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Spelling Bee answers · Monday, August 24, 2020

Longest word
chewable
8 letters
Top scorer
chewable
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
4.9
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
13
5 letters
10
6 letters
2
7 letters
1
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
A
1
1
B
1
4
1
6
C
2
1
1
1
5
E
1
1
H
5
1
1
1
8
L
1
2
3
W
2
2
4
Σ
13
10
2
1
2
28

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ac 1
B
be 3bl 3
C
ca 1ch 4
E
ea 1
H
ha 3he 5
L
le 3
W
wh 4

All 28 answers

105 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
ache1
beach5
beech5
belch5
blah1
bleach6
blech5
cache5
challah7
chaw1
chew1
chewablepangram15
each1
halal5
hale1
hall1
heal1
healable8
heehaw6
heel1
hell1
leach5
lech1
leech5
whale5
whee1
wheel5
whew1
Blurred so you can’t peek by accident.