NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Longest word
farcically
10 letters
Top scorer
farcically
17 points
Starting letters
5 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
4
1
3
1
–
–
–
9
C
–
3
–
1
1
–
–
5
F
2
5
3
–
1
–
1
12
L
3
1
–
1
–
1
–
6
R
5
2
2
1
2
–
–
12
Σ
14
12
8
4
4
1
1
44
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ac 1af 3ai 2ar 3
C
ca 2ci 2cl 1
F
fa 5fl 1fr 6
L
la 1li 2ly 3
R
ra 7ri 5
All 44 answers
215 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★acrylic7
afar1
affair6
affray6
airily6
airy1
aria1
aril1
array5
carry5
carryall8
circa5
cirri5
★clarifypangram14
fair1
fairly6
fairy5
farcical8
★farcicallypangram17
flair5
frail5
fray1
friar5
friary6
frill5
frilly6
lair1
liar1
lira1
lyric5
lyrical7
lyrically9
racial6
racially8
racy1
raffia6
rail1
railcar7
rally5
rial1
riff1
riffraff8
rill1
riyal5