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Spelling Bee answers · Monday, November 14, 2022

Longest word
callable
8 letters
Top scorer
chewable
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
4.9
letters per word

Words by length

Spoiler-safe. Use it to see where the long ones hide.

4 letters
20
5 letters
10
6 letters
5
7 letters
1
8 letters
3

The hints grid

How many words of each length start with each letter — the classic Bee cheat sheet.

4
5
6
7
8
Σ
A
2
1
3
B
7
2
2
11
C
3
4
1
1
2
11
E
1
1
H
3
1
1
1
6
L
1
2
3
W
3
1
4
Σ
20
10
5
1
3
39

Two-letter pairs

The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.

A
ab 1ac 1al 1
B
ba 7be 1bl 3
C
ca 7ch 3cl 1
E
ea 1
H
ha 3he 3
L
la 2le 1
W
wa 2we 1wh 1

All 39 answers

138 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
able1
ache1
allele6
baba1
babble6
babe1
babel5
bale1
ball1
bawl1
beach5
blab1
blah1
bleach6
cabal5
cabala6
cable5
cache5
call1
calla5
callable8
challah7
chaw1
chewablepangram15
claw1
each1
halal5
hale1
hall1
heal1
healable8
heehaw6
label5
lace1
leach5
wale1
wall1
weal1
whale5
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