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Spelling Bee answers · Friday, July 16, 2021

Longest word
lengthened
10 letters
Top scorer
lengthened
17 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.5
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
13
5 letters
2
6 letters
11
7 letters
5
8 letters
1
9 letters
0
10 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
Σ
D
2
1
1
4
G
4
1
3
2
10
H
3
1
4
L
3
1
3
1
1
9
N
2
2
4
T
1
1
2
Σ
13
2
11
5
1
0
1
33

Two-letter pairs

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

D
de 4
G
ge 8gl 2
H
he 4
L
le 9
N
ne 4
T
te 2

All 33 answers

149 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
delete6
deleted7
dell1
delt1
geld1
gelded6
gelee5
gelled6
gelt1
genteel7
gentle6
gentled7
glee1
glen1
heel1
heeled6
held1
hell1
lede1
ledge5
legend6
legged6
lend1
length6
lengthen8
lengthenedpangram17
lent1
needle6
needled7
nettle6
nettled7
tell1
telnet6
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