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Spelling Bee answers · Friday, April 18, 2025

Longest word
multimillion
12 letters
Top scorer
multimillion
19 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.2
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
27
5 letters
5
6 letters
6
7 letters
5
8 letters
2
9 letters
2
10 letters
0
11 letters
0
12 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
11
12
Σ
I
1
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
2
L
8
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
10
M
6
2
3
3
1
–
–
–
1
16
N
2
–
1
–
1
1
–
–
–
5
O
3
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
T
6
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
8
U
1
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
3
Σ
27
5
6
5
2
2
0
0
1
48

Two-letter pairs

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

I
in 2
L
li 2lo 8
M
mi 2mo 10mu 4
N
no 5
O
ol 1om 1on 2
T
to 7tu 1
U
un 3

All 48 answers

176 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
into1
intuition9
limo1
lion1
loin1
loll1
loom1
loon1
loot1
lotion6
lotto5
lout1
million7
minion6
moil1
moll1
molt1
mono1
moon1
moonlit7
moot1
motion6
motto5
mount5
mullion7
★multimillionpangram19
munition8
mutton6
nonillion9
nonunion8
noon1
notion6
noun1
olio1
omit1
onion5
onto1
toil1
toll1
tomtit6
tool1
toon1
toot1
tout1
tuition7
union5
unmount7
unto1
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