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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, February 29, 2020

Longest word
laboratory
10 letters
Top scorer
laboratory
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
19
5 letters
17
6 letters
9
7 letters
7
8 letters
1
9 letters
0
10 letters
1

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
6
2
9
B
5
1
6
L
2
1
3
O
1
2
1
4
R
4
5
2
5
1
17
T
8
4
2
1
15
Σ
19
17
9
7
1
0
1
54

Two-letter pairs

The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.

A
ab 1al 1ao 2ar 4at 1
B
ba 1bo 2br 3
L
la 2lo 1
O
or 4
R
ra 4ro 13
T
ta 7to 3tr 4ty 1

All 54 answers

232 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
abort5
altar5
aorta5
aortal6
arbor5
array5
arroyo6
arty1
attar5
barb1
boar1
boor1
brat1
bratty6
bray1
labor5
laboratorypangram17
lorry5
oral1
orally6
orator6
oratory7
rally5
ratatat7
rattly6
ratty5
roar1
robot5
roll1
rollbar7
root1
rotary6
rotator7
rotatory8
roto1
rotor5
royal5
royally7
royalty7
tabor5
taro1
tarot5
tarry5
tart1
tartar6
tartly6
toolbar7
toro1
tort1
tray1
troll5
trot1
troy1
tyro1
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