Statistics | Most Frequent Words
Since its debut on May 9, 2018, the New York Times Spelling Bee has run 2,041 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
165
(1)
160
(2)
150
(3)
139
(4)
139
122
(6)
122
122
108
(9)
105
(10)
105
102
(12)
101
(13)
101
98
(15)
98
94
(17)
94
91
(19)
90
(20)
90
90
90
90
90
89
(26)
89
89
88
(29)
87
(30)
87
87
87
87
87
87
86
(37)
86
85
(39)
85
85
83
(42)
81
(43)
81
81
80
(46)
80
80
79
(49)
79
78
(51)
78
78
78
78
78
78
78
77
(59)
77
77
76
(62)
76
76
76
75
(66)
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
(74)
73
(75)
73
73
71
(78)
71
70
(80)
69
(81)
68
(82)
68
68
68
68
67
(87)
67
67
66
(90)
66
66
65
(93)
65
65
65
65
63
(98)
63
63
63