NYT Spelling Bee Stats 2018 – 2025 | SB Hinter | Most Frequent Words

Since its debut on May 9, 2018, the New York Times Spelling Bee has run 2,780 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
232
(1)
loll
214
(2)
toot
208
(3)
naan
188
(4)
nana
188
(5)
lilt
152
(6)
till
152
(7)
tilt
152
(8)
nene
149
(9)
tint
146
(10)
mama
145
mamma
145
onto
140
toon
140
onion
139
(15)
acacia
138
acai
138
anal
127
anon
126
olio
124
(20)
dodo
122
tact
121
baba
120
boob
119
booboo
119
(25)
papa
119
poop
117
lull
116
lulu
116
mono
115
(30)
moon
115
mitt
114
call
113
calla
113
tutu
113
(35)
cocci
112
loon
112
ratatat
112
tart
112
tartar
112
(40)
attar
111
allay
109
ally
109
tattoo
109
ammo
108
(45)
momma
108
roar
108
tatty
108
aria
105
meme
105
(50)
cancan
104
epee
104
peep
104
nanny
103
loot
102
(55)
lotto
102
moot
102
motto
102
toll
102
tool
102
(60)
cocoon
101
coot
101
natant
101
cell
100
nada
100
(65)
array
98
neon
98
none
98
noun
98
oleo
98
(70)
tall
98
loom
97
moll
97
nine
97
radar
97
(75)
ball
96
blab
96
roll
96
tinct
96
itty
95
(80)
bill
94
illy
93
lily
93
manna
93
blob
92
(85)
boll
92
bolo
92
entente
92
hoot
92
into
92
(90)
lobo
92
notion
92
teen
92
tenet
92
tent
92
(95)
tooth
92
annal
91
cool
90
loco
90
mini
90
(100)

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