NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, May 9, 2020
Longest word
forthwith
9 letters
Top scorer
forthwith
16 points
Starting letters
5 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
4.7
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
F
1
3
–
–
–
1
5
H
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
R
7
1
–
–
–
–
8
T
5
3
1
–
–
–
9
W
3
3
–
–
–
–
6
Σ
16
10
2
0
0
1
29
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
F
fi 1fo 3fr 1
H
ho 1
R
ri 3ro 5
T
th 2to 4tr 3
W
wh 2wo 2wr 2
All 29 answers
94 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★firth5
fort1
forth5
★forthwithpangram16
froth5
horror6
riff1
rift1
riot1
roof1
root1
roti1
roto1
rotor5
thrift6
throw5
tori1
torii5
toro1
tort1
trio1
trot1
troth5
whir1
whirr5
wort1
worth5
writ1
wroth5