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Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Longest word
broomball
9 letters
Top scorer
abnormal
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
21
5 letters
10
6 letters
4
7 letters
2
8 letters
2
9 letters
1

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
1
2
2
1
6
B
8
2
1
1
1
13
L
8
3
11
M
2
3
1
6
N
1
1
O
1
1
R
1
1
2
Σ
21
10
4
2
2
1
40

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ab 2al 1am 1an 2
B
ba 5bl 4bo 3br 1
L
la 3ll 2lo 6
M
ma 2mo 4
N
no 1
O
or 1
R
ro 2

All 40 answers

141 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
abloom6
abnormalpangram15
alarm5
amoral6
anal1
annal5
ball1
balloon7
ballroom8
balm1
banal5
blab1
blam1
blob1
bloom5
bola1
boll1
bolo1
broomball9
labor5
lama1
lamb1
llama5
llano5
loam1
loan1
lobo1
loll1
loom1
loon1
mall1
mammal6
molar5
moll1
moola5
moral5
normal6
oral1
roll1
rollbar7
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