Statistics | Most Frequent Words
Since its debut on May 9, 2018, the New York Times Spelling Bee has run 2,442 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
196
(1)
186
(2)
179
(3)
170
(4)
170
134
(6)
134
134
130
(9)
126
(10)
126
126
119
(13)
119
118
(15)
118
112
(17)
111
(18)
109
(19)
109
107
(21)
107
105
(23)
105
105
104
(26)
104
103
(28)
103
103
103
103
102
(33)
102
101
(35)
101
101
101
100
(39)
100
100
98
(42)
98
96
(44)
95
(45)
95
95
95
94
(49)
94
94
93
(52)
93
93
92
(55)
92
92
92
90
(59)
89
(60)
89
89
89
88
(64)
88
88
87
(67)
87
87
87
87
86
(72)
85
(73)
84
(74)
84
84
84
84
83
(79)
83
82
(81)
82
82
82
82
82
82
82
82
81
(90)
81
81
81
81
80
(95)
80
79
(97)
78
(98)
78
78