NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Monday, June 16, 2025
Longest word
annotation
10 letters
Top scorer
fixation
15 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.7
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
10
Σ
A
3
1
3
1
–
1
1
10
F
1
1
1
1
1
–
–
5
I
2
1
1
–
–
–
2
6
N
4
–
4
–
1
–
–
9
O
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
T
2
4
1
–
1
–
–
8
Σ
13
8
10
2
3
1
3
40
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
an 8at 1ax 1
F
fa 1fi 2fo 2
I
in 6
N
na 5no 4
O
on 2
T
ta 4ti 2to 2
All 40 answers
197 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★anion5
annatto7
annotation10
anoint6
anon1
anti1
antifa6
antitoxin9
attain6
axon1
faint5
finito6
★fixationpangram15
font1
fontina7
infant6
infix5
info1
initiation10
into1
intonation10
naan1
naif1
nana1
natant6
nation6
nonfat6
noon1
notation8
notion6
onion5
onto1
taint5
tannin6
taxation8
taxon5
tint1
titan5
toon1
toxin5