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NYT Spelling Bee Chrome Extension — Free Helper Tool
Spelling Bee Buddy is our unofficial Chrome extension for the official NYT hive. It adds progressive hints, two-letter tallies, and definitions on the game page — no tab switching and no forced spoilers.
Looking for NYT's in-game Buddy feature? That is a different product — read our NYT Spelling Bee Buddy explainer.
Add to Chrome — It's Free
Works on nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee
What the extension does
Progressive reveal
Choose hint depth — tallies only, words by length, or full answers when you ask.
Definitions on hover
Learn obscure Bee vocabulary without leaving the hive.
Pangram nudges
Gentle pangram hints without dumping the answer.
Rank tracker
See points needed for Genius and Queen Bee in real time.
Clean overlay
No ads inside the panel — just helper UI beside the official game.
Install in three steps
1
Click Add to Chrome above to open the Chrome Web Store listing.
2
Confirm with Add extension. No account required.
3
Open the official NYT Spelling Bee — Buddy appears automatically.
Privacy and permissions
Spelling Bee Buddy does not require an NYT login. It reads the hive letters visible on the NYT Spelling Bee page to match today's hint dataset — that is the extent of its interaction with the official game.
The extension does not collect browsing history, crossword scores, or personal identifiers. It requests network access only to Spelling Bee Hub servers for the daily hint file. Review permissions under Extensions → Spelling Bee Buddy → Details in Chrome; site access should be limited to nytimes.com and sbeehub.com.
Full site-wide privacy practices (AdSense, analytics, contact forms) are in our Privacy Policy.
Get the official Chrome Web Store build
Install from Chrome Web StoreSpelling Bee Hub is independent and not affiliated with The New York Times Company. NYT Spelling Bee is a trademark of The New York Times Company.