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Spelling Bee answers · Monday, March 1, 2021

Longest word
canonization
12 letters
Top scorer
canonization
19 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
6.1
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
11
5 letters
15
6 letters
16
7 letters
7
8 letters
3
9 letters
3
10 letters
1
11 letters
2
12 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
12
Σ
A
1
2
2
5
C
6
9
7
5
2
2
1
1
1
34
I
1
1
3
1
1
7
N
1
1
O
1
1
T
2
3
2
2
1
10
Z
1
1
Σ
11
15
16
7
3
3
1
2
1
59

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ac 3an 1at 1
C
ca 15ci 2co 17
I
ic 2in 4io 1
N
ni 1
O
oc 1
T
ta 6ti 2to 2
Z
zi 1

All 59 answers

333 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
acacia6
acai1
action6
antic5
attic5
cacao5
cacti5
cancan6
canna5
cannon6
cannot6
canon5
canonizationpangram19
cant1
cantata7
cantina7
canton6
catatonia9
catatonic9
cation6
ciao1
citation8
coact5
coaction8
coat1
coati5
coca1
cocci5
cocoa5
cocoon6
coin1
concoct7
concoction10
conic5
connotation11
contact7
contain7
coot1
cotton6
icon1
iconic6
inaction8
incant6
incantation11
intact6
ionic5
niacin6
octant6
tacit5
taco1
tact1
tactic6
tactician9
tannic6
tinct5
titanic7
toccata7
tonic5
zinc1
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