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Spelling Bee answers · Friday, January 7, 2022

Longest word
nonconductor
12 letters
Top scorer
nonconductor
19 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.7
letters per word

Words by length

Spoiler-safe. Use it to see where the long ones hide.

4 letters
11
5 letters
10
6 letters
8
7 letters
9
8 letters
0
9 letters
1
10 letters
0
11 letters
0
12 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
10
11
12
Σ
C
1
4
5
7
–
1
–
–
–
18
D
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
N
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
3
O
1
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
3
R
1
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
T
3
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
4
U
3
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
Σ
11
10
8
9
0
1
0
0
1
40

Two-letter pairs

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

C
co 16cr 2
D
do 2du 1
N
no 3
O
on 1or 1ou 1
R
ro 3ru 2
T
to 2tu 2
U
ud 1un 3

All 40 answers

207 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
coconut7
cocoon6
codon5
concoct7
concord7
concur6
condo5
condor6
conduct7
★conductorpangram16
contort7
contour7
cordon6
corn1
cotton6
count5
croon5
crouton7
donor5
donut5
dunno5
★nonconductorpangram19
noon1
noun1
onto1
orotund7
outrun6
rondo5
rotund6
round5
runout6
runt1
toon1
torn1
turn1
turnout7
udon1
uncut5
undo1
unto1
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