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Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Longest word
participant
11 letters
Top scorer
participant
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.8
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
16
5 letters
16
6 letters
12
7 letters
9
8 letters
3
9 letters
2
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
A
1
3
3
2
1
1
11
C
3
5
3
1
12
I
1
1
N
1
1
2
P
3
1
3
1
1
1
10
R
4
2
2
2
1
11
T
4
5
3
2
14
Σ
16
16
12
9
3
2
2
1
61

Two-letter pairs

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

A
an 1ap 2ar 4at 4
C
ca 6ci 3cr 3
I
ir 1
N
na 1ni 1
P
pa 5pi 1pr 4
R
ra 9ri 2
T
ta 8ti 1tr 5

All 61 answers

325 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
antarctic9
apart5
apparat7
arcana6
arctic6
aria1
arrant6
atria5
attar5
attract7
attractant10
cairn5
carat5
carp1
carpi5
cart1
cataract8
circa5
cirri5
citric6
crania6
crap1
critic6
irritant8
narc1
nitric6
pair1
part1
participantpangram18
partita7
patricianpangram16
piratic7
practicianpangram17
prat1
priapic7
print5
rain1
raita5
rani1
rant1
rapini6
rapt1
ratatat7
rattan6
rattrap7
ricin5
riparian8
tantara7
tantra6
tantric7
tapir5
tarp1
tart1
tartan6
tartar6
tiara5
tract5
train5
trait5
trap1
trip1
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