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Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, March 7, 2021

Longest word
annotation
10 letters
Top scorer
nationhood
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.6
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
17
5 letters
6
6 letters
7
7 letters
1
8 letters
3
9 letters
0
10 letters
4

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
2
1
2
1
1
–
1
8
D
2
–
–
–
1
–
–
3
H
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
I
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
3
N
4
2
3
–
1
–
1
11
O
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
T
4
2
2
–
–
–
–
8
Σ
17
6
7
1
3
0
4
38

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ad 1an 5at 2
D
di 2do 1
H
ha 1hi 2
I
in 3
N
na 7ni 1no 3
O
on 2
T
ta 3th 2ti 2to 1

All 38 answers

167 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
addition8
anion5
annotation10
anoint6
anon1
anti1
attain6
attaint7
dino1
dint1
donation8
hand1
hind1
hint1
initiation10
into1
intonation10
naan1
nada1
naiad5
nana1
natant6
nation6
★nationhoodpangram17
ninth5
noon1
notation8
notion6
onion5
onto1
tahini6
taint5
tannin6
than1
thin1
tint1
titan5
toon1
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