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Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Longest word
affiancing
10 letters
Top scorer
effacing
15 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
6.0
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
8
5 letters
3
6 letters
6
7 letters
4
8 letters
4
9 letters
1
10 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
Σ
A
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
2
C
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
2
E
–
–
1
–
1
–
–
2
F
5
2
5
4
1
1
–
18
G
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
N
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
Σ
8
3
6
4
4
1
1
27

Two-letter pairs

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

A
af 2
C
ca 2
E
ef 2
F
fa 5fe 4fi 9
G
ga 2
N
na 1

All 27 answers

145 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
affiance8
affiancing10
cafe1
caffeine8
efface6
★effacingpangram15
face1
facing6
fanfic6
fang1
fanning7
feign5
feigning8
fence5
fencing7
fiance6
fiancee7
fief1
fife1
fifing6
finance7
financing9
fine1
fining6
gaff1
gaffe5
naif1
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