Disclaimer

Spell Bee Free is an independent website. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by The New York Times Company.

“The New York Times”, “NYT” and “Spelling Bee” as the name of the NYT puzzle are trademarks of their owners and are used on this site only to describe the puzzle our pages refer to. To play the official puzzle, visit The New York Times Games.

Our game

The game on our home page is our own: it uses the familiar honeycomb rules, but its puzzles are generated by our software from our own word list. Unlimited-mode puzzles are not NYT puzzles.

Daily answers and hints

Our daily answers, hints and pangram pages are published to help players who are stuck on the day’s NYT puzzle. We collect the day’s letters and answer list after the puzzle goes live and present them alongside our own hint grids and guides. We aim for accuracy, but if anything differs, the official NYT puzzle is the authority.

Guides

Our guides reflect our own analysis and experience. Strategy tips are suggestions, not guarantees of a particular rank or score.

Questions

If you have a concern about anything on this site, email hello@spellbeefree.com and we’ll respond promptly.