NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Friday, July 23, 2021
Longest word
deductive
9 letters
Top scorer
deductive
16 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.6
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
Σ
C
2
2
–
–
–
–
4
D
8
6
11
7
4
2
38
E
1
3
3
2
–
–
9
I
1
1
–
–
–
–
2
T
3
1
2
–
–
–
6
V
1
1
1
–
–
–
3
Σ
16
14
17
9
4
2
62
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
ce 2ci 1cu 1
D
de 20di 11du 7
E
ed 6ei 1et 1ev 1
I
ic 1iv 1
T
te 1ti 4tu 1
V
ve 1vi 2
All 62 answers
308 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★cede1
ceded5
cited5
cued1
deceit6
deceive7
deceived8
decide6
decided7
deduce6
deduced7
deduct6
deducted8
★deductivepangram16
deed1
deeded6
deice5
deiced6
deicide7
detect6
detected8
detective9
deuce5
device6
dice1
diced5
died1
diet1
dieted6
dietetic8
dive1
dived5
divide6
divided7
divvied7
duct1
ducted6
dude1
duded5
duet1
duetted7
duvet5
eddied6
edict5
edit1
edited6
educe5
educed6
eidetic7
etude5
evicted7
iced1
ivied5
teed1
tide1
tided5
tidied6
tied1
tutted6
vetted6
vied1
vivid5