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NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive

Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, January 15, 2023

Longest word
paintball
9 letters
Top scorer
paintball
16 points
Starting letters
5 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.2
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
9
5 letters
6
6 letters
3
7 letters
2
8 letters
1
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
B
9
2
1
1
1
14
L
1
1
2
P
1
1
2
T
2
1
3
Σ
9
6
3
2
1
1
22

Two-letter pairs

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

A
al 1
B
ba 6bi 2bl 6
L
la 2
P
pa 1pi 1
T
ta 1ti 2

All 22 answers

95 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
alibi5
baba1
bail1
bait1
ball1
banal5
banana6
bilabial8
bill1
blab1
blat1
blatant7
blin1
blini5
blip1
labia5
labial6
paintballpangram16
pinball7
tabla5
tibia5
tibial6
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