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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, January 1, 2022

Longest word
monocracy
9 letters
Top scorer
monocracy
16 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.5
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
11
5 letters
15
6 letters
17
7 letters
4
8 letters
2
9 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
Σ
A
1
1
1
1
4
C
7
12
10
1
30
M
1
2
2
1
1
7
N
1
1
1
3
O
1
1
R
1
3
1
5
Σ
11
15
17
4
2
1
50

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ac 2ar 2
C
ca 13co 10cr 6cy 1
M
ma 5mo 2
N
na 2no 1
O
or 1
R
ra 3ro 2

All 50 answers

255 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
acorn5
acronympangram14
arcana6
arco1
cacao5
camo1
canary6
cancan6
canna5
cannon6
canny5
canon5
canyon6
carny5
carom5
carry5
cayman6
coca1
cocoa5
cocoon6
coma1
comma5
common6
corn1
corny5
corona6
coronary8
cram1
cranny6
crayon6
croc1
crony5
croon5
cyan1
macaron7
macaroon8
macro5
macron6
maraca6
monocracypangram16
morocco7
narc1
narco5
noncom6
orca1
raccoon7
racy1
rancor6
rococo6
romcom6
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