The New York Times
How My Multilingual Upbringing Helps Me Solve Spelling Bee
3 min read · Mar 7th · A “woefully confused polyglot” discovers which non-English words have become common enough to count toward her Spelling Bee score.
Reader View · Shared by 47, including Karen K. Ho, Jane, Anne Helen Petersen
Experience Magazine
How Wordle brought us back together
~12 min read · May 20th · Spelling Bee, too, and Words With Friends. Who knew online word games would get us talking to each other again?
Reader View · Shared by 383, including Jane, Stephanie A Kowalski
The Economist’s 1843 magazine
The Wordle hurdle: the pitfalls of setting puzzles
6 min read · Apr 19th · Meet the man facing down angry word-gamers
Shared by 23, including Jane
nextavenue.org
To Bee or Not to Bee
4 min read · Feb 9th · A writer questions her confounding addiction to the popular New York Times word game - especially at 3 a.m.
Reader View · Shared by 42, including Jane
The New York Times
Glossary of Spelling Bee Terms
4 min read · 2021-07-26 · How to become a Genius, and how to talk about it.
Reader View · Shared by 20, including Jane
The New York Times
Flight of the Spelling Bee Player
5 min read · 2021-06-25 · Nancy Pfeffer, a devoted member of the Twitter “hivemind,” grew so enchanted with the game’s online community that she set off on a cross-country trip to meet them in real life.
Reader View · Shared by 23, including Jane
The New York Times
An Insomniac Plays Spelling Bee
5 min read · 2021-08-25 · A pre-dawn game brings up more than just words.
Reader View · Shared by 33, including Jane
Slate
The NYT Spelling Bee Gives Me L-I-F-E
6 min read · From 2020 · In the real world, I am me. In Bee world I’m an Amazing! Genius!
Reader View · Shared by 13, including NYTimes Communications, Jane
eve.substack.com
In a Messy World, Word Games Are Neat
2 min read · From 2020 · Things are more chaotic than ever, but the crossword puzzle is elegant and finite. As I methodically fill in the blank squares with letters, tapping into the well of knowledge I’ve acquired from every…
Reader View · Shared by 32, including Jane
bookandfilmglobe.com
My Puzzle Hero
6 min read · 2020-09-10 · Spelling Bee, the New York Times' popular puzzle game, has been my obsession during the crisis. An interview with Frank Longo, the puzzle's creator.
Reader View · Shared by 19, including Jane
The New York Times
The Genius of Spelling Bee
~16 min read · 2020-10-16 · The game’s path to success was paved with a beehive in the Sunday magazine, solvers waking up at 3 a.m. to play and a global “hivemind” that exists to troll a New York Times editor.
Reader View · Shared by 67, including Felix M, Sarah Lyall, Noah Chestnut, Jane, Madam Grammar
Slate
Insider Secrets of the New York Times Spelling Bee
4 min read · 2021-08-31 · “I don't want to include something that will truly mystify the vast majority of our solving audience.”
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