8 NYT Spelling Bee Strategies To Keep Your Streak Alive

The puzzle game for the app rewards you with points if you manage to keep a victory streak going with different strategies. This game gives you seven letters to pair together to form different words. Once you guess one word correctly, you gain points that can build exponentially as you discover new words and find the right spelling for them as well.

Similar to all the words used in , you can spell many possible words using the limited letters provided. Typically, one vowel will be surrounded by six consonants that form a pool of letters you can use to spell the word. The words depend on your creativity, making it harder to account for difficulty once you pass the first few words that are the easiest to spell.

The central pattern housing all your words in can be shuffled around when you press the input that looks like a refresh button at the bottom of your screen. While this won't change the position of the center vowel, all the consonants available will shift positions immediately. This shift in perspective might help you see new patterns, identify the letter you need more easily, or simply let you readjust.

This feature can be used however many times you want, so spam the button when you're lost thinking about what words could be formed. The constant motion of your letters might spur an idea that ends up helping find a solution and continue your winning streak. Similar to strategies for the crossword puzzles, keeping an active mind is usually the key to continued success.

To get the highest rankings in, you need to be aware of how certain words are commonly formed. Prefixes like or could get you started on a word, letting you know how it begins and therefore a good clue on how a word ends. Suffixes work in the same way by giving you a way to think about the ending of a word first, allowing you to work backward to find the puzzle's solution.

According to the above video by YouTube creator Puzzling Games, the more words you find from the honeycomb of letters,