NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, January 27, 2022
Longest word
elementally
11 letters
Top scorer
elementally
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.5
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
A
2
2
1
–
–
–
–
–
5
E
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
1
4
L
–
–
5
1
1
–
–
–
7
M
2
7
1
–
1
–
–
–
11
N
–
3
2
–
–
–
–
–
5
T
–
3
1
–
–
–
–
–
4
Y
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
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3
Σ
6
18
11
1
2
0
0
1
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Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
al 3am 1an 1
E
ee 1el 1en 1ey 1
L
la 6le 1
M
ma 4me 6my 1
N
na 3ne 2
T
ta 3te 1
Y
ye 3
All 39 answers
210 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★allay5
alley5
ally1
amyl1
anally6
eely1
★elementallypangram18
enemy5
eyelet6
lamely6
lately6
latently8
layette7
layman6
laymen6
leanly6
malty5
manly5
many1
matey5
mealy5
meanly6
meany5
meaty5
melty5
★mentallypangram15
myna1
namely6
nanny5
natty5
neatly6
netty5
tally5
tamely6
tatty5
teeny5
yell1
yenta5
yente5