NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, July 9, 2020
Longest word
difficult
9 letters
Top scorer
difficult
16 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.0
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
1
1
–
–
–
4
D
2
–
–
1
–
1
4
F
3
2
1
1
–
–
7
I
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
L
4
2
–
–
–
–
6
T
2
–
–
–
–
–
2
Σ
13
5
2
3
0
1
24
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
cl 1cu 3
D
di 2du 2
F
fi 2fl 3fu 2
I
il 1
L
li 3lu 3
T
ti 2
All 24 answers
87 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★cliff5
cull1
cult1
cultic6
★difficultpangram16
dill1
dull1
dutiful7
fill1
fitful6
flit1
fluff5
fluid5
fulfill7
full1
illicit7
licit5
lift1
lilt1
lucid5
lull1
lulu1
till1
tilt1