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Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Longest word
annotation
10 letters
Top scorer
fixation
15 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.9
letters per word

Words by length

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

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

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
1
2
5
2
1
1
12
F
1
1
1
1
1
5
I
3
1
1
2
7
N
1
2
1
4
O
1
1
T
3
3
1
1
8
Σ
9
8
10
3
3
1
3
37

Two-letter pairs

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

A
af 2an 7at 3
F
fa 1fi 3fo 1
I
in 6io 1
N
na 2no 2
O
on 1
T
ta 4ti 3to 1

All 37 answers

200 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
affiant7
affix5
anion5
annotation10
anoint6
anoxia6
anti1
antifa6
antitoxin9
ataxia6
attain6
attaint7
faint5
fiat1
finito6
fixationpangram15
fontina7
infant6
infix5
info1
initiation10
into1
intonation10
iota1
naif1
nation6
notation8
notion6
onion5
taint5
tannin6
taxation8
taxi1
tiff1
tint1
titan5
toxin5
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