NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, January 4, 2020
Longest word
blackball
9 letters
Top scorer
blowback
15 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
4.9
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
Σ
A
–
2
–
–
–
–
2
B
11
2
–
–
1
1
15
C
6
5
3
–
2
–
16
K
1
1
–
–
–
–
2
L
6
1
–
2
–
–
9
W
3
–
1
–
–
–
4
Σ
27
11
4
2
3
1
48
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
al 2
B
ba 3bl 8bo 4
C
ca 7cl 5co 4
K
ko 2
L
la 2lo 7
W
wa 3wo 1
All 48 answers
160 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★alack5
allow5
balk1
ball1
bawl1
blab1
black5
blackball9
blob1
bloc1
block5
blow1
★blowbackpangram15
bola1
boll1
bolo1
bowl1
cabal5
cabala6
call1
calla5
callaloo8
callback8
callow6
clack5
claw1
cloaca6
cloak5
clock5
coal1
cola1
cool1
cowl1
koala5
kola1
lack1
lawbook7
lobo1
local5
lock1
loco1
loll1
look1
lowball7
walk1
wall1
wallow6
wool1