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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, April 11, 2020

Longest word
vitriolic
9 letters
Top scorer
vitriolic
16 points
Starting letters
4 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.1
letters per word

Words by length

Spoiler-safe. Use it to see where the long ones hide.

4 letters
13
5 letters
8
6 letters
5
7 letters
1
8 letters
2
9 letters
1

The hints grid

How many words of each length start with each letter — the classic Bee cheat sheet.

4
5
6
7
8
9
Σ
C
1
3
2
–
–
–
6
R
7
1
1
–
1
–
10
T
5
4
1
–
1
–
11
V
–
–
1
1
–
1
3
Σ
13
8
5
1
2
1
30

Two-letter pairs

The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.

C
ci 2co 1cr 3
R
ri 2ro 8
T
to 5tr 6
V
vi 3

All 30 answers

122 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
cirri5
citric6
color5
critic6
croc1
croci5
rill1
riot1
rococo6
roil1
roll1
root1
roti1
roto1
rotor5
rototill8
tori1
toric5
torii5
toro1
tort1
tricolor8
tricot6
trill5
trio1
troll5
trot1
victor6
vitriol7
★vitriolicpangram16
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