NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, August 21, 2021
Longest word
concluded
9 letters
Top scorer
concluded
16 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.
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
C
3
3
3
4
2
1
16
D
4
4
6
3
1
1
19
E
–
3
3
–
–
–
6
L
4
–
2
–
1
–
7
N
3
–
1
1
–
–
5
O
–
1
–
1
1
–
3
U
2
2
2
–
1
–
7
Σ
16
13
17
9
6
2
63
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
ce 1cl 4co 6cu 5
D
de 9du 10
E
ed 2el 2en 2
L
lo 3lu 4
N
no 2nu 3
O
oc 2ou 1
U
ud 1un 6
All 63 answers
326 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★cellule7
cloud5
clouded7
clue1
clued5
collude7
colluded8
★concludepangram15
★concludedpangram16
could5
coulee6
cuddle6
cuddled7
cued1
cull1
culled6
deduce6
deduced7
delude6
deluded7
denounce8
denounced9
denude6
denuded7
deuce5
dude1
duded5
duel1
dueled6
dull1
dulled6
dunce5
dune1
dunned6
dunno5
educe5
educed6
elude5
eluded6
endue5
endued6
loud1
louden6
loudened8
lull1
lulled6
lulu1
lune1
nodule6
noun1
nucleon7
nude1
null1
occlude7
occluded8
ounce5
udon1
uncle5
uncool6
undo1
undone6
undue5
unneeded8