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Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Longest word
concoction
10 letters
Top scorer
conduction
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
14
5 letters
14
6 letters
7
7 letters
7
8 letters
0
9 letters
3
10 letters
2

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
C
1
4
2
4
1
2
14
D
2
2
1
5
I
2
1
4
2
9
N
2
1
3
O
1
1
2
T
2
3
1
6
U
4
3
1
8
Σ
14
14
7
7
0
3
2
47

Two-letter pairs

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

C
co 14
D
di 3do 1du 1
I
ic 2in 6io 1
N
no 3
O
on 2
T
ti 2to 2tu 2
U
ud 1un 7

All 47 answers

243 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
coconut7
cocoon6
codon5
coin1
concoct7
concoction10
condition9
condo5
conduct7
conductionpangram17
conduitpangram14
conic5
cotton6
count5
diction7
dino1
dint1
donut5
dunno5
icon1
iconic6
indict6
induct6
inductionpangram16
into1
intuit6
intuition9
ionic5
noon1
notion6
noun1
onion5
onto1
tinct5
tint1
tonic5
toon1
tuition7
tunic5
udon1
unction7
uncut5
undid5
undo1
union5
unit1
unto1
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