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Spelling Bee answers · Monday, June 20, 2022

Longest word
excellently
11 letters
Top scorer
excellently
18 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.9
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
7
5 letters
4
6 letters
2
7 letters
1
8 letters
0
9 letters
1
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
C
1
1
E
1
1
1
2
1
6
L
2
2
N
2
1
1
4
T
2
2
4
Y
1
1
Σ
7
4
2
1
0
1
2
1
18

Two-letter pairs

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

C
ce 1
E
en 1ex 5
L
le 1ly 1
N
ne 4
T
te 4
Y
ye 1

All 18 answers

93 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
cent1
entente7
excellence10
excellency10
excellent9
excellentlypangram18
extent6
lent1
lynx1
nene1
nettle6
netty5
next1
teen1
teeny5
tenet5
tent1
yente5
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