Today’s NYT Spelling Bee puzzle offered a satisfying mix of short connectors and longer word-building opportunities, rewarding solvers who focused on prefixes and compound formations.
Published daily by The New York Times Games, Spelling Bee challenges players to create words using seven letters, with one required center letter in every valid entry.
Today’s Spelling Bee Letters
Center letter (required): C
Available letters: A, C, D, E, H, I, P
Puzzle Summary
- Total words: 37
- Total points: 174
- Pangrams: 1
Word Length Breakdown
Here’s how today’s words were distributed by length:
- 4-letter words: 12
- 5-letter words: 10
- 6-letter words: 7
- 7-letter words: 4
- 8-letter words: 2
- 9-letter words: 1
- 10-letter words: 1
Words by Starting Letter
- A: 4 words
- C: 18 words
- D: 3 words
- E: 1 word
- H: 10 words
- P: 1 word
Two-Letter Word List
Valid two-letter starters and their total appearances:
- AC (2), AH (1), AP (1)
- CA (2), CH (16)
- DA (1), DE (2)
- EA (1)
- HE (8), HI (2)
- PE (1)
Solving Tip
With C as the center letter and a strong presence of CH and HE starters, today’s puzzle rewarded players who explored compound and prefix-heavy constructions rather than isolated short words.
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