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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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