This data is based on visitors to Spelling Bee Buddy, a tool that shows hints and statistics for each word as you play Spelling Bee, and covers Saturday, Aug. 12, to Friday, Aug. 18.

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But getting current information on how those words are chosen is no easy task. ... Middle English, or French accounted for a full 54 percent of all spelling bee words during that 20-year period.

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On the eve of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, its word selection panel has worked long hours to approve all words, including their spellings, pronunciations and languages of origin.