NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, August 23, 2020
Longest word
diacritic
9 letters
Top scorer
diffract
15 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.6
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
4
3
7
1
2
–
17
C
–
3
3
1
–
–
7
D
1
2
1
–
2
1
7
F
2
1
–
–
1
–
4
R
3
2
1
–
1
–
7
T
1
4
2
1
–
–
8
Σ
11
15
14
3
6
1
50
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ac 5ad 2af 2ai 1ar 5at 2
C
ca 2ci 4cr 1
D
di 6dr 1
F
fa 1fi 1fr 2
R
ra 4ri 3
T
ta 3ti 2tr 3
All 50 answers
255 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★acacia6
acai1
acid1
acidic6
acrid5
addict6
adrift6
affair6
afraid6
aircraft8
arcadia7
arctic6
aria1
arid1
artifact8
atria5
attic5
cacti5
cardiac7
cicada6
circa5
cirri5
citric6
critic6
diacritic9
dicta5
didact6
didactic8
★diffractpangram15
dirt1
drift5
fair1
fiat1
friar5
frittata8
radii5
raffia6
raid1
raita5
riff1
riffraff8
rift1
tacit5
tactic6
tariff6
tiara5
tiff1
traffic7
trait5
triad5