Track your Spelling Bee scores with friends
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Share your Spelling Bee result to Scordle and it lands in your club's feed, builds your streaks and stats, and counts in any Spelling Bee competition you're playing.
About Spelling Bee
Spelling Bee gives you seven letters in a honeycomb, one of them in the centre. Every word must use the centre letter, longer words score more, and a pangram that uses all seven scores extra.
How sharing Spelling Bee works
- Solve today's Spelling BeePlay as normal, on its own site.
- Share your result to ScordleUse the game's Share button, or copy the result and paste it in.
- Your score is read on your phoneScordle reads your points for the day, then posts it to your clubs.
What a Spelling Bee share looks like
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See every Spelling Bee you've played
- Your score distributionEvery result counted, for the week, month, year or all time.
- Tap a scoreTap 100 and the calendar lights up every day you made par.
- Tap again to clearOr tap a day for its result and who else played.
Par and score names
| Points | Name | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 400 to 750 | Albatross | Three bands better than par |
| 250 to 399 | Eagle | Two bands better than par |
| 150 to 249 | Birdie | One band better than par |
| 100 to 149 | Par | Around Genius on a typical day |
| 70 to 99 | Bogey | One band worse than par |
| 40 to 69 | Double bogey | Two bands worse than par |
| 0 to 39 | Triple bogey | Three bands worse than par |
Points scale with the day's puzzle, so Scordle grades in bands rather than every single point.
There's no way to fail Spelling Bee, so in a competition your score itself is what counts.
Smart Streaks for Spelling Bee
Alongside your days-played streak, Scordle counts how many days in a row you've reached each level, with your best ever beside it.
- 400+Albatross or better
- 250+Eagle or better
- 150+Birdie or better
- 100+Par or better
- 70+Bogey or better
- 40+Double bogey or better
- 0+Triple bogey or better
Missed a day? Grace days keep the streak alive.
Compare with your friends
- Pick a club-mateScordle lines up the games you both play.
- Score for scoreYour Spelling Bee results beside theirs, from Albatross to Triple bogey.
- Ratings, win rates and streaksSide by side, so you can see who's really ahead.
An example competition
Hive Mind, you against Jordan and Tess on Daily Wins: the highest score wins the day, and the most days wins the week.
| Player | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Days won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You | 138 | 152 | 117 | 164 | 129 | 1 |
| Jordan | 145 | 176 | 98 | 143 | 157 | 3 |
| Tess | 124 | 133 | 211 | 119 | 102 | 1 |
Jordan takes the week with three days. You and Tess share second on one day each. The card in your club feed shows the final standings. How to set up a competition
Spelling Bee questions
How many points is Genius?
Genius is around 70% of the day's total, which is usually somewhere between 70 and 175 points. Par sits at 120, inside that range.
What's par for Spelling Bee?
Par is 120 points. Albatross is the best grade you can earn, and Scordle grades Spelling Bee in bands because the scores run so wide.
Can you fail Spelling Bee?
No. Every game you play counts as a result, so every day you play keeps your streak going.
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