NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, February 9, 2020
Longest word
unfruitful
10 letters
Top scorer
unfruitful
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.0
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
F
4
4
1
1
1
–
–
11
I
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
L
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
N
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
R
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
T
2
1
–
–
–
–
–
3
U
–
2
1
–
–
–
1
4
Σ
13
7
3
1
1
0
1
26
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
F
fi 2fl 4fr 2fu 3
I
in 1
L
li 3lu 2
N
nu 1
R
ri 1
T
ti 2tr 1
U
un 4
All 26 answers
98 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★fill1
fitful6
flint5
flirt5
flit1
fluff5
frill5
fruitful8
fulfill7
full1
furl1
infill6
lift1
lilt1
lint1
lull1
lulu1
null1
rill1
till1
tilt1
trill5
★unfruitfulpangram17
unfurl6
unlit5
until5