NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Longest word
anarchical
10 letters
Top scorer
anarchical
17 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.
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
A
1
–
–
1
1
–
1
4
C
5
7
2
1
–
–
1
16
H
4
1
–
–
–
–
–
5
I
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
L
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
R
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
Σ
12
10
2
2
1
0
2
29
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
an 2ar 2
C
ch 14ci 1cl 1
H
ha 4hi 1
I
in 1
L
la 1
R
ra 1ri 1
All 29 answers
123 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★anarchic8
★anarchicalpangram17
arch1
archaic7
chai1
chain5
chair5
challah7
char1
chia1
chic1
chica5
chichi6
chili5
chill5
chin1
china5
chinchilla10
cinch5
clinch6
hail1
hair1
halal5
hall1
hill1
inch1
larch5
ranch5
rich1