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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, November 30, 2024

Longest word
anticlimactic
13 letters
Top scorer
anticlimactic
20 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
6.0
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
11
5 letters
16
6 letters
13
7 letters
11
8 letters
6
9 letters
3
10 letters
0
11 letters
0
12 letters
0
13 letters
1

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
11
12
13
Σ
A
1
2
1
2
1
7
C
6
6
3
5
3
2
25
I
1
3
1
1
6
L
1
2
2
5
M
1
3
1
2
1
8
N
1
1
T
2
2
2
1
1
1
9
Σ
11
16
13
11
6
3
0
0
0
1
61

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ac 3al 1an 2at 1
C
ca 15ci 1cl 9
I
il 2in 3it 1
L
la 3li 2
M
ma 5mi 3
N
ni 1
T
ta 7ti 2

All 61 answers

348 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
acacia6
acai1
acclaim7
almanac7
antic5
anticlimacticpangram20
attic5
cacti5
caiman6
call1
calla5
calm1
cami1
canal5
cancan6
canna5
cant1
cantata7
cantina7
catcall7
catmint7
cattail7
cilia5
claim5
claimantpangram15
clam1
clan1
climactic9
climatic8
clinic6
clinical8
clinician9
iliac5
illicit7
incant6
inimical8
intact6
italic6
lactic6
laic1
laical6
licit5
lilac5
malic5
mancala7
maniac6
maniacal8
manic5
mica1
mimic5
minicam7
niacin6
tacit5
tact1
tactic6
tactical8
tactician9
talc1
tannic6
tinct5
titanic7
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