# Spelling Bee **URL:** \ **Category:** Games\ **Created:** [August 28, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347 "2023-08-28T03:42:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/1 "2023-08-28T03:42:51Z")
NYT no longer requires a subscription to progress beyond the “Solid” rank, so… post your Spelling Bee scores here if you play. (I can’t figure out how to copy and paste anything other than the rank… if you do, please share.) Not familiar with the game? Check it out here: > **[Play Spelling Bee](https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee?d=2023-08-27&l=yabcilm&p=106&r=Genius&c=174215cbd98309587fd0d9199eabdb5b&smid=na-share#https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee)** > > How many words can you make with 7 letters? ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/2 "2023-08-28T03:46:19Z")
August 27 Genius 21 words 106 points 1 pangram ---
**Author:** ![UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ultimateanyone/32/265_2.png) [@UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/u/UltimateAnyone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/3 "2023-08-28T04:24:24Z")
I get this message when I follow your link: ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/7/b72da5ea55014fd46216b86f5eebe2a090c3d386.png) ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/4 "2023-08-28T11:21:52Z")
Mine stopped after 6 words. Are you not allowed to make mistakes? Or it looks like I need to subscribe I used to play something similar called Blossom. But the point was to make long words, keying on highlighted letters ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/5 "2023-08-28T11:34:46Z")
Weird… mine used to do that and then mysteriously stopped and let me keep playing about a week ago. I assumed NYT made a change. Maybe it’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/6 "2023-08-28T11:37:00Z")
Super weird! Ok, maybe something is bizarrely wrong with mine that’s allowing me to play … dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/7 "2023-08-28T14:41:07Z")
I’m getting an error when I try to play today. I have a subscription. Wordle won’t load either ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/8 "2023-08-28T14:42:09Z")
Weird! I’m not. I can play today just fine and have reached Amazing… still trying for Genius though. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/9 "2023-08-28T14:44:32Z")
I played Wordle at midnight-ish, but I can’t get into it now either. Oh, nor Spelling Bee in a new window, but in the window I was already playing it in it’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/10 "2023-08-28T14:44:42Z")
worked this morning on my phone, not working now on my computer ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/11 "2023-08-28T14:45:22Z")
Yeah, there’s a problem on NYT’s end if this many of us are having issues. ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/12 "2023-08-28T14:57:32Z")
Mine is working now. Hopefully just a glitch and it’s all good now ---
**Author:** ![Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/rastiln/32/77682_2.png) [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/13 "2023-08-28T17:44:59Z")
I have to subscribe, so it stopped me at 40 points. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/14 "2023-08-28T18:16:18Z")
Well I hope I didn’t subscribe by accident. It used to stop me whenever I got to “Solid” level. But now it just lets me keep going. I’m currently at 92 points / “Amazing”, but hoping to get enough to move to Genius level. 1 pangram so far today. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/15 "2023-08-28T18:17:23Z")
I don’t even follow how the points are assigned. Is it just 1 point per letter per word? Any bonus for pangrams? ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/16 "2023-08-28T18:20:57Z")
1 point for 4-letter words, then 1 point per letter starting with 5-letter words, pangrams get a 7-point bonus ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/17 "2023-08-28T18:23:21Z")
So a five-letter word is worth 2 points or 5? I assume it’s 1 point for the first four letters and another point for each additional letter? ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/18 "2023-08-28T18:30:17Z")
5 points ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/19 "2023-08-28T19:54:27Z")
Wow… 5 letter word is 5 points and a 4 letter word is 1? Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vicefleeble/32/74484_2.png) [@ViceFleeble](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ViceFleeble)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347/20 "2023-08-28T20:30:17Z")
Was really struggling to get to genius, and like magic, I think of a good 11-letter word [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/spelling-bee/8347.md?page=2)