Spelling Bee Solver

Enter the yellow center letter and the six letters around it. The solver lists every word of four or more letters that uses the center letter, and marks the pangrams.

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ADELMVI

79 common words (336 points), 2 pangrams, and 102 rarer words.

Pangrams

MEDIAEVAL MEDIEVAL

Common words

9 letters (1)

MEDIAEVAL

8 letters (2)

DEVILLED MEDIEVAL

7 letters (10)

AVAILED DALLIED DEVILED DIALLED DIDDLED DILEMMA DIVIDED DIVVIED EMAILED LIMEADE

6 letters (17)

ALLIED DIADEM DIALED DIDDLE DIMMED DIVIDE EDDIED ELIDED LADDIE LEVIED LIDDED MAILED MAIMED MEDIAL MIDDLE MILLED VEILED

5 letters (19)

AIDED AILED AIMED ALIVE AVAIL DEVIL DIVED ELIDE EMAIL IDEAL IDLED LIMED LIVED LIVID MEDIA MIMED VALID VILLA VIVID

4 letters (30)

AIDE AMID AVID DELI DIAL DIED DILL DIME DIVA DIVE EVIL IDEA IDLE IMAM LAID LIED LIME LIVE MAID MAIL MAIM MILD MILE MILL MIME VEIL VIAL VIED VILE VIVA

Show 102 rarer words from the big dictionary

9 letters (1)

MAMMILLAE

8 letters (6)

DIADEMED DIVIDIVI MAMILLAE MAMMILLA MELAMDIM MILLIEME

7 letters (12)

ALIDADE DAIDLED DAVIDIA DELIMED DIALLEL DIAMIDE MAMILLA MIDDLED MILLDAM MILLIME VEDALIA VIALLED

6 letters (36)

AEDILE ALALIA ALIDAD AVAILE DAIDLE DELIME DILLED DIVIED IDEAED ILLIAD LAIDED LALDIE LAMIAE LAMMIE LILIED LILLED LIMAIL MAELID MAIDED MALLEI MAMMIE MEALIE MEDIAD MEDIAE MEEMIE MIDDIE MIELIE MIEVED MILADI MILDED VAILED VIALED VIDAME VIELLE VILLAE VIVAED

5 letters (24)

AALII AMIDE DIDIE DILLI EDILE ELEMI ELIAD ILEAL ILIAL IMIDE IVIED LAMIA LIEVE LIMMA MADID MAILE MAILL MAVIE MEDII MIEVE MILIA VILDE VILLI VIVDA

4 letters (23)

AMIA AMIE DEID DEIL DIEL DIVI EIDE EILD IDEE IDEM ILEA ILIA IMID LILL MIDI VAIL VALI VIAE VIDE VILD VILL VIVE VLEI

How the solver works

A Spelling Bee word has at least four letters, uses only the seven letters of the puzzle and always contains the center letter. Letters may repeat, so with A, E, L, N, R, T around a center P you can make both PLANT and PEPPER. The solver checks every word in our dictionaries against these rules.

The common words are about 40,000 words found in standard American and British dictionaries, the kind the official game tends to accept: on recent puzzles this list contained about four out of five official answers. The rarer words come from our full list of more than 140,000 words, which includes old, technical and specialist words. The New York Times decides its own word list every day, so the solver can show a word the official game rejects, and very new words can be missing.

Scoring

Four-letter words are worth 1 point. Longer words score 1 point per letter, and a pangram, a word that uses all seven letters, adds 7 points. The total above counts the common words only.

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