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Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, January 16, 2020

Longest word
forthwith
9 letters
Top scorer
forthwith
16 points
Starting letters
5 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
4.7
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
18
5 letters
8
6 letters
2
7 letters
1
8 letters
0
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
F
2
2
1
5
H
2
1
1
4
R
5
1
6
T
6
4
10
W
3
1
1
5
Σ
18
8
2
1
0
1
30

Two-letter pairs

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

F
fo 4fr 1
H
ho 4
R
ri 1ro 5
T
th 1to 6tr 3
W
wo 5

All 30 answers

93 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
foot1
fort1
forth5
forthwithpangram16
froth5
hoof1
hoot1
horror6
hotfoot7
riot1
roof1
root1
roti1
roto1
rotor5
throw5
toot1
tooth5
tori1
torii5
toro1
tort1
trio1
trot1
troth5
woof1
woohoo6
woot1
wort1
worth5
Blurred so you can’t peek by accident.