NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, April 23, 2023
Longest word
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10 letters
Top scorer
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17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.5
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
10
Σ
A
2
1
–
1
–
–
–
4
D
2
2
3
2
2
–
1
12
E
–
1
–
1
–
–
–
2
L
2
1
–
2
–
–
–
5
N
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
O
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
W
13
5
13
1
2
–
–
34
Σ
20
12
16
7
4
0
1
60
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
al 2an 1aw 1
D
da 4de 1do 5dw 2
E
en 2
L
la 1le 1lo 3
N
ne 1
O
ow 2
W
wa 14we 12wo 8
All 60 answers
274 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★allow5
allowed7
anew1
awed1
dawdle6
dawdled7
dawn1
dawned6
deadwood8
dowel5
down1
downed6
download8
★downloadedpangram17
dwell5
dwelled7
endow5
endowed7
lawn1
lewd1
lowdown7
lowed5
lowland7
newel5
owed1
owned5
wadded6
waddle6
waddled7
wade1
waded5
wale1
wall1
walled6
wallow6
wallowed8
wand1
wane1
waned5
wanna5
weal1
wean1
weaned6
wedded6
weed1
weeded6
weld1
welded6
well1
welled6
wend1
wended6
wood1
wooded6
wooden6
woodland8
wooed5
wool1
woolen6
wowed5