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A Spelling Bee alternative on a letter wheel

Wordexo is our Spelling Bee alternative: seven letters on a wheel, six around a required center. Make as many words as you can, every one using the center letter, and hunt the septagram that uses all seven. Free, daily at midnight US Eastern, no signup.

The short version

If you want a Spelling Bee-style word hunt without the subscription, Wordexo is it: the same seven-letter, center-required puzzle shape, free in your browser, refreshed every day at midnight US Eastern. Play today’s Wordexo.

01 Why look for a Spelling Bee alternative

The New York Times’ Spelling Bee is one of the great daily word hunts, and its honeycomb has earned its devotees. It’s also behind the Times’ games subscription: without one, the day’s puzzle stops early. People searching for an alternative mostly want a simple thing, the same open-ended letters-into-words pleasure, playable start to finish for free. That’s the brief Wordexo was built to.

02 How Wordexo compares to Spelling Bee

Wordexo deals seven letters on a wheel, six of them ringed around a center tile. The rules will feel like home: words are four letters or longer, every one must use the center letter, and you can reuse letters as often as you like. There’s no guess limit and no clock, just you working the ring for one more word. Each day’s puzzle hides at least one septagram, a word that uses all seven letters, which is our name for what Bee players call a pangram, and finding it is the day’s biggest scoring swing. Ratings climb as your total does, so a quick session earns an honest grade and a long one earns a better word.

03 Free, no account, new at midnight

No subscription here and no account required; Wordexo runs in your browser on phone or desktop with nothing to download. A fresh set of seven letters is published each day, the same for everyone, and it resets at midnight US Eastern. Play the whole thing through to the septagram without ever hitting a wall.

04 More daily word hunts to try

If open-ended word finding is your speed, the lineup runs deeper. Droplet builds words out of falling tiles against a clock, and Zigzag spells hidden answers one column at a time. Browse all the daily word games, or see the whole lineup on the Greatest Games homepage.

05 Spelling Bee alternative FAQ

Wordexo is our daily answer: seven letters arranged on a wheel, six around a required center. Make as many words as you can, four letters or longer, every one using the center letter. It is free and needs no account.
The core rules will feel familiar: seven letters, a required center letter, words of four or more, letters reusable. The board is a wheel rather than a honeycomb, the ratings and bonuses are our own, and the whole game is free with no subscription.
A word that uses all seven letters, what Spelling Bee players would call a pangram. Every Wordexo hides at least one, and finding it is the day's biggest score.
Yes. Wordexo is completely free in your browser, with no subscription, no paywall, and no account required.
Yes. A fresh set of seven letters is published every day and resets at midnight US Eastern. Everyone hunts the same words that day.

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