NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, May 30, 2021
Longest word
hillbilly
9 letters
Top scorer
blithely
15 points
Starting letters
3 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.4
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
B
7
6
3
–
2
–
18
H
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
L
–
1
–
1
–
–
2
Σ
7
7
3
1
2
1
21
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
B
be 9bi 6bl 2by 1
H
hi 1
L
li 2
All 21 answers
99 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★beet1
beetle6
belie5
belittle8
bell1
belle5
belly5
belt1
betel5
bible5
bile1
bill1
billet6
billy5
bite1
blithe6
★blithelypangram15
byte1
hillbilly9
libel5
libelee7