NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Monday, January 18, 2021
Longest word
collectible
11 letters
Top scorer
collectible
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.3
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
10
11
Σ
B
6
–
7
1
1
–
–
–
15
C
5
–
2
1
–
–
–
1
9
E
–
2
1
1
1
–
–
–
5
I
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
L
3
2
1
–
–
–
–
–
6
O
1
1
1
–
1
–
–
–
4
T
9
2
3
–
1
–
–
–
15
Σ
24
7
15
4
4
0
0
1
55
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
B
be 4bi 4bl 2bo 5
C
ci 1cl 1co 7
E
ec 1el 4
I
il 1
L
li 4lo 2
O
ob 1oc 3
T
te 1ti 5to 9
All 55 answers
227 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★beet1
beetle6
belittle8
belt1
bibelot7
billet6
biotic6
bite1
blot1
blotto6
bolt1
boot1
bootee6
bootie6
bottle6
cite1
clot1
collect7
★collectiblepangram18
collet6
colt1
coot1
cootie6
cote1
eclectic8
elect5
electee7
elicit6
elite5
illicit7
licit5
lilt1
lite1
little6
loot1
lotto5
obit1
ocelot6
ocotillo8
octet5
tell1
tile1
till1
tilt1
title5
tittle6
toil1
toile5
toilet6
toilette8
toll1
tool1
toot1
tootle6
tote1