NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
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.
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