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Spelling Bee answers · Friday, November 19, 2021

Longest word
familiarly
10 letters
Top scorer
familiarly
17 points
Starting letters
5 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.3
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
17
5 letters
10
6 letters
10
7 letters
3
8 letters
3
9 letters
0
10 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
Σ
A
5
2
4
1
12
F
4
5
4
1
1
15
L
3
3
M
1
1
2
1
5
R
4
2
2
1
9
Σ
17
10
10
3
3
0
1
44

Two-letter pairs

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

A
af 4ai 3al 1ar 4
F
fa 6fi 2fl 1fr 6
L
la 1li 2
M
ma 5
R
ra 4ri 5

All 44 answers

189 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
afar1
affair6
affirm6
affray6
airily6
airmail7
airy1
alarm5
aria1
aril1
army1
array5
fair1
fairly6
fairy5
familiar8
familiarlypangram17
farm1
firm1
firmly6
flair5
frail5
fray1
friar5
friary6
frill5
frilly6
lair1
liar1
lira1
malaria7
malarial8
mammary7
marm1
marry5
raffia6
rail1
rally5
ramify6
rial1
riff1
riffraff8
rill1
riyal5
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