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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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