Spelling Bee cover

Spelling Bee

First release
May 09, 2018
Genres
Quiz/Trivia, Puzzle · Non-fiction

Spelling Bee is a word game distributed in print and electronic format by The New York Times. The game presents players with a grid of seven letters arrayed in a honeycomb structure. The player scores points by using the letters to form words consisting of four or more letters. However, any words proposed by the player must include the letter at the center of the honeycomb. Scoring points leads to progressively higher praise for the player's effort, such as "Solid", "Amazing", and "Genius". Each puzzle is guaranteed to have at least one pangram, which awards the player the largest number of points when found. If the player finds all of the possible words in a given puzzle, they achieve the title of "Queen Bee".

Also known as The New York Times Spelling Bee

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Details

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Release dates
Web browser
May 09, 2018
Android
Mar 2023
iOS
Mar 2023
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
Keywords
word game, word puzzle, daily challenge, daily content

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 7 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 7 Oct 2026