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Spelling bee words: spellings, pronunciations, definitions, practice quizzes and winning words.

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look_up_word

Look up an English word in Spelling Bee Hive's catalogue of more than a hundred thousand words: its correct spelling, a pronunciation guide, part of speech, language of origin, definitions and an example sentence, its Spelling Bee Hive difficulty level and practice set, and any spelling bee it was a winning word in. Includes links to the word's page and a recording of it. Use it to check a spelling, or for the clues a speller may ask for in a bee.

wordstring, required

The word to look up, for example "accommodate" or "bromocriptine".

Tools (5)

look_up_word

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Argument	Type	Description
word*	string	The word to look up, for example "accommodate" or "bromocriptine".

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "word"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "word": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The word to look up, for example \"accommodate\" or \"bromocriptine\"."
    }
  }
}

practice_words

Get words to quiz a speller on, picked at random from one of Spelling Bee Hive's free practice sets at the chosen difficulty: levels 1-3 are School, 4-6 Advanced and 7-9 Champion, where 1 is the easiest and 9 is national-final difficulty. Each word comes with what a bee's pronouncer can give - pronunciation, part of speech, definition, language of origin and an example sentence - and a recording. Run it like a bee: say the word, give those clues when asked, and only reveal the spelling after the speller has answered.

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Argument	Type	Description
count	integer	How many words to return, from 1 to 20. Defaults to 10.
level*	integer	Difficulty level, a whole number from 1 (easiest) to 9 (hardest).

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "level"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "description": "How many words to return, from 1 to 20. Defaults to 10."
    },
    "level": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Difficulty level, a whole number from 1 (easiest) to 9 (hardest)."
    }
  }
}

trending_words

Words people have recently been searching for how to spell, say or define, grouped by topic, each with a short spelling tip and a link to its page.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	integer	How many words to return, from 1 to 100. Defaults to 30.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 30,
      "description": "How many words to return, from 1 to 100. Defaults to 30."
    }
  }
}

winning_words

Winning words of past spelling bees, newest first: the national championship back to 1925 and national and regional bees around the world, each with a link to the word's page. Filter by part of a competition's name (for example "Scripps" or "Ghana") or by year. With no filter it returns the most recent national championship winners.

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Argument	Type	Description
year	integer \| null	Only winners from this year, for example 2024. Optional.
limit	integer	How many winners to return, from 1 to 50. Defaults to 20.
competition	string	Part of a competition's name, for example "Scripps". Optional.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "year": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Only winners from this year, for example 2024. Optional."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 20,
      "description": "How many winners to return, from 1 to 50. Defaults to 20."
    },
    "competition": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": null,
      "description": "Part of a competition's name, for example \"Scripps\". Optional."
    }
  }
}

words_of_the_year

Each major English dictionary's Word of the Year for a year, with how to say it, what it means and a spelling tip. A pick that has not been announced yet says when it is expected.

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Argument	Type	Description
year	integer \| null	The year, for example 2025. Defaults to the most recent year.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "year": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "The year, for example 2025. Defaults to the most recent year."
    }
  }
}