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NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive

Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Longest word
beginning
9 letters
Top scorer
bogeying
15 points
Starting letters
5 of 7
letters that start 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
12
5 letters
12
6 letters
15
7 letters
6
8 letters
3
9 letters
2

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
B
6
11
12
5
2
2
38
E
1
1
1
3
G
2
2
4
N
1
1
2
O
2
1
3
Σ
12
12
15
6
3
2
50

Two-letter pairs

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

B
be 8bi 7bo 22by 1
E
eb 3
G
gi 3go 1
N
no 2
O
ob 3

All 50 answers

260 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
been1
begging7
begin5
beginning9
begone6
beige5
being5
benign6
bigeye6
biggie6
binge5
bingeing8
binging7
bingo5
binning7
bobbin6
bobbing7
bogey5
bogeyingpangram15
bogging7
boggy5
boing5
bonbon6
bone1
bong1
bongo5
boning6
bonny5
bonobo6
bony1
boob1
booboo6
booby5
boogie6
boogieing9
booing6
boon1
bygone6
ebbing6
ebon1
ebony5
gibbon6
gibe1
gibing6
goby1
nonbeing8
noob1
obey1
obeyingpangram14
oboe1
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