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Statistics | Most Frequent Words


Since its debut on May 9, 2018, the New York Times Spelling Bee has run 1,851 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
noon
150
(1)
loll
147
(2)
toot
137
(3)
naan
123
(4)
nana
123
lilt
110
(6)
till
110
tilt
110
mama
94
(9)
mamma
94
tint
92
(11)
acacia
90
(12)
acai
90
nene
90
onto
88
(15)
toon
88
call
86
(17)
calla
86
lull
86
lulu
86
dodo
85
(21)
poop
84
(22)
tatty
84
boob
83
(24)
booboo
83
allay
80
(26)
ally
80
array
80
papa
80
ratatat
80
tart
80
tartar
80
anal
79
(33)
attar
79
olio
79
radar
79
baba
78
(37)
mitt
78
anon
76
(39)
loon
76
mono
76
moon
76
onion
76
loom
75
(44)
moll
75
nanny
75
tact
75
tutu
75
root
73
(49)
rotor
73
toro
73
tort
73
trot
73
itty
72
(54)
epee
71
(55)
peep
71
roar
71
cancan
70
(58)
loot
70
lotto
70
tall
70
tattoo
70
toll
70
tool
70
aria
69
(65)
coot
69
cocci
68
(67)
moot
68
motto
68
nada
68
natant
68
roll
67
(72)
ammo
65
(73)
cell
65
illy
65
lily
65
momma
65
ball
64
(78)
blab
64
tinct
64
cocoon
63
(81)
hoot
63
tooth
63
manna
62
(84)
bill
61
(85)
blob
61
boll
61
bolo
61
cool
61
hath
61
lobo
61
loco
61
noun
61
rill
61
that
61
cilia
59
(96)
laic
59
laical
59
lilac
59
meme
59

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