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Spelling Bee answers · Monday, January 20, 2020

Longest word
invincible
10 letters
Top scorer
invincible
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.1
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
19
5 letters
12
6 letters
4
7 letters
5
8 letters
2
9 letters
0
10 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
10
Σ
B
3
4
2
9
C
1
2
3
E
2
2
1
5
I
1
1
1
3
L
4
5
1
1
11
N
3
1
1
5
V
6
1
7
Σ
19
12
4
5
2
0
1
43

Two-letter pairs

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

B
be 7bi 2
C
ce 3
E
el 1en 1ev 3
I
ic 1in 2
L
le 3li 8
N
ne 1ni 4
V
ve 2vi 5

All 43 answers

178 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
beeline7
been1
belie5
believe7
bell1
belle5
bevel5
bible5
bile1
celeb5
cell1
celli5
eleven6
enliven7
even1
evil1
evince6
icicle6
incline7
invinciblepangram17
lenience8
levee5
level5
libel5
libelee7
lice1
lien1
line1
linen5
live1
liven5
nene1
nibble6
nice1
niece5
nine1
veil1
vein1
vibe1
vice1
vile1
vinciblepangram15
vine1
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