NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Friday, May 7, 2021
Longest word
vitriolic
9 letters
Top scorer
vitriolic
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.2
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
C
2
6
2
–
–
–
10
I
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
L
2
1
–
–
–
–
3
O
1
–
–
–
1
–
2
R
4
–
–
–
1
–
5
T
5
3
1
–
1
–
10
V
1
–
1
1
–
1
4
Σ
15
10
4
2
3
1
35
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
ci 4co 4cr 2
I
il 1
L
li 2lo 1
O
oc 1ol 1
R
ri 2ro 3
T
ti 2to 4tr 4
V
vi 4
All 35 answers
143 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★cirri5
citric6
civic5
civil5
cocci5
coil1
coir1
colic5
critic6
croci5
illicit7
licit5
lilt1
loci1
ocotillo8
olio1
rill1
riot1
roil1
roti1
rototill8
till1
tilt1
toil1
tori1
toric5
torii5
tricolor8
tricot6
trill5
trio1
victor6
viol1
vitriol7
★vitriolicpangram16