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I've recently been banished to a land of eternal torment. Nevertheless, the first thing I do each morning is still to solve the New York Times Spelling Bee. Unfortunately, here they don't give out the letters. I've managed to get a few words through trial and error. Can you help me figure out which letter each color represents so I can get to Queen Beelzebub? Spelling Beelzebub Words found in alphabetical order:

  1. ORYP
  2. OPTOYTRBPGOPT
  3. GRPPOY
  4. GRYBTBGO

(Y=yellow, B=blue, P=purple, G=green, O=orange, T=teal, R=red)

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    $\begingroup$ So you are supposed to find what letters correspond to each color? $\endgroup$
    – Duck
    Dec 28, 2019 at 19:03
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, I'll edit the question to make that more clear, thanks! @Duck $\endgroup$
    – Spencer Fleming
    Dec 28, 2019 at 19:06

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The words you've found are:

EARN, ENTERTAINMENT, MANNER, and MARITIME.

So the colors are:

red = A, orange = E, yellow = R, green = M, teal = T, blue = I, purple = N.

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  • $\begingroup$ That was quick! Waiting on the time out to mark as accepted :) $\endgroup$
    – Spencer Fleming
    Dec 28, 2019 at 19:12
  • $\begingroup$ If you know how to ask a computer it's quite easy to find matching words. grep -i '^(.)(.)(.)\1(.)\3..\2.\1\2\3$' /usr/share/dict/words, but that may not be the strategy used here. $\endgroup$
    – Jasen
    Dec 28, 2019 at 22:10
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Words:

Earn
Entertainment
Manner
Maritime

Colours:

Yellow is "R"
Blue is "I"
Purple is "N"
Green is "M"
Orange is "E"
Teal is "T"
Red is "A"

Found this without writing a program or searching existing databases. Structure of the longest word provided the key after only a few minutes.

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