Statistics | Most Frequent Words
Since its debut on May 9, 2018, the New York Times Spelling Bee has run 2,419 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
196
(1)
185
(2)
177
(3)
168
(4)
168
133
(6)
133
133
127
(9)
124
(10)
124
123
(12)
119
(13)
119
117
(15)
117
112
(17)
111
(18)
109
(19)
109
107
(21)
106
(22)
104
(23)
104
104
103
(26)
103
103
102
(29)
102
102
102
101
(33)
101
100
(35)
100
100
100
99
(39)
99
98
(41)
97
(42)
97
96
(44)
95
(45)
94
(46)
94
94
94
94
94
92
(52)
92
92
91
(55)
91
91
91
90
(59)
89
(60)
88
(61)
88
88
87
(64)
87
87
87
86
(68)
86
86
86
85
(72)
85
84
(74)
84
84
84
84
82
(79)
81
(80)
81
81
81
81
81
81
81
81
81
81
81
81
81
80
(94)
80
80
79
(97)
77
(98)
77
77