NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Longest word
annotator
9 letters
Top scorer
hawthorn
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
–
4
1
1
–
2
8
H
4
1
3
–
1
–
9
N
–
1
2
1
1
–
5
O
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
R
4
2
1
2
–
–
9
T
6
5
6
1
–
–
18
W
4
3
–
1
–
1
9
Σ
18
16
14
6
2
3
59
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
an 1ao 1ar 4at 2
H
ha 3ho 6
N
na 2no 3
O
or 1
R
ra 3ro 6
T
ta 7th 5to 4tr 2
W
wa 4wo 3wr 2
All 59 answers
274 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★annotator9
aorta5
arhat5
arrant6
arrow5
arrowroot9
athwart7
attar5
harrow6
hart1
★hawthornpangram15
hoar1
honor5
hoorah6
hora1
horn1
horror6
narrator8
narrow6
nonart6
north5
notator7
orator6
rant1
ratatat7
rattan6
roan1
roar1
root1
rotator7
rotor5
rowan5
tantara7
tantra6
taro1
tarot5
tart1
tartan6
tartar6
thorn5
throat6
throw5
thrown6
thwart6
torah5
torn1
toro1
tort1
trot1
troth5
warn1
warrant7
warrantor9
wart1
worn1
wort1
worth5
wrath5
wroth5