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Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, February 10, 2022

Longest word
probiotic
9 letters
Top scorer
probiotic
16 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.2
letters per word

Words by length

Spoiler-safe. Use it to see where the long ones hide.

4 letters
9
5 letters
13
6 letters
9
7 letters
2
8 letters
0
9 letters
1

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
B
1
2
2
5
C
2
3
2
7
O
1
2
1
4
P
3
1
1
5
R
2
1
1
4
T
3
3
3
9
Σ
9
13
9
2
0
1
34

Two-letter pairs

The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.

B
bi 2bo 2br 1
C
ci 2co 2cr 3
O
ob 1oc 1op 1or 1
P
pi 2po 1pr 2
R
ri 2ro 2
T
ti 1to 4tr 4

All 34 answers

158 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
biopic6
biotic6
bocci5
boric5
brio1
cirri5
citric6
cocci5
coir1
crib1
critic6
croci5
obit1
octopi6
optic5
orbit5
picot5
pipit5
portico7
prior5
probioticpangram16
ribbit6
riot1
robotic7
roti1
tiptop6
topic5
tori1
toric5
torii5
tricot6
trio1
trip1
tropic6
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