NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, August 4, 2022
Longest word
concoction
10 letters
Top scorer
locomotion
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.4
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
Σ
C
3
–
2
1
–
2
1
9
I
1
–
–
1
–
–
–
2
L
3
3
1
–
–
–
1
8
M
4
1
1
1
–
1
–
8
N
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
O
2
–
–
–
–
1
–
3
T
8
2
1
–
–
–
–
11
Σ
21
6
6
3
0
4
2
42
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
cl 1co 8
I
il 1in 1
L
li 4lo 4
M
mi 2mo 6
N
no 1
O
oc 1om 1on 1
T
ti 4to 7
All 42 answers
171 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★clot1
colt1
commit6
commotion9
concoct7
concoction10
coot1
cotillion9
cotton6
illicit7
into1
licit5
lilt1
limit5
lint1
★locomotionpangram17
loot1
lotion6
lotto5
mint1
mitt1
molt1
monotonic9
moonlit7
moot1
motion6
motto5
notion6
octillion9
omit1
onto1
till1
tilt1
tinct5
tint1
toil1
toll1
tomtit6
tonic5
tool1
toon1
toot1