NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, May 29, 2022
Longest word
belatedly
9 letters
Top scorer
belatedly
16 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.
The hints grid
How many words of each length start with each letter — the classic Bee cheat sheet.
4
5
6
7
8
9
Σ
A
2
3
–
1
–
–
6
B
2
6
2
1
–
1
12
D
2
3
2
3
–
2
12
E
3
–
1
1
1
1
7
L
1
–
1
1
–
–
3
T
–
4
–
–
–
–
4
Y
1
–
1
–
–
–
2
Σ
11
16
7
7
1
4
46
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ab 2al 4
B
ba 5be 5bl 1by 1
D
da 3de 6dy 3
E
ed 1ee 1el 1ey 4
L
la 3
T
ta 3te 1
Y
ye 2
All 46 answers
240 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★abbey5
ably1
allay5
allayed7
alley5
ally1
baby1
badly5
baldly6
batty5
bayed5
beady5
★belatedlypangram16
belay5
belayed7
belly5
blabby6
byte1
daddy5
dally5
daybed6
deadeye7
deadly6
★debatablypangram16
delay5
delayable9
delayed7
dyad1
dyeable7
dyed1
eddy1
eely1
elatedly8
eyeball7
eyeballed9
eyed1
eyelet6
lady1
lately6
layette7
tabby5
tally5
tatty5
teddy5
yell1
yelled6