NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, December 7, 2023
Longest word
concoction
10 letters
Top scorer
infliction
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts 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
C
3
4
3
1
1
1
1
14
F
4
3
1
1
–
–
–
9
I
3
1
2
2
–
–
1
9
L
6
1
1
1
–
–
–
9
N
–
–
1
–
–
1
1
3
O
1
1
–
–
–
1
–
3
T
5
2
–
1
–
–
–
8
Σ
22
12
8
6
1
3
3
55
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
cl 2co 12
F
fi 3fl 2fo 4
I
ic 2il 1in 5io 1
L
li 6lo 3
N
no 3
O
oc 1ol 1on 1
T
ti 6to 2
All 55 answers
251 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★cliff5
clinic6
cocci5
coffin6
coif1
coil1
coin1
colic5
colonic7
concoction10
confit6
★conflictpangram15
conic5
cotillion9
fiction7
fill1
finito6
flint5
flit1
foci1
foil1
folic5
folio5
icon1
iconic6
illicit7
infill6
inflict7
★inflictionpangram17
info1
into1
ionic5
licit5
lift1
liftoff7
lilt1
lint1
lion1
loci1
loin1
lotion6
nonfiction10
nonillion9
notion6
octillion9
olio1
onion5
tiff1
till1
tilt1
tinct5
tinfoil7
tint1
toil1
tonic5