NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
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.
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