NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Monday, August 22, 2022
Longest word
infringing
10 letters
Top scorer
affirming
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
6.0
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
1
–
2
–
–
1
–
4
F
5
1
5
4
2
–
–
17
G
1
–
–
1
–
–
–
2
I
–
–
1
–
–
1
1
3
M
1
1
–
1
–
–
–
3
N
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
R
1
–
1
1
1
–
–
4
Σ
10
2
9
7
3
2
1
34
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
af 4
F
fa 7fi 5fr 5
G
ga 1gr 1
I
in 3
M
ma 1mi 2
N
na 1
R
ra 1ri 3
All 34 answers
196 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★afar1
affair6
affirm6
★affirmingpangram16
fair1
fang1
fanning7
farina6
faring6
farm1
★farmingpangram14
fifing6
fining6
firing6
firm1
firming7
frag1
fragging8
★framingpangram14
friar5
fringing8
gaff1
griffin7
infirm6
infirming9
infringing10
mafia5
miff1
miffing7
naif1
raffia6
riff1
riffing7
riffraff8