NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
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.
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