NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Monday, February 17, 2020
Longest word
catalytically
13 letters
Top scorer
facility
15 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.7
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
2
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
C
1
2
1
3
–
1
–
–
–
1
9
F
4
5
1
1
2
1
–
–
–
–
14
I
1
–
1
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
4
L
2
2
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
T
8
4
1
1
1
–
1
–
–
–
16
Σ
17
15
5
8
3
3
1
0
0
1
53
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
af 1al 1at 2
C
ca 7ci 2
F
fa 8fi 3fl 3
I
il 2it 2
L
la 2li 4
T
ta 13ti 3
All 53 answers
259 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★afflict7
alit1
atilt5
attic5
cacti5
catalytic9
catalytically13
catcall7
cattail7
cattily7
catty5
citify6
city1
★facilitypangram15
fact1
facticity9
fatal5
fatality8
fatally7
fatly5
fatty5
fiat1
fifty5
fitly5
flat1
flatly6
flit1
illicit7
illicitly9
italic6
itty1
lactic6
laity5
licit5
licitly7
lift1
lilt1
tacit5
tacitly7
tact1
tactic6
tactical8
tactically10
taffy5
tail1
talc1
tali1
tall1
tally5
tatty5
tiff1
till1
tilt1