Spelling Bee
Make words from seven letters. Every accepted word has to use the center letter.
DleBox's guide
Spelling Bee gives you seven letters in a hive. One letter sits in the center and is required in every word. Words have to be at least four letters, and they can reuse letters. The puzzle is not hiding a single answer. It is hiding a list, and your score climbs as you find more of it. A pangram, a word that uses all seven letters, is worth a clear bonus.
Ranks from Beginner up to Queen Bee mark how much of the available score you have taken. You can reach a high rank without finding every word. The Times accepts a dictionary list. A word you know may still be rejected if it is too short, missing the center letter, or outside that list. DleBox does not publish the accepted list or the pangrams.
The hive lasts the day and then changes. This page links to the Times puzzle. It does not host an offline hive and it does not store your rank. Letter Boxed, also on this list, cares about using every letter on a square by chaining words. Spelling Bee cares about the center letter and the length of what you can build.
Rules
- Seven letters, and the center one is mandatory.
- Words are at least four letters and may repeat letters.
- A pangram uses all seven and scores more.
- Ranks track a share of the day's points, not a single answer.
- DleBox does not print the word list.
Why we like it
- ✓ You can stop at a rank you like or keep hunting.
- ✓ The center letter makes junk words fail immediately.
- ✓ One hive is enough material for a slow day.
Play it when you want a puzzle that can absorb ten minutes or an hour. There is no six-guess limit. The constraint is the hive. If you would rather guess one secret word from meaning alone, Semantle and Contexto are the neighbors, and they do not use a letter tray.
Queen Bee is a rank, not a person and not a single magic word. You can stop at Genius and still have played the hive. Words the Times rejects stay rejected no matter how sure you are about a plural. DleBox does not keep a personal word list for you between days. Tomorrow's center letter is a different hive, and this page will not preview it.
About the game
Spelling Bee is published by The New York Times. DleBox did not make that game. This page names the maker and links over. It does not speak for them.
- Category:
- Words. Open the Words category.
- Updates:
- Once a day on the original site.
- Reset:
- This page does not state their timezone. The original game shows the day's puzzle.
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