NYT Spelling Bee Stats 2018 – 2024 | SB Hinter | Most Frequent Words

Since its debut on May 9, 2018, the New York Times Spelling Bee has run 2,391 regular daily 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
noon
192
(1)
loll
183
(2)
toot
173
(3)
naan
167
(4)
nana
167
(5)
lilt
133
(6)
till
133
(7)
tilt
133
(8)
tint
126
(9)
mama
122
(10)
mamma
122
nene
120
acacia
115
acai
115
onto
115
(15)
toon
115
anal
110
onion
110
boob
109
booboo
109
(20)
baba
105
olio
105
anon
104
papa
104
lull
103
(25)
lulu
103
poop
101
dodo
100
call
99
calla
99
(30)
mitt
99
ratatat
98
tact
98
tart
98
tartar
98
(35)
tutu
98
allay
97
ally
97
attar
97
tatty
97
(40)
cocci
95
loon
95
mono
95
moon
95
nanny
94
(45)
tattoo
94
epee
93
peep
93
roar
93
array
92
(50)
radar
92
ammo
91
momma
91
cancan
90
loot
90
(55)
lotto
90
nada
90
toll
90
tool
90
cell
88
(60)
coot
88
meme
88
aria
87
itty
86
tall
86
(65)
loom
85
moll
85
moot
85
motto
85
natant
85
(70)
roll
84
blob
81
boll
81
bolo
81
cocoon
81
(75)
hoot
81
illy
81
lily
81
lobo
81
noun
81
(80)
tinct
81
tooth
81
ball
79
blab
79
manna
79
(85)
mini
79
minim
79
neon
79
none
79
oleo
79
(90)
root
79
rotor
79
toro
79
tort
79
trot
79
(95)
hath
78
that
78
bill
77
cool
77
loco
77
(100)

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