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Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, April 17, 2022

Longest word
chemical
8 letters
Top scorer
chemical
15 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.1
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
16
5 letters
8
6 letters
3
7 letters
3
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
2
C
3
5
3
2
1
14
E
1
1
H
9
1
1
1
12
L
1
2
3
M
1
1
Σ
16
8
3
3
3
33

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ac 1ah 1
C
ca 1ch 12cl 1
E
ea 1
H
ha 4he 7hi 1
L
le 3
M
ma 1

All 33 answers

126 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
ache1
ahem1
cache5
chai1
chalice7
challah7
chemicalpangram15
chia1
chic1
chica5
chichi6
chicle6
chili5
chill5
chime5
cliche6
each1
hail1
halal5
hale1
hall1
heal1
heel1
heliacal8
helical7
hell1
helm1
heme1
hill1
leach5
lech1
leech5
mahimahi8
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