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Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Longest word
immaturity
10 letters
Top scorer
immaturity
17 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.3
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
13
5 letters
11
6 letters
7
7 letters
4
8 letters
1
9 letters
0
10 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
10
Σ
A
6
3
1
–
–
–
–
10
I
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
M
2
1
2
1
1
–
–
7
R
–
4
1
1
–
–
–
6
T
4
3
3
1
–
–
–
11
Y
1
–
–
1
–
–
–
2
Σ
13
11
7
4
1
0
1
37

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ai 1ar 5at 3au 1
I
im 1
M
ma 6mu 1
R
ra 4ru 2
T
ta 4ti 1tr 6
Y
yt 1yu 1

All 37 answers

170 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
airy1
aria1
army1
array5
arty1
arum1
atria5
atrium6
attar5
aura1
★immaturitypangram17
mammary7
marm1
marry5
mart1
martyr6
★maturitypangram15
murmur6
raita5
rarity6
ratatat7
ratty5
rummy5
rutty5
tamari6
tarry5
tart1
tartar6
tiara5
trait5
tram1
trauma6
tray1
trim1
tritium7
yttrium7
yurt1
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