NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, November 25, 2021
Longest word
phenomenon
10 letters
Top scorer
phenomena
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
4.8
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
3
1
2
1
–
–
–
7
E
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
H
6
1
1
–
–
1
–
9
M
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
N
7
–
–
–
–
–
–
7
O
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
P
8
3
4
1
–
1
1
18
Σ
32
6
7
2
0
2
1
50
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ae 1ah 1am 1an 1ap 3
E
en 1ep 1
H
ha 1he 4ho 4
M
ma 1me 3mo 1
N
na 2ne 3no 2
O
om 1op 1
P
pa 2pe 7ph 5po 4
All 50 answers
153 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★aeon1
ahem1
amen1
anemone7
apeman6
apemen6
apnea5
enema5
epee1
happen6
heap1
heme1
hemp1
henna5
home1
homophone9
hone1
hope1
mane1
mean1
meme1
memo1
mope1
name1
nape1
neap1
nene1
neon1
none1
nope1
omen1
open1
paean5
pane1
peahen6
peen1
peep1
penman6
penmen6
penne5
peon1
phenom6
★phenomenapangram16
phenomenon10
phone5
phoneme7
poem1
pome1
pone1
pope1