NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, January 30, 2022
Longest word
riffraff
8 letters
Top scorer
airflow
14 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start 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
Σ
A
2
1
1
2
–
6
F
4
6
1
–
–
11
L
3
–
–
–
–
3
O
1
–
–
–
–
1
R
5
–
1
–
1
7
W
3
–
1
1
–
5
Σ
18
7
4
3
1
33
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
af 1ai 3ar 2
F
fa 2fi 2fl 2fo 2fr 3
L
la 1li 2
O
ol 1
R
ra 2ri 4ro 1
W
wa 3wi 2
All 33 answers
113 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★affair6
aioli5
★airflowpangram14
airfoil7
aria1
aril1
fail1
fair1
filial6
fill1
flail5
flair5
foil1
folio5
frail5
friar5
frill5
lair1
liar1
lira1
olio1
raffia6
rail1
rial1
riff1
riffraff8
rill1
roil1
waif1
wail1
warrior7
will1
willow6