NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Monday, April 18, 2022
Longest word
complicit
9 letters
Top scorer
complicit
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.4
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
Σ
C
9
5
1
1
–
1
17
I
–
–
–
1
1
1
3
L
2
1
–
–
–
–
3
M
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
O
–
1
1
–
–
–
2
P
–
1
–
2
1
–
4
T
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
Σ
11
10
2
4
2
2
31
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
cl 4co 13
I
il 1im 2
L
li 1lo 2
M
mi 1
O
oc 1op 1
P
pi 2po 2
T
to 1
All 31 answers
149 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★clip1
clomp5
clop1
clot1
cocci5
coil1
colic5
colt1
comic5
commit6
comp1
★complicitpangram16
cool1
coop1
coopt5
coot1
copilot7
illicit7
implicit8
★impoliticpangram16
licit5
loci1
loco1
mimic5
octopi6
optic5
piccolo7
picot5
politic7
politico8
topic5