NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Longest word
invariant
9 letters
Top scorer
varmint
14 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.9
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
Σ
A
1
2
3
–
–
–
6
I
–
–
–
–
1
1
2
M
2
–
3
2
1
–
8
N
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
R
3
1
1
1
–
–
6
T
3
3
4
2
2
–
14
V
–
–
–
2
–
–
2
Σ
9
6
11
8
4
1
39
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ai 1ar 2at 2av 1
I
in 1ir 1
M
ma 8
N
ni 1
R
ra 6
T
ta 6ti 1tr 7
V
va 2
All 39 answers
209 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★airman6
aria1
arrant6
atria5
attar5
avatar6
invariant9
irritant8
mantra6
marina6
marinara8
marm1
mart1
martian7
martin6
martini7
nirvana7
rain1
raita5
rani1
rant1
ratatat7
rattan6
tamarin7
tantara7
tantra6
tart1
tartan6
tartar6
tiara5
train5
trainman8
trait5
tram1
trim1
trimaran8
trivia6
variant7
★varmintpangram14