NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Longest word
donnybrook
10 letters
Top scorer
donnybrook
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
4.8
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
Σ
B
9
5
4
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18
D
4
2
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1
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1
8
K
2
1
2
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5
N
3
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1
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4
O
1
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1
R
2
1
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3
Y
1
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1
Σ
22
9
7
0
1
0
1
40
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
B
bo 15br 3
D
do 8
K
kn 2ko 2kr 1
N
no 4
O
od 1
R
ro 3
Y
yo 1
All 40 answers
134 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★body1
bonbon6
bond1
bonk1
bonny5
bonobo6
bony1
boob1
booboo6
booby5
book1
boon1
boor1
born1
boron5
brood5
broody6
brook5
dodo1
★donnybrookpangram17
donor5
door1
doorknob8
dork1
dorky5
dory1
knob1
knobby6
kook1
kooky5
kronor6
nobody6
noob1
nook1
noon1
odor1
rondo5
rood1
rook1
yond1