I got array but not some of the others mentioned. I quickly got to genius today but only at 23 words. Will work on it later!
Coincidentally, this appeared in the Times today: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/crosswords/spellingbee-tips.html
I am stuck on one last word on todayās puzzle. This one felt so much easier than yesterdayāsā¦
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Spelling Bee is the first thing I open on my phone when I wake in the morning. I love to get my brain moving with this puzzle. Iām just 3 words short today, but am having a Christmas party tonight so no more time to fool with it. Sure wanted to get my first QB.
Iām now just one word short of QB. Dang, really want to figure out the last one.
I didnāt know about the comments section til reading this thread. Seems the CE7 word has stumped a lot of people and thatās the one Iām looking for.
Iām looking for that dang last CE word, as well.
Have resorted to just randomly clicking and making nonsensical combosā¦
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Just got that wordāQB!
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Addicted here too! I donāt believe in hints ā and so Iāve only ever got Queen Bee once, on my 60th birthday. I considered that a good omen!
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I got it!! So excited for my first QB.
Now back to prepping house for party.
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Just curious ā do you consider the matrix of word lengths and the list of how many words start with specific two-letter combos to be hints, or just the community help suggestions to be hints?
I personally use the former but not the latter. That said, although I always hit Genius, I have not yet made QB and Iāve been playing for a couple of weeks now.
Iām a bit of a purist ā for myself only ā what others do is fine with me! I only ācountā Queen Bee if Iāve had zero hints/help of any kind. So in 1+ year of playing Iāve only gotten Queen Bee twice.
I usually get to genius and stall out with 2 - 10 words still needing to be found. At that point I would look at the words beginning with hints, which I only learned about today! ā or Twitter. I still havenāt gotten to QB with them, but if I did it just wouldnāt be the same 
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Something must be wrong with me. Iām stuck on Great!
Finally got Genius at 11 p.m.!
I broke off my addiction a few months ago, but now Iām feeling a pull to go back. I never knew about the hints. After I did my best, Iād go to the answer link.
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Got addicted to the Spelling Bee during the pandemic and I now work it online everyday. H still does the crossword puzzle, which I used to do with him. Iām more apt to do the SB now. If there are more than 40 words, I have to take a break and Iād never get anything accomplished.
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How are all you bee-ers doing? The one last week with 68 words was a bit much! I am certainly learning some new words. I generally finish, but have to use the grids and hints (and occasional word lists) to get there. Mostly for words I have never heard of, but occasionally a āduhā moment when I just missed something obvious.
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The last few days there have been a lot of āno patternsā kinds of bee. Where you just gnaw at it and get another unconnected word finally. The other day, I was supremely happy to know āhamartiaā (thank you Greek lit and English classes), but we failed on QB because didnāt get mahi mahi (which is two words, dang it!)
Bee fansāthereās a NY Times Spelling Bee Facebook page where you can grouse about the Bee.
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Cool! Iāve seen some Twitter hashtags, but a dedicated group would be great! Thanks!
Iām FB friends with the woman who edits the entire puzzle page, and I try not to grouse at word issues with her, so this gives me a safe place to do so.
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Todayās puzzle is HARD (for me, at least). Still havenāt gotten to Genius!
Yesterday everything just flowed and I got Queen Bee with only one hint.