NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, December 17, 2022
Longest word
anarchical
10 letters
Top scorer
anarchical
17 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.5
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
A
2
–
3
1
1
–
1
8
C
7
14
6
2
1
1
1
32
I
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
L
1
2
1
–
–
–
–
4
N
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
2
R
1
2
1
1
–
–
–
5
Σ
13
19
12
4
2
1
2
53
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ac 2an 2ar 4
C
ca 7ch 14ci 4cl 5cr 2
I
il 1in 1
L
la 3li 1
N
na 1ni 1
R
ra 3ri 2
All 53 answers
260 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★acacia6
acai1
anarchic8
★anarchicalpangram17
arcana6
arch1
archaic7
arnica6
cairn5
call1
calla5
canal5
cancan6
canna5
carnal6
chai1
chain5
chair5
challah7
char1
chia1
chic1
chica5
chichi6
chili5
chill5
chin1
china5
chinchilla10
cilia5
cinch5
circa5
cirri5
clan1
clinch6
clinic6
clinical8
clinician9
crania6
cranial7
iliac5
inch1
laic1
laical6
larch5
lilac5
narc1
niacin6
racial6
railcar7
ranch5
rich1
ricin5