NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Longest word
highlight
9 letters
Top scorer
rightly
14 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.1
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
G
5
3
2
–
1
–
11
H
3
1
1
–
–
1
6
I
2
–
–
–
–
–
2
L
2
1
–
1
–
–
4
R
1
1
1
1
–
–
4
T
3
3
2
1
–
–
9
Σ
16
9
6
3
1
1
36
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
G
gi 7gr 4
H
hi 6
I
il 1it 1
L
li 4
R
ri 4
T
th 3ti 4tr 2
All 36 answers
142 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★giggly6
gill1
gilt1
girl1
girly5
girt1
girth5
grill5
grit1
grittily8
gritty6
high1
highlight9
highly6
hill1
hilly5
hilt1
illy1
itty1
light5
lightly7
lilt1
lily1
right5
★rightlypangram14
righty6
rill1
thigh5
thirty6
thrill6
tight5
tightly7
till1
tilt1
trig1
trill5