No Words Begin with a Vowel
Updated 2026-05-18
Of all the Spelling Bee puzzles to date, in only 83 have all the words in the solution sets begun with consonants (including letter Y which functions as a consonant when in the initial position); none began with vowels.
Shown below are the dates of all these puzzles, with the starting letters of all words in the solution sets.
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SPELLING BEES IN WHICH NO WORDS BEGIN WITH A VOWEL
2018-05-29 FGHRT2018-06-19 BHKMN2018-07-02 FHLTY2018-09-10 BDHR2018-09-21 DMNTW2018-10-04 FHLMT2018-10-25 CMPR2018-12-02 HNPW2019-03-12 DHLMT2019-03-14 CDFLT2019-04-23 LPRTY2019-06-01 BFGLR2019-06-02 CHKRY2019-06-09 FHLMT2019-07-06 FGHPR2019-07-10 PRT2019-07-20 BCKRW2019-08-01 CFHLMR2019-11-18 LTW
2019-12-02 BHKMNY
2019-12-09 DGLRY2019-12-14 BCFL2019-12-28 DGLNR2020-01-15 CFHLY2020-01-16 FHRTW2020-02-06 CMPR2020-02-10 BCKRW2020-03-01 FGHLR2020-03-26 BCKPT2020-04-11 CRTV2020-04-24 MNPRT2020-05-03 BDFLT2020-05-09 FHRTW2020-05-27 BHLR2020-06-05 BCHRY *2020-06-23 BCRW2020-06-28 BGHLT2020-07-16 BDGHY
2020-09-09 FHLTW
2021-01-30 CHL2021-01-06 LTW2021-02-09 CHKNT2021-04-12 DLRWY2021-05-30 BHL2021-07-07 GHLNRT2021-07-16 DGHLNT2021-09-24 GHNW2021-11-13 DHMT2021-11-30 DGHNT2021-12-06 DLMNW2022-08-17 HNWY2022-10-05 BDHRT2022-11-16 BGHLT2022-12-21 DHNRTY2023-01-23 BHLT2023-03-19 BFGLR2023-05-18 BGLNR
2023-05-22 HLNT
2023-05-26 BCDL2023-12-23 CHLPRY
2024-02-17 BFGLR2024-05-23 HNW2024-07-04 J2024-07-11 CHTW2024-07-19 DLNW2024-10-13 FKLT2024-11-19 HY2024-11-26 CHLPR2024-12-23 DHLNW2025-01-07 CLDW2025-02-21 HLRNT2025-03-08 CKNLT2025-04-03 W2025-05-27 HLNT2025-08-26 DFHM2025-09-02 BCHLS
2025-10-14 LNPTY2025-10-31 NTW
2025-12-07 GHLNRT
2025-12-28 CHLPR
2026-03-14 BFGLR
2026-04-21 BCW
2026-05-18 CPT