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Spelling Bee answers · Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Longest word
blackball
9 letters
Top scorer
checkable
16 points
Starting letters
6 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
12
5 letters
18
6 letters
4
7 letters
1
8 letters
4
9 letters
2

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
A
1
2
3
B
2
5
1
1
1
10
C
3
9
2
1
2
1
18
E
1
1
H
2
1
1
4
L
3
2
5
Σ
12
18
4
1
4
2
41

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 2be 4bl 4
C
ca 10ce 2ch 5cl 1
E
ea 1
H
ha 2he 2
L
la 2le 3

All 41 answers

197 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
aback5
ache1
alack5
back1
backache8
beach5
beck1
beech5
belch5
black5
blackball9
bleach6
blech5
cabal5
cabala6
cable5
cache5
cackle6
cake1
call1
calla5
callable8
callback8
celeb5
cell1
chalk5
challah7
check5
checkablepangram16
cheek5
clack5
each1
hack1
hackablepangram15
heck1
heckle6
lace1
lack1
leach5
lech1
leech5
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