NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Longest word
excellently
11 letters
Top scorer
excellently
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
6.1
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
C
1
1
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–
–
–
–
2
E
1
2
1
1
–
1
2
1
9
L
2
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–
–
–
–
–
–
2
N
–
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2
–
–
–
–
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2
T
1
1
1
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1
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4
X
–
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1
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–
–
–
–
1
Y
1
–
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1
Σ
6
4
5
1
1
1
2
1
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Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
ce 1cy 1
E
ee 1el 2ex 5ey 1
L
le 1ly 1
N
ne 2
T
te 4
X
xy 1
Y
ye 1
All 21 answers
118 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★cell1
cycle5
eely1
elect5
electee7
excel5
excellence10
excellency10
excellent9
★excellentlypangram18
eyelet6
lent1
lynx1
nettle6
nettly6
teletext8
telex5
tell1
telnet6
xylene6
yell1