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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, April 11, 2026

Longest word
highlighted
11 letters
Top scorer
highlighted
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.3
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
24
5 letters
15
6 letters
19
7 letters
5
8 letters
0
9 letters
2
10 letters
0
11 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
10
11
Σ
D
4
2
3
1
10
E
2
1
3
G
6
3
6
1
16
H
5
2
1
1
9
I
1
1
2
L
4
5
4
1
14
T
4
4
4
12
Σ
24
15
19
5
0
2
0
1
66

Two-letter pairs

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

D
de 7di 3
E
el 3
G
ge 6gi 7gl 3
H
he 4hi 5
I
id 2
L
le 4li 10
T
te 1ti 11

All 66 answers

305 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
delete6
deleted7
deli1
delightpangram14
delightedpangram16
dell1
delt1
diddle6
diddled7
dill1
elide5
elided6
elite5
geld1
gelded6
gelee5
gelid5
gelled6
gelt1
giggle6
giggled7
gild1
gilded6
gill1
gilled6
gilt1
glee1
glide5
glided6
heel1
heeled6
held1
hell1
highlight9
highlightedpangram18
hill1
hilled6
hilt1
idle1
idled5
lede1
ledge5
legged6
legit5
lidded6
lied1
liege5
light5
lightedpangram14
lilt1
lilted6
lite1
lithe5
little6
tell1
tilde5
tile1
tiled5
till1
tilled6
tilt1
tilted6
tilth5
title5
titled6
tittle6
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