NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, November 30, 2023
Longest word
moratoria
9 letters
Top scorer
aromatic
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.4
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
2
2
4
–
1
–
9
C
3
7
3
1
–
–
14
I
2
–
–
–
1
–
3
M
3
2
1
–
–
1
7
O
1
–
–
–
1
–
2
R
2
2
–
1
–
–
5
T
3
5
5
1
–
1
15
Σ
16
18
13
3
3
2
55
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ac 2ao 1ar 3at 3
C
ca 3ci 4co 5cr 2
I
im 2io 1
M
ma 1mi 5mo 1
O
om 1or 1
R
ra 2ri 2ro 1
T
ta 4ti 1to 4tr 6
All 55 answers
254 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★acacia6
acai1
aortic6
arctic6
aria1
★aromaticpangram15
atomic6
atria5
attic5
cacti5
cami1
carioca7
ciao1
circa5
cirri5
citric6
coati5
cocci5
coir1
comic5
commit6
critic6
croci5
imam1
imitator8
iota1
maim1
mica1
micro5
mimic5
mirror6
mitt1
moratoria9
omit1
oratorio8
raita5
ratio5
ricotta7
riot1
roti1
tacit5
tactic6
tamari6
tatami6
tiara5
tomtit6
tori1
toric5
torii5
trait5
traitor7
trattoria9
tricot6
trim1
trio1