and vent about words that aren’t accepted (no proper nouns, contractions or slang words). The Hivemind: The Spelling Bee community - called The Hivemind - is a group of equally obsessed Bee fans. On some holidays, like Halloween, she even wears a costume. I also love Beeatrice,the game’s bee mascot that greets you every morning and congratulates you when you reach Genius and/or Queen Bee. It has a clean, hexagonal design that resembles a bee hive - a nice, clutter-free escape when I’m feeling overwhelmed, anxious or bored. Spelling Bee is a word game you can play by yourself, and now that it’s on The New York Times’ Crosswords app, I can play it anywhere, anytime. Why I’m obsessed: I’ve always loved word games - crossword puzzles, Boggle, Bananagrams (not Scrabble because that’s a math game. ![]() But we truly addicted, we continue playing until we reach the secret Queen Bee level that appears once all words have been found. It takes a high number of points to get there, and once you do, the game stops. What’s the ultimate goal?: Most people work through the levels - Beginner, Good Start, Moving Up, Good, Solid, Nice, Great and Amazing - until they get to the coveted title of Genius. The game’s main objective (at least for me) is to find the pangram as quickly as possible because this is a game that tallies up points (longer words = more points) and you move up levels based on points versus words. Tell me more: There’s at least one pangram in every Spelling Bee - a word that uses all of the letters. Created by The New York Times, the object is to make as many words as possible from a set of seven letters - the catch is you have to use the center letter at least once. What I’m obsessed with: While everyone on the internet is going crazy for the online word game, Wordle, I want to acknowledge the original addictive word game, Spelling Bee. San Diego Union-Tribune editors and writers share what they’re currently obsessing over.
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