NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Longest word
imagining
9 letters
Top scorer
unjamming
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.8
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
1
–
–
–
2
G
–
2
2
1
–
–
5
I
1
–
–
1
–
1
3
J
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
M
6
6
5
4
1
–
22
N
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
U
–
3
–
–
–
2
5
Σ
7
12
9
7
1
3
39
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ai 1an 1
G
ga 3gu 2
I
im 3
J
ja 1
M
ma 13mi 6mu 3
N
na 1
U
um 1un 4
All 39 answers
212 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★aiming6
anima5
gamin5
gaming6
gamma5
gumming7
gunman6
imaging7
imagining9
imam1
jamming7
magi1
magma5
magnum6
maim1
maiming7
main1
mama1
mamma5
managing8
manga5
mania5
manna5
manning7
miming6
mini1
minim5
minima6
minimum7
mining6
mugging7
mung1
muumuu6
naming6
umami5
unjam5
★unjammingpangram16
unman5
unmanning9