NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Longest word
anticlimactic
13 letters
Top scorer
anticlimactic
20 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start 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
12
13
Σ
A
–
1
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
1
5
C
3
1
1
2
2
1
–
–
–
–
10
I
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
L
3
2
1
2
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–
–
–
–
–
8
M
11
8
4
5
3
1
1
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–
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33
T
–
–
1
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–
–
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1
Σ
18
12
8
11
6
2
1
0
0
1
59
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ac 1al 1an 3
C
ca 4cl 6
I
im 1in 1
L
la 3li 4ll 1
M
ma 20mi 13
T
ta 1
All 59 answers
306 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★acclaim7
almanac7
anima5
animal6
★anticlimacticpangram20
caiman6
calm1
cami1
catmint7
claim5
★claimantpangram15
clam1
clamant7
climactic9
climatic8
imam1
inimical8
lama1
lamina6
laminal7
lima1
liminal7
limit5
limn1
llama5
mail1
mailman7
maim1
main1
maintain8
malic5
mall1
malt1
mama1
mamma5
mammal6
mammalian9
mancala7
mania5
maniac6
maniacal8
manic5
manila6
manna5
manta5
mica1
militant8
militia7
militiaman10
mill1
mimic5
mini1
minicam7
minim5
minima6
minimal7
mint1
mitt1
tatami6