PHONETIC BEE
STUDENT0 PTS
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Spell words of 4+ letters that use the amber center letter.
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Spelling bee, aviation style. Seven letters sit on a radial engine. Build words and earn your wings.

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HOW TO PLAY

Make words of 4+ letters using the seven engine letters. Every word must use the amber center letter. Letters can repeat.

Scoring: a 4-letter word is 1 point. Longer words score their length.

FULL THROTTLE: a word that uses all 7 letters is worth +7 bonus points.

Words with a ✈ are aviation terms and show a short definition.

Climb the ranks: STUDENT, SOLO, PRIVATE, INSTRUMENT, COMMERCIAL, CFI, ATP. There is a hidden CHIEF PILOT rank for finding every word.

Tap the cylinders or type. Enter submits, Backspace deletes, Space shuffles, M mutes. Tap DONE FOR TODAY when you are finished to post your score.

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PHONETIC BEE

A free daily spelling bee with an aviation skin.

How to play

PHONETIC BEE gives you seven letters laid out like the cylinders of a radial engine. One letter sits in the center, and every word you make has to use it. Words need at least four letters, and letters can be used more than once. Tap the cylinders or type on your keyboard, then press Enter.

Why pilots like it

If you like a good spelling bee aviation puzzle, this one doubles as a vocabulary drill. Pilots live in a world of precise words: aileron comes from the French for "little wing", and the pitot tube is named for the French engineer Henri Pitot. Seeing those terms spelled out every day keeps them fresh. The title is a nod to the ICAO phonetic alphabet that pilots use on the radio so that letters are never misheard.

A new puzzle starts at local midnight and everyone gets the same seven letters, so you can compare scores with other pilots on the daily board.

Questions

Is PHONETIC BEE free?

Yes. It runs in any browser with no account and no download. There is one new puzzle each day.

Do I need to be a pilot to play?

No. Most answers are everyday English words. The aviation words are the bonus: each one shows a definition, so this aviation word puzzle teaches as you play.

What is a FULL THROTTLE?

It is a pangram: a word that uses all seven letters at least once. It scores its length plus 7 bonus points.

When does the next puzzle start?

At local midnight. Your progress is saved on your device, so you can leave and come back later in the day.

More games

SQUAWKLE is a five-letter aviation word guesser. RUNWAYLE and TOWER HUNT are more daily brain teasers, and the whole collection lives in the Stratux Arcade.

Curious how traffic and weather reach your cockpit? Read how ADS-B works, or get a Stratux receiver of your own.