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Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Longest word
callable
8 letters
Top scorer
chewable
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
4.8
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
20
5 letters
14
6 letters
4
7 letters
0
8 letters
3

The hints grid

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

4
5
6
7
8
Σ
A
2
1
3
B
4
6
2
12
C
2
3
2
7
E
1
1
H
4
1
1
6
L
2
3
5
W
5
2
7
Σ
20
14
4
0
3
41

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ab 1ac 1al 1
B
ba 4be 5bl 3
C
ca 3ce 2ch 2
E
ea 1
H
ha 1he 5
L
la 2le 3
W
wa 1we 2wh 4

All 41 answers

145 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
able1
ache1
allele6
babble6
babe1
babel5
bale1
beach5
beech5
belch5
bell1
belle5
bleach6
blech5
blew1
cable5
cache5
callable8
celeb5
cell1
chew1
chewablepangram15
each1
hale1
heal1
healable8
heehaw6
heel1
hell1
label5
lace1
leach5
lech1
leech5
wale1
weal1
well1
whale5
whee1
wheel5
whew1
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