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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.

4 letters
13
5 letters
4
6 letters
4
7 letters
0
8 letters
1
9 letters
0
10 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
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
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