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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, February 6, 2021

Longest word
phenomenon
10 letters
Top scorer
phenomena
16 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
4.9
letters per word

Words by length

Spoiler-safe. Use it to see where the long ones hide.

4 letters
27
5 letters
5
6 letters
4
7 letters
3
8 letters
0
9 letters
2
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
3
1
4
H
4
1
5
M
5
1
1
7
N
4
4
O
3
1
1
5
P
8
3
2
2
1
1
17
Σ
27
5
4
3
0
2
1
42

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ae 1am 1an 2
H
ho 5
M
ma 1me 1mo 5
N
ne 1no 3
O
om 1oo 2op 2
P
pe 1ph 6po 10

All 42 answers

132 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
aeon1
ammo1
anemone7
anon1
home1
homophone9
hone1
hoop1
hope1
mammon6
memo1
moan1
momma5
mono1
moon1
mope1
neon1
none1
noon1
nope1
omen1
oompah6
oomph5
opah1
open1
peon1
phenom6
phenomenapangram16
phenomenon10
phone5
phoneme7
phono5
poem1
pome1
pomp1
pompano7
pompom6
pone1
pooh1
poop1
pope1
poppa5
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