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Spelling Bee answers · Monday, July 29, 2024

Longest word
highchair
9 letters
Top scorer
chairing
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
6.0
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
11
5 letters
14
6 letters
15
7 letters
8
8 letters
12
9 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
Σ
A
2
1
5
2
2
–
12
C
6
10
6
4
9
–
35
G
–
–
1
1
–
–
2
H
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
I
1
1
–
1
–
–
3
N
1
–
1
–
–
–
2
R
1
2
2
–
1
–
6
Σ
11
14
15
8
12
1
61

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ac 4an 1ar 7
C
ca 8ch 18ci 5cr 4
G
gr 2
H
hi 1
I
ic 1in 2
N
na 1ni 1
R
ra 3ri 3

All 61 answers

374 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
acacia6
acai1
aching6
acing5
anarchic8
arancini8
arcana6
arch1
archaic7
★archingpangram14
arcing6
arnica6
caching7
caging6
cairn5
cancan6
caning6
canna5
canning7
caring6
★chagrinpangram14
chai1
chain5
chaining8
chair5
★chairingpangram15
chancing8
changing8
char1
★chargingpangram15
★charringpangram15
chia1
chic1
chica5
chichi6
chin1
china5
chinning8
cigar5
cinch5
cinching8
circa5
cirri5
crag1
crania6
craning7
cringing8
gracing7
grinch6
highchair9
icing5
inch1
inching7
narc1
niacin6
racing6
ranch5
★ranchingpangram15
rich1
ricin5
ricing6
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