New York Times runs daily Spelling Bee with hand-curated word lists
The gist
The New York Times publishes a daily Spelling Bee whose word list an editor curates by hand.
Each puzzle hides at least one pangram, a word using all seven letters.
How it unfolded
- 1942The New York Times launches its Crossword, which the paper describes as the start of its puzzles for all skill levels.
- 2014The Times introduces the Mini Crossword.
- date unknownThe Times launches Spelling Bee after the Mini Crossword, later followed by Letter Boxed, Tiles, Wordle and Connections.
Key terms
- pangram
- A word or sentence that uses every letter of a given alphabet at least once.
Source: Wikipedia