NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Friday, February 17, 2023
Longest word
inalienable
11 letters
Top scorer
plebeian
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts 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
Σ
A
1
1
–
–
–
–
1
–
3
B
15
7
5
3
4
–
–
–
34
E
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
I
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
L
–
3
3
1
–
–
–
–
7
N
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
P
1
1
1
2
3
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–
–
8
Σ
17
12
11
6
7
0
1
1
55
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ab 1al 1ap 1
B
ba 12be 9bi 8bl 5
E
en 1
I
in 1
L
la 4li 3
N
ni 1
P
pa 1pe 2pi 1pl 4
All 55 answers
276 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★able1
alibi5
appealable10
baba1
babble6
babe1
babel5
bail1
bailee6
bale1
baleen6
ball1
banal5
banana6
bane1
bean1
beanball8
beanie6
beeline7
been1
beep1
belie5
bell1
belle5
bible5
biennia7
biennial8
bilabial8
bile1
bill1
billable8
★biplanepangram14
blab1
bleep5
blin1
blini5
blip1
enable6
inalienable11
label5
labia5
labial6
labile6
liable6
libel5
libelee7
nibble6
palpable8
pebble6
peelable8
pinball7
pleb1
plebe5
★plebeianpangram15
pliable7