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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, January 25, 2020

Longest word
womanhood
9 letters
Top scorer
womanhood
16 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start 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
13
5 letters
11
6 letters
5
7 letters
2
8 letters
1
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
A
2
1
1
4
D
2
1
3
H
1
1
1
3
M
2
5
2
1
1
11
N
3
1
4
W
3
3
1
1
8
Σ
13
11
5
2
1
1
33

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ad 2am 1an 1
D
da 2do 1
H
ha 1ho 2
M
ma 8mo 3
N
na 3no 1
W
wa 3wh 3wo 2

All 33 answers

136 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
adman5
adwoman7
ammo1
anon1
damn1
dawn1
doodad6
hand1
hodad5
howdah6
madam5
madman6
madwoman8
mama1
mamma5
mammon6
manhood7
manna5
moan1
momma5
monad5
naan1
nada1
nana1
nomad5
wahoo5
wand1
wanna5
wham1
whammo6
whoa1
woman5
womanhoodpangram16
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