One of Seven Letters Used in Only One Word
Updated 2025-02-15
The solution set of each Spelling Bee comprises a selected list of words that can be made using the seven letters unique to each Bee. Most solution sets have 30-50 words.
Of the nearly 2,500 Spelling Bees that have been offered, only 13 share this interesting characteristic: that one of the seven letters was used in only one word in the solution set. Here they are: 2025-02-15 – B A D I J L R – Only one word used the letter J2023-08-16 – M A D E I L V – Only one word used the letter V2022-05-31 – C A J L O R U – Only one word used the letter J2022-01-14 – V A D E I L M – Only one word used the letter M2020-06-13 – L G I M O X Y – Only one word used the letter X2020-04-21 – D A B I J L R – Only one word used the letter J2020-01-01 – O A C G H P Z – Only one word used the letter Z2019-12-24 – G A E L M P X – Only one word used the letter X2019-12-12 – O G I L M X Y – Only one word used the letter X2019-06-11 – B A D G N O V – Only one word used the letter V2019-05-23 – T A C J K O P – Only one word used the letter J2019-02-04 – H C E G L O W – Only one word used the letter G2018-08-10 – D A B I J R Y – Only one word used the letter J
Of note: in 11 of these 13 puzzles, the letter that is used far less than the others is J, X, V, or Z:
J – 5 timesX – 3V – 2Z – 1M – 1G – 1
The Spelling Bee lexicon includes very few words that include J, Q, X, or Z, as reported HERE.
Data are from sbsolver.com; additional data and analysis are from LexiConnexxions.
Of the nearly 2,500 Spelling Bees that have been offered, only 13 share this interesting characteristic: that one of the seven letters was used in only one word in the solution set. Here they are: 2025-02-15 – B A D I J L R – Only one word used the letter J2023-08-16 – M A D E I L V – Only one word used the letter V2022-05-31 – C A J L O R U – Only one word used the letter J2022-01-14 – V A D E I L M – Only one word used the letter M2020-06-13 – L G I M O X Y – Only one word used the letter X2020-04-21 – D A B I J L R – Only one word used the letter J2020-01-01 – O A C G H P Z – Only one word used the letter Z2019-12-24 – G A E L M P X – Only one word used the letter X2019-12-12 – O G I L M X Y – Only one word used the letter X2019-06-11 – B A D G N O V – Only one word used the letter V2019-05-23 – T A C J K O P – Only one word used the letter J2019-02-04 – H C E G L O W – Only one word used the letter G2018-08-10 – D A B I J R Y – Only one word used the letter J
Of note: in 11 of these 13 puzzles, the letter that is used far less than the others is J, X, V, or Z:
J – 5 timesX – 3V – 2Z – 1M – 1G – 1
The Spelling Bee lexicon includes very few words that include J, Q, X, or Z, as reported HERE.
Data are from sbsolver.com; additional data and analysis are from LexiConnexxions.
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