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Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Longest word
concoction
10 letters
Top scorer
friction
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.5
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
16
5 letters
13
6 letters
13
7 letters
3
8 letters
1
9 letters
0
10 letters
4

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
C
2
4
5
3
14
F
1
1
1
1
4
I
4
2
2
8
N
1
1
2
1
5
O
1
1
R
4
1
1
6
T
4
4
2
2
12
Σ
16
13
13
3
1
0
4
50

Two-letter pairs

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

C
ci 3co 9cr 2
F
fi 2fo 1fr 1
I
ic 2in 3io 1ir 2
N
ni 2no 3
O
on 1
R
ri 4ro 2
T
ti 3to 5tr 4

All 50 answers

235 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
cirri5
citric6
citron6
cocci5
coffin6
coif1
coin1
concoction10
confit6
conic5
contortion10
contrition10
critic6
croci5
fiction7
finito6
foci1
frictionpangram15
icon1
iconic6
info1
into1
intro5
ionic5
iron1
ironic6
nitric6
nitro5
noir1
nonfiction10
notion6
onion5
ricin5
riff1
rift1
riot1
roti1
rotini6
tiff1
tinct5
tint1
tonic5
tori1
toric5
torii5
tortoni7
tricorn7
tricot6
trio1
triton6
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