NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Friday, July 21, 2023
Longest word
monocracy
9 letters
Top scorer
monocracy
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.1
letters per word
Words by length
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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
4
5
3
1
–
–
13
C
5
9
8
–
1
–
23
M
6
8
4
2
1
1
22
N
4
2
–
–
–
–
6
O
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
R
4
1
1
1
–
–
7
Y
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
Σ
25
25
16
4
2
1
73
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ac 2am 1an 2ar 8
C
ca 13co 6cr 3cy 1
M
ma 17mo 4my 1
N
na 6
O
or 1
R
ra 4ro 3
Y
ya 1
All 73 answers
313 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★acorn5
★acronympangram14
ammo1
annoy5
anon1
arcana6
arco1
armor5
armory6
army1
aroma5
array5
arroyo6
cacao5
camo1
canary6
cancan6
canna5
cannon6
canny5
canon5
canyon6
carny5
carom5
carry5
cayman6
coca1
cocoa5
coma1
comma5
corona6
coronary8
cram1
cranny6
crayon6
cyan1
macaron7
macaroon8
macro5
macron6
mama1
mamma5
mammary7
mammon6
manna5
manor5
many1
maraca6
marm1
maroon6
marry5
mayo1
mayor5
moan1
momma5
★monocracypangram16
moray5
myna1
naan1
nana1
nanny5
narc1
narco5
nary1
orca1
raccoon7
racy1
rancor6
rayon5
roam1
roan1
roar1
yarn1