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Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Longest word
dependently
11 letters
Top scorer
dependently
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.6
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
13
5 letters
8
6 letters
13
7 letters
5
8 letters
2
9 letters
1
10 letters
0
11 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
10
11
Σ
D
3
3
1
2
1
1
11
E
1
1
2
L
2
2
N
2
2
4
2
10
P
3
2
3
1
9
T
3
2
2
7
Y
1
1
2
Σ
13
8
13
5
2
1
0
1
43

Two-letter pairs

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

D
de 10dy 1
E
en 2
L
le 2
N
ne 10
P
pe 8pl 1
T
te 7
Y
ye 2

All 43 answers

209 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
deepen6
deepened8
dent1
dented6
deny1
depend6
depended8
dependent9
dependentlypangram18
detente7
dyne1
ended5
entente7
lend1
lent1
need1
needed6
needle6
needled7
needy5
nene1
netted6
nettle6
nettled7
netty5
peen1
pend1
pended6
pendent7
penne5
penned6
penny5
pent1
plenty6
teen1
teeny5
tend1
tended6
tenet5
tent1
tented6
yenned6
yente5
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