LexiConnexxions
Welcome to LexiConnexxions, a unique, free, independent resource that offers data, topical analyses, and contextual insights about the words that appear in The New York Times Spelling Bee, as well as solving tips, Bee history, a comprehensive bibliography of resources, and much, much more.
This site is 100% AI-free; it is conceived, designed, researched, analyzed, written, and maintained by a human being.
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NEW RESOURCE WordPlay Report: Ye Olde Wordes This new WordPlay report compiles and defines words in the Spelling Bee lexicon that standard dictionaries label as archaic, obsolete, or old-fashioned. Bee solvers may find this compilation of interest because of the Spelling Bee rule that “obscure” words are not used in the Bee. Review them HERE.
NEW FEATURE GamePlay: Bee Buzz A mostly-daily feature that offers insights about the Spelling Bee of the day, such as changes to the Bee lexicon, relevant bits of Bee history, solving tips or insights, notes about new or particularly interesting Bee words, and more. Includes spoilers. Develop a new daily reading habit HERE.
NEW REPORT Pangrams with Irregular Histories The vast majority of Spelling Bees use recycled letter sets, and though different center letters are almost always used, the pangram(s) almost always remain the same with each subsequent re-use. Except for when they don’t. LexiConnexxions has corralled the outliers HERE.
NEW RESOURCE WordPlay Solver's List: BOARD A new compilation of the words from the Spelling Bee lexicon that include BOARD. Review it HERE.
Monthly and annual reports about the words that appear in the Spelling Bee, with statistics and analyses, reports on new and discontinued words, and insights from LexiConnexxions. Dig in HERE.
Fun or frustrating? Abandoned accents, variant spellings, eponyms, toponyms, reduplications, naughty words, solvers' lists, and much more -- all from the Spelling Bee lexicon.
Take a look HERE.
Notes on Bee puzzles of particular interest, some historical quirks and oddities, goofs and gaffes, and more. Interested in center letters? Curious about letter S in the Bee? INGs? EDs?
Read more HERE.
How the Spelling Bee puzzle works, with solving tips and tricks, guides to navigating the Spelling Bee forum, resources from the New York Times, and more.
Get started HERE.
Subject analysis of the Spelling Bee lexicon,
with complete word lists and definitions. Yes, nautical words, too. And textiles, botany, and much more.
Start exploring HERE.
A comprehensive compilation of articles, podcasts, and resources, including interviews with the Spelling Bee editor, plus a round-up of resources for Bee solvers.
Start reading HERE.