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Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Longest word
abomination
11 letters
Top scorer
abomination
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.6
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
19
5 letters
15
6 letters
10
7 letters
4
8 letters
2
9 letters
3
10 letters
2
11 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
10
11
Σ
A
2
4
1
1
1
1
10
B
2
3
2
7
I
2
1
1
1
5
M
11
9
4
1
1
26
N
1
1
2
O
1
1
2
T
1
3
4
Σ
19
15
10
4
2
3
2
1
56

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ab 1am 6an 2at 1
B
ba 3bo 4
I
ia 2im 2in 1
M
ma 11mi 6mo 9
N
ni 1no 1
O
om 1ot 1
T
ta 1to 3

All 56 answers

270 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
abominationpangram18
ambit5
ambitionpangram15
amino5
ammo1
ammonia7
amnio5
anima5
animation9
atom1
bambino7
bamboo6
bantam6
boatman7
bomb1
boom1
bottom6
iamb1
iambi5
imam1
imitation9
intimation10
maim1
main1
maintain8
mama1
mamba5
mambo5
mamma5
mammon6
mania5
manna5
manta5
mini1
minim5
minima6
minion6
mint1
mitt1
moan1
moat1
momma5
mono1
monomania9
moon1
moot1
motion6
motto5
nimbi5
nomination10
omit1
ottoman7
tatami6
tomato6
tomb1
tomtit6
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