NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, December 17, 2020
Longest word
honeymoon
9 letters
Top scorer
hegemony
15 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
Σ
E
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
G
3
3
1
–
–
–
7
H
2
3
–
2
3
1
11
M
3
3
–
1
1
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8
N
3
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–
–
–
–
3
O
2
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–
–
–
–
2
Y
–
–
2
–
–
–
2
Σ
13
9
4
3
4
1
34
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
E
eg 1
G
ge 1gn 1go 5
H
he 2ho 9
M
me 1mo 7
N
ne 1no 2
O
og 1om 1
Y
ye 1yo 1
All 34 answers
158 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★eggnog6
genome6
gnome5
gone1
gong1
gooey5
goon1
goony5
hegemon7
★hegemonypangram15
home1
homey5
★homogenypangram15
homonym7
homonymy8
hone1
honey5
honeymoon9
hooey5
memo1
mommy5
money5
moneymen8
mono1
mononym7
moon1
moony5
neon1
none1
noon1
ogee1
omen1
yeomen6
yoohoo6