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Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Longest word
gluttony
8 letters
Top scorer
gluttony
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.0
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
14
5 letters
4
6 letters
3
7 letters
2
8 letters
2

The hints grid

How many words of each length start with each letter — the classic Bee cheat sheet.

4
5
6
7
8
Σ
G
2
1
1
4
L
3
1
1
5
N
3
2
5
O
2
2
1
5
T
3
3
U
1
1
Y
1
1
2
Σ
14
4
3
2
2
25

Two-letter pairs

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

G
gl 2go 2
L
lo 4lu 1
N
no 2nu 2ny 1
O
on 3oo 1ou 1
T
to 3
U
un 1
Y
yo 2

All 25 answers

89 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
glutton7
gluttonypangram15
gong1
goon1
long1
loon1
loony5
loungy6
lung1
noon1
noun1
null1
nutty5
nylon5
only1
onto1
ontology8
oolong6
outgun6
tong1
tony1
toon1
unto1
young5
youngly7
Blurred so you can’t peek by accident.