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NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive

Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Longest word
benevolent
10 letters
Top scorer
benevolent
17 points
Starting letters
5 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.

4 letters
19
5 letters
5
6 letters
10
7 letters
1
8 letters
0
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
B
14
4
10
1
29
E
1
1
2
L
2
2
N
1
1
2
O
1
1
Σ
19
5
10
1
0
0
1
36

Two-letter pairs

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

B
be 11bl 3bo 15
E
eb 1en 1
L
lo 2
N
no 2
O
ob 1

All 36 answers

128 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
been1
beet1
beetle6
bell1
belle5
belt1
benevolentpangram17
bent1
bento5
betel5
bevel5
blob1
blot1
blotto6
bobble6
boll1
bolo1
bolt1
bonbon6
bone1
bonnet6
bonobo6
boob1
booboo6
boon1
boot1
bootee6
botnet6
bottle6
ebon1
ennoble7
lobe1
lobo1
noble5
noob1
oboe1
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