Statistics | Most Frequent Words
Since its debut on May 9, 2018, the New York Times Spelling Bee has run 2,326 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
185
(1)
177
(2)
167
(3)
163
(4)
163
131
(6)
131
131
122
(9)
117
(10)
117
114
(12)
114
113
(14)
109
(15)
109
107
(17)
107
107
106
(20)
103
(21)
103
103
102
(24)
101
(25)
99
(26)
98
(27)
98
98
98
98
98
98
97
(34)
97
97
96
(37)
96
95
(39)
94
(40)
93
(41)
92
(42)
92
92
92
92
91
(47)
91
90
(49)
89
(50)
89
89
87
(53)
86
(54)
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
85
(63)
84
(64)
84
84
83
(67)
83
83
82
(70)
82
80
(72)
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
79
(80)
79
79
79
78
(84)
78
78
77
(87)
77
77
77
76
(91)
76
76
75
(94)
75
75
74
(97)
74
73
(99)
73