NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
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.
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