Hive Horoscope

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Side by side

You

ReadingYou

Head to head, day by day

You

When you play

Word length

Share of words at each length.

Average length by word order

Average letters in the first word found, the second, and so on.
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HOROSCOPE is a pangram: seven letters, every one used.

What do your Spelling Bee games say about you?

Hive Horoscope looks through every NYT Spelling Bee game you've played: the words you found, the order you found them in, and when you played. Then it turns your habits into a tongue-in-cheek horoscope, with the numbers behind it.

  • Sun: the time of day you usually play.
  • Rising: how you start a puzzle.
  • Moon: whether you build on one word or jump around.

You also get charts of your habits, the word you find most and your longest word, a look back at any day's game, and a way to compare with a friend.

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Your seven most-used letters, the most common at the center.

The six houses

How you play

Each house reads one side of your game, from the words you reach for to where you usually stop.

The numbers

Hover or tap a bar or point for its value.

When your games end

Word length

Average length by word order

Words found per game

Review a specific day's game

Pick a day to see the words you found, in the order you found them.

PangramBuilds on the word before

    See your own Spelling Bee history

    You copy your history out of the Spelling Bee while you're signed in to nytimes.com, and this page reads it right in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and this page never sees your NYT password.

    With a bookmark

    1. Drag this button to your bookmarks bar:
      Hive export
    2. Open the Spelling Bee at nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee in your browser and sign in.
    3. Click the Hive export bookmark. A panel in the corner counts through your saved games. It takes a few minutes; keep that tab open and in front.
    4. When it's done, choose Open my Hive Horoscope. Your results open here.
    On a phone
    1. iPhone or iPad (Safari): bookmark this page, then open Bookmarks, tap Edit, tap the new bookmark, rename it Hive export, and replace its address with the code you copied.
    2. Android (Chrome): bookmark this page with the star in the ⋮ menu, then edit the bookmark: rename it Hive export and replace its URL with the code you copied.
    3. Open nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee in the browser (not the Games app) and sign in. On iPhone, open Bookmarks and tap Hive export. On Android, type Hive export into the address bar and tap the bookmark in the suggestions.
    4. Keep the tab open for a few minutes, then tap Open my Hive Horoscope.
    Or paste a script into the console
    1. On a computer, open nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee and sign in.
    2. Open the developer tools (Cmd+Opt+I on a Mac, F12 on Windows) and choose the Console tab.
    3. Paste the script below and press Enter. The same panel appears as with the bookmark.
    
              

    Compare with a friend

    Send a friend a link to your results, or invite them to compare. Once you've both loaded your history, you'll see the two side by side: the signs you share, your favorite letters, when you each play, and who found more words on the days you both played.

    Share yours

    The link holds a summary of your stats, not the words you found. It isn't stored anywhere; only the people you send it to can see it.

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    Open a friend's

    Share your results

    The link holds a summary: your signs, totals, word lengths, favorite letters, and your most-found and longest words. Not the full list of words you found. It isn't stored anywhere; only the people you send it to can see it.