NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Friday, April 23, 2021
Longest word
allowance
9 letters
Top scorer
allowance
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts 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
9
Σ
A
2
3
2
–
–
1
8
C
8
7
4
3
1
1
24
E
1
–
1
–
–
–
2
L
9
3
1
–
–
–
13
N
1
1
–
–
1
–
3
O
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
W
5
–
2
–
–
–
7
Σ
27
14
10
3
2
2
58
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
al 5an 3
C
ca 7ce 2cl 6co 9
E
el 1en 1
L
la 4le 1ll 1lo 7
N
ne 1no 2
O
ol 1
W
wa 3we 2wo 2
All 58 answers
219 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★allele6
allow5
★allowancepangram16
aloe1
alone5
anal1
annal5
anneal6
call1
calla5
callaloo8
callow6
canal5
cancel6
canola6
cell1
cello5
clan1
claw1
clean5
cloaca6
clone5
clown5
coal1
cola1
colcannon9
colleen7
colon5
colonel7
conceal7
cool1
cowl1
elan1
enlace6
lace1
lance5
lane1
lawn1
lean1
llano5
loan1
local5
locale6
loco1
loll1
lone1
loon1
newel5
noel1
nonlocal8
oleo1
wale1
wall1
wallow6
weal1
well1
wool1
woolen6