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Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, October 27, 2022

Longest word
floorboard
10 letters
Top scorer
floorboard
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.0
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
14
5 letters
9
6 letters
2
7 letters
3
8 letters
0
9 letters
0
10 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
Σ
A
2
1
1
1
5
B
1
1
2
D
1
1
F
8
5
1
1
1
16
L
1
1
2
O
1
1
2
R
1
1
Σ
14
9
2
3
0
0
1
29

Two-letter pairs

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

A
af 3al 2
B
ba 1bo 1
D
do 1
F
fa 4fl 6fo 6
L
lo 2
O
of 2
R
ro 1

All 29 answers

109 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
afar1
afford6
afro1
alfalfa7
aloof5
barf1
boffo5
doff1
fall1
falloff7
farad5
farro5
flab1
flood5
floor5
floorboardpangram17
flora5
floral6
foal1
fold1
food1
fool1
fora1
ford1
loaf1
loofa5
offal5
offload7
roof1
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