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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.

4 letters
12
5 letters
10
6 letters
2
7 letters
2
8 letters
1
9 letters
0
10 letters
2

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
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