Statistics | Most Frequent Words
Since its debut on May 9, 2018, the New York Times Spelling Bee has run 2,173 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
176
(1)
171
(2)
156
(3)
151
(4)
151
129
(6)
129
129
114
(9)
111
(10)
111
108
(12)
107
(13)
107
103
(15)
103
99
(17)
99
97
(19)
97
97
97
97
96
(24)
95
(25)
95
95
94
(28)
94
93
(30)
93
93
92
(33)
92
92
91
(36)
91
91
91
90
(40)
90
90
88
(43)
86
(44)
86
85
(46)
85
85
84
(49)
84
83
(51)
83
82
(53)
82
82
81
(56)
81
81
81
81
81
81
81
81
80
(65)
79
(66)
77
(67)
77
77
77
77
77
76
(73)
76
76
76
76
76
76
74
(80)
74
73
(82)
73
72
(84)
72
72
72
72
71
(89)
71
71
71
71
70
(94)
70
69
(96)
69
69
69
69