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Spelling Bee answers · Friday, March 27, 2020

Longest word
honeymoon
9 letters
Top scorer
hegemony
15 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.7
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
7
5 letters
7
6 letters
2
7 letters
2
8 letters
4
9 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
Σ
E
1
1
G
1
1
2
H
2
2
2
3
1
10
M
4
3
1
8
O
1
1
Y
1
1
Σ
7
7
2
2
4
1
23

Two-letter pairs

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

E
en 1
G
ge 1gn 1
H
he 2ho 6hy 2
M
me 2mo 6
O
om 1
Y
ye 1

All 23 answers

123 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
enemy5
genome6
gnome5
hegemon7
hegemonypangram15
home1
homey5
homogenypangram15
homonym7
homonymy8
honeymoon9
hymen5
hymn1
meme1
memo1
mommy5
money5
moneymen8
mono1
moon1
moony5
omen1
yeomen6
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