NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Monday, October 12, 2020
Longest word
turnaround
10 letters
Top scorer
turnaround
17 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.5
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
4
4
3
–
–
1
–
12
D
5
1
2
–
–
–
–
8
N
3
–
2
1
1
1
–
8
O
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
2
R
5
2
1
3
–
1
–
12
T
5
2
6
3
–
–
1
17
Σ
22
9
16
7
1
3
1
59
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ad 1an 2ao 1ar 3at 1au 4
D
da 4do 2dr 1du 1
N
na 5no 2nu 1
O
or 1ou 1
R
ra 6ro 5ru 1
T
ta 11to 2tr 1tu 3
All 59 answers
271 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★adorn5
annotator9
anon1
aorta5
ardor5
around6
arrant6
attar5
aunt1
aura1
aurora6
auto1
darn1
dart1
data1
daunt5
doodad6
dotard6
drat1
duad1
naan1
nada1
nana1
narrator8
natant6
nonart6
notator7
nurturant9
orator6
outran6
radar5
radon5
rand1
rant1
ratatat7
rattan6
road1
roan1
roar1
rotator7
★rotundapangram14
runaround9
tandoor7
tantara7
tantra6
taro1
tarot5
tart1
tartan6
tartar6
tattoo6
taunt5
taut1
toad1
tornado7
truant6
tuna1
tundra6
★turnaroundpangram17