NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
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.
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