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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.

4 letters
13
5 letters
7
6 letters
3
7 letters
1
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
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
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