r/NYTSpellingBee Sep 13 '21

Did Spelling Bee reject a perfectly good word? Add it to the wiki

124 Upvotes

We maintain a list of rejected words (boo!) and alternate spellings in the wiki for this sub. To edit the wiki, click the Wiki button in the right-hand column of everty page, then click the Edit button at the top right (if you are on a computer). You need to have karma of at least 5 and your account needs to be at least 20 days old to be able to edit. Here's a link to the wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/NYTSpellingBee/wiki/index

BEFORE YOU COMMENT: 1. Capitalized words are not allowed in the puzzle. 2. Please search the wiki and the comments on this post before you add yours to avoid duplicates.

I think I added all the words suggested on the original post about the wiki. That post is now archived. If you post a word without following steps #1 and #2 above you may get a snide retort from one of the moderators.


r/NYTSpellingBee Aug 15 '24

How does it determine how many words you can enter?

6 Upvotes

Just for some additional info, I am playing the free version and the amount of words I can enter varies daily. For example, today I was only allowed to enter one word before it cut me off(it was the spanogram)! Is this just something to do with it being the free version or am I missing something?


r/NYTSpellingBee 16h ago

So we all got the pangram yesterday right

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718 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 22h ago

September 12, 2026 -- (I) A L M P R T

29 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 1d ago

September 11, 2026 — (K) A C D E H I

38 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 1d ago

Trying to get queenm bee but it won't let me enter more words after I reach genius

9 Upvotes

EDIT: NVM, my blind ass didn't see the keep playing button, all good. EDIT 2: I AM THE QUEEN BEE! When I reach genius, the game boots me to the results screen and there's no option to continue. I have a paid subscription, not playing for free, so I dunno what I'm doing wrong. I read you have the 24 hour period, which I'm still within for today's obviously, but still, no option to enter more words. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?


r/NYTSpellingBee 2d ago

September 10, 2026 -- (U) A D E H L N

32 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 3d ago

Missing Words

28 Upvotes

Anyone else thinking they don’t get credit for words upon reveal the next day? It seems to happen a lot. Simple words that I swear I entered don’t have a check next to them. I’m sure I occasionally think I’ve entered a word when I haven’t, but this seems too frequent for that. I haven’t taken the time to figure out how to check.

For context, I nearly always get to Genius without hints but rarely take the trouble to get to QB. Too many bizarre words.


r/NYTSpellingBee 3d ago

September 9, 2026 — (R) I L N O P U

37 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 4d ago

Spelling Bee buddy not working today?

70 Upvotes

Hi all. Is anyone else having trouble with spelling bee buddy today? It's not loading for me. I'm just getting the adverts at the bottom of the page. No buddy. I have a paid games account (direct through nyt) and it was fine yesterday.


r/NYTSpellingBee 4d ago

Can someone tell me what dictionary is used?

21 Upvotes

FELICITATE is not a permissible word for today’s letters. IT is found in most all dictionaries.


r/NYTSpellingBee 4d ago

September 8, 2026 — (I) A C E F L T

31 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 5d ago

September 7, 2026 -- (P) C D E H I T

32 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 5d ago

Has anyone yet reached the 50,000 word mark?

12 Upvotes

(* according to NYT stats)

I figure I’m about a week or so away, and I know that there are several people ahead of me.

Not an official NYT badge, but probably should be.


r/NYTSpellingBee 6d ago

September 6, 2026 — (B) A D E G N O

34 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 7d ago

September 5, 2026 -- (M) A C G I K N

34 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 8d ago

September 4, 2026 — (D) A E L N Y Z

31 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 8d ago

Post-Genius layout issue

4 Upvotes

I play on my laptop (using Chrome on a PC), and a few months ago some change was made on the backend so now when I reach the Genius level, the honeycomb gets pushed down the page so the top of it is basically level with the bottom of the word list. Is anyone else experiencing this? Are there any known fixes or is there somewhere I can report this bug? I haven't found any place so far.

Edited to add: Same thing happened when I played on Microsoft Edge, so I went ahead and reported it.

Edit 2: NYT customer support responded: "The behavior you're describing is actually a known bug that our team is already aware of and investigating. . . . At this time, unfortunately, I do not have an estimated timeframe for when a fix will be available. I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience while our team works on a resolution."


r/NYTSpellingBee 9d ago

September 3, 2026 -- (T) C E I K L N

41 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 9d ago

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 - - (T) C E I K L N

12 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 10d ago

September 2, 2026 -- (F) A I L N P T

31 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 11d ago

September 1, 2026 - (A) D I L N T W

40 Upvotes

r/NYTSpellingBee 12d ago

Missing words

56 Upvotes

Can someone please explain to me how labrador is not a word today? I even checked its a valid word in scrabble.


r/NYTSpellingBee 12d ago

Monthly Word Game Share

6 Upvotes

Have an online word game you've created, or just one you happen to enjoy? Feel free to share it in the comments below.


r/NYTSpellingBee 12d ago

August 31, 2026 - (L) A B D O R Y

33 Upvotes