NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Monday, October 26, 2020
Longest word
diacritic
9 letters
Top scorer
dictator
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.7
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
3
6
1
–
–
14
C
1
6
4
4
2
–
17
D
1
3
1
–
2
1
8
I
1
1
–
1
–
1
4
O
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
R
3
4
–
1
1
–
9
T
2
6
4
1
–
1
14
Σ
12
23
15
8
6
3
67
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ac 5ad 2ao 1ar 4at 2
C
ca 6ci 5co 4cr 2
D
di 7dr 1
I
id 2io 1ir 1
O
or 1
R
ra 6ri 2ro 1
T
ta 2ti 1to 5tr 6
All 67 answers
362 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★acacia6
acai1
acid1
acidic6
acrid5
addict6
adroit6
aortic6
arcadia7
arctic6
aria1
arid1
atria5
attic5
cacti5
cardiac7
cardio6
cardioid8
carioca7
★carotidpangram14
ciao1
cicada6
circa5
cirri5
citric6
coati5
cocci5
corrida7
corridor8
critic6
croci5
diacritic9
dicta5
★dictatorpangram15
didact6
didactic8
dirt1
ditto5
droid5
idiot5
idiotic7
iota1
irritator9
oratorio8
radiator8
radii5
radio5
raid1
raita5
ratio5
ricotta7
riot1
roti1
tacit5
tactic6
tiara5
tori1
toric5
torii5
toroid6
torrid6
trait5
traitor7
trattoria9
triad5
tricot6
trio1