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Spelling Bee answers · Friday, January 3, 2020

Longest word
groundhog
9 letters
Top scorer
groundhog
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
11
5 letters
6
6 letters
5
7 letters
1
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
D
2
2
1
5
G
2
2
1
5
H
2
2
4
N
2
1
3
R
1
2
3
U
2
2
1
5
Σ
11
6
5
1
1
1
25

Two-letter pairs

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

D
do 2du 3
G
go 3gr 2
H
ho 3hu 1
N
no 2nu 1
R
ro 2ru 1
U
ud 1un 4

All 25 answers

102 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
dong1
donor5
dugong6
dung1
dunno5
gong1
goon1
gorgon6
ground6
groundhogpangram16
honor5
horn1
hound5
hung1
noon1
noun1
nunhood7
rondo5
round5
rung1
udon1
undo1
unground8
unhood6
unhung6
Blurred so you can’t peek by accident.