NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, April 16, 2020
Longest word
uncommonly
10 letters
Top scorer
uncommonly
17 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.0
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
Σ
C
3
2
3
–
1
–
–
9
L
6
1
–
–
–
–
–
7
M
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
N
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
O
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
U
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
2
Σ
13
4
4
0
1
0
1
23
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
cl 1co 7cu 1
L
lo 5lu 2
M
mo 1mu 1
N
nu 1ny 1
O
on 1
U
un 2
All 23 answers
82 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★cloy1
colon5
colony6
column6
commonly8
cool1
coolly6
coyly5
cull1
loco1
loll1
loom1
loon1
loony5
lull1
lulu1
moll1
mull1
null1
nylon5
only1
★uncommonlypangram17
uncool6