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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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