NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Longest word
dependently
11 letters
Top scorer
dependently
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.9
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
11
Σ
D
2
–
2
2
1
–
–
1
8
E
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
L
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
N
–
–
4
2
–
–
–
–
6
P
3
–
5
1
1
–
–
–
10
T
1
–
1
–
1
1
–
–
4
Y
2
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
4
Σ
11
0
15
5
3
1
0
1
36
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
D
de 8
E
ee 1ey 1
L
le 2
N
ne 6
P
pe 8pl 2
T
te 4
Y
ye 4
All 36 answers
187 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★deeply6
delete6
deleted7
dell1
delt1
★dependentlypangram18
deplete7
depleted8
eely1
eyelet6
lend1
lent1
needle6
needled7
needly6
nettle6
nettled7
nettly6
peddle6
peddled7
peel1
peeled6
pellet6
pelleted8
pelt1
pelted6
pled1
plenty6
teletype8
teletyped9
tell1
telnet6
yell1
yelled6
yelp1
yelped6