I don't subscribe to the NYT games, so while I do play Spelling Bee, I was always get kicked out when I reached the "solid" level. It is interesting to me to see when that is. Depending on the letters, sometimes, I don't have to make many words before the game ending, but on other days, I can make a lot of words.
I actually thought of you while working on this post... it seems like it'd be kind of interesting as a teaching tool for ESL/TEFL classes. Like there are certain letter combinations which can be completely ignored if you're trying to form English words, and certain ones which keep cropping up, and of course there's the common association of sounds (English pronunciation) with certain clusters of letters ("-tion" words come to mind), so, like, if you hear a new word you can make a halfway-decent guess at how to spell it.
I don't subscribe to the NYT games, so while I do play Spelling Bee, I was always get kicked out when I reached the "solid" level. It is interesting to me to see when that is. Depending on the letters, sometimes, I don't have to make many words before the game ending, but on other days, I can make a lot of words.
I actually thought of you while working on this post... it seems like it'd be kind of interesting as a teaching tool for ESL/TEFL classes. Like there are certain letter combinations which can be completely ignored if you're trying to form English words, and certain ones which keep cropping up, and of course there's the common association of sounds (English pronunciation) with certain clusters of letters ("-tion" words come to mind), so, like, if you hear a new word you can make a halfway-decent guess at how to spell it.