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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, April 2, 2022

Longest word
evidenced
9 letters
Top scorer
deviance
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.7
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
15
5 letters
10
6 letters
14
7 letters
8
8 letters
6
9 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
Σ
A
1
1
1
1
1
5
C
2
2
4
D
2
2
4
4
4
16
E
2
1
5
1
1
1
11
I
1
1
1
3
N
1
1
2
V
7
2
3
1
13
Σ
15
10
14
8
6
1
54

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ad 3av 2
C
ca 3ci 1
D
de 6di 10
E
ea 1en 2ev 8
I
in 2iv 1
N
na 2
V
va 3ve 4vi 6

All 54 answers

269 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
advance7
advanced8
advice6
avian5
avid1
cava1
cave1
caved5
civic5
deceive7
deceived8
devein6
deveined8
deviancepangram15
device6
diva1
divan5
dive1
dived5
divide6
divided7
dividend8
divine6
divined7
divvied7
eave1
endive6
envied6
evade5
evaded6
even1
evened6
evidence8
evidenced9
evince6
evinced7
invade6
invaded7
ivied5
naive5
nave1
vaccine7
vain1
vane1
vein1
veined6
vend1
vended6
viand5
vice1
vied1
vine1
vivace6
vivid5
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