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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.

4 letters
7
5 letters
7
6 letters
3
7 letters
1
8 letters
2
9 letters
1

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
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