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Spelling Bee answers · Friday, March 13, 2020

Longest word
parkland
8 letters
Top scorer
parkland
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
4.6
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
18
5 letters
9
6 letters
2
7 letters
0
8 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
Σ
A
1
1
1
–
–
3
D
3
1
–
–
–
4
K
–
1
–
–
–
1
L
4
–
–
–
–
4
N
3
–
–
–
–
3
P
5
5
1
–
1
12
R
2
1
–
–
–
3
Σ
18
9
2
0
1
30

Two-letter pairs

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

A
an 2ap 1
D
da 3dr 1
K
ka 1
L
la 4
N
na 3
P
pa 8pl 3pr 1
R
ra 3

All 30 answers

90 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
anal1
annal5
appall6
dank1
dark1
darn1
drank5
kappa5
land1
lank1
lard1
lark1
naan1
nada1
nana1
pall1
palp1
panda5
papa1
papal5
park1
parka5
★parklandpangram15
plan1
planar6
plank5
prank5
radar5
rand1
rank1
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