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Spelling Bee Helper

Get a gentle nudge for your Spelling Bee puzzle. Add the words you’ve found and reveal hints at your own pace.

Privacy note: Hints and found words stay in your browser. Progress is saved in this tab for the browser session.

A nudge, at your pace

Keep the discovery yours

Add your accepted words, then see up to three hints at once. Each gives you the length and first two letters. Reveal individual answers only when you choose.

How to use the helper

Enter seven different letters and select the middle letter. Every word must contain that letter and be at least four letters long. Letters can be repeated as often as needed.

Add the words your game has already accepted. When you get stuck, see up to three hints with each word’s length and first two letters. Each hint has its own reveal button.

Found words are left out of future hints. Skip any hint you don’t want, or dismiss a word NYT rejects. Your found and skipped words are remembered for each puzzle in this browser tab, including after a refresh.

About the dictionary

Our dictionary provides possible words for your letters. The New York Times Spelling Bee dictionary may be different, so some suggestions may not be accepted and some answers may be missing.

Check words in your game, then add the ones it accepts to your found list. You can add them even if they’re missing from our dictionary. Skip any suggestion the game rejects.

This tool is not affiliated with or endorsed by The New York Times.