Spelling Bee Buddy: Personalized Hints That Update as You Play

Neil Berg, Matthew Conlen, Josh Katz, Aaron Krolik, Eve Washington, Eden Weingart

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Find words in the day’s Spelling Bee to customize the hints below.

Your Customized Hints These hints are updated as you find words. HI

Hi, I’m your Bee Buddy! If you log in, my hints will change as you find words, so let’s work together to get to Genius. Click Next to begin! Hint 1 of 5

Prev. Next For more tips, read Getting to Genius, Part 1. First letter Letters in word → ↓ 45678 Total For words that start with the letter A: there are one seven-letter word, one five-letter word and one four-letter word. For words that start with the letter B: there are five four-letter words, two six-letter words and four eight-letter words. For words that start with the letter D: there are two four-letter words and one five-letter word. For words that start with the letter L: there are one five-letter word, two six-letter words and five four-letter words. For words that start with the letter R: there are two six-letter words, three four-letter words and one eight-letter word.

Your pangrams (0/1)

ai 1

There's 1 remaining word that starts with

ai.

al 1

There's 1 remaining word that starts with

al.

ar 1

There's 1 remaining word that starts with

ar.

ba 4

There are 4 remaining words that start with

ba.

bi 4

There are 4 remaining words that start with

bi.

bl 2

There are 2 remaining words that start with

bl.

br 1

There's 1 remaining word that starts with

br.

di 2

There are 2 remaining words that start with

di.

dr 1

There's 1 remaining word that starts with

dr.

la 5

There are 5 remaining words that start with

la.

li 3

There are 3 remaining words that start with

li.

ra 3

There are 3 remaining words that start with

ra.

ri 3

There are 3 remaining words that start with

ri.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/upshot/spelling-bee-buddy.html