If you have been playing or following the NYT Spelling Bee, you may have heard the word “bingo“. But what exactly is a bingo in the New York Times Spelling Bee word puzzle?
Introduction to Bingo in NYT Spelling Bee
Bingo in the NYT Spelling Bee doesn’t refer to an answer like a pangram or perfect pangram. A Spelling Bee puzzle can be bingo if at least one word in the solution set starts with each of the letters in the hive of the puzzle.
For example, suppose the letters in the puzzle are (B) G I L M N O. In that case, it is a bingo because at least one answer starts with B (i.e. BLOB), at least one answer starts with G (i.e. GLOB), at least one answer starts with I (i.e. IMBIBING), at least one answer starts with L (i.e. LOBO), at least one answer starts with M (i.e. MOBBING), at least one answer starts with N (i.e. NIMBI), at least one answer starts with O (i.e. OBLIGING).
The word “Bingo” is coined by Times Wordplay commenter qatburger.
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