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Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Longest word
womanhood
9 letters
Top scorer
womanhood
16 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.2
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
11
5 letters
6
6 letters
4
7 letters
2
8 letters
1
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
–
1
–
1
–
–
2
D
5
–
1
–
–
–
6
H
2
1
2
–
–
–
5
M
1
3
1
1
1
–
7
N
1
1
–
–
–
–
2
W
2
–
–
–
–
1
3
Σ
11
6
4
2
1
1
25

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ad 2
D
da 2do 4
H
ha 1ho 4
M
ma 4mo 3
N
na 1no 1
W
wa 1wo 2

All 25 answers

103 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
adman5
adwoman7
damn1
dawn1
dodo1
doodad6
doom1
down1
hand1
hodad5
hood1
hoodoo6
howdah6
madam5
madman6
madwoman8
manhood7
monad5
mondo5
mood1
nada1
nomad5
wand1
★womanhoodpangram16
wood1
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