Statistics | Most Frequent Words
Since its debut on May 9, 2018, the New York Times Spelling Bee has run 2,271 regular daily puzzles, plus 2 extra stopgap puzzles. Here are a few statistics covering that span.
Below are the words that have appeared in Spelling Bee with the greatest frequency, ranked through 100th place:
freq
rank
182
(1)
175
(2)
162
(3)
161
(4)
161
131
(6)
131
131
119
(9)
115
(10)
115
111
(12)
110
(13)
110
106
(15)
106
106
103
(18)
103
102
(20)
101
(21)
101
101
100
(24)
99
(25)
98
(26)
98
96
(28)
96
96
95
(31)
95
95
95
95
95
94
(37)
94
94
94
92
(41)
92
91
(43)
91
91
90
(46)
89
(47)
89
89
87
(50)
87
86
(52)
86
85
(54)
85
84
(56)
84
84
84
84
84
83
(62)
83
83
83
83
83
83
80
(69)
80
80
79
(72)
79
78
(74)
78
78
78
78
78
77
(80)
77
77
76
(83)
76
76
76
75
(87)
75
75
74
(90)
74
74
74
74
72
(95)
72
72
72
72
72