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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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