NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Friday, October 30, 2020
Longest word
familiarly
10 letters
Top scorer
familiarly
17 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
5.3
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
3
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3
1
–
–
–
7
F
5
8
6
–
4
–
1
24
I
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
L
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
M
4
1
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1
1
–
–
7
R
4
1
2
–
1
–
–
8
Σ
24
10
11
2
6
0
1
54
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
af 2ai 3ar 2
F
fa 8fi 8fl 3fr 5
I
if 1il 1im 1
L
la 1li 4
M
ma 5mi 2
R
ra 3ri 5
All 54 answers
219 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★affair6
affirm6
airily6
airmail7
airy1
aria1
aril1
fail1
fair1
fairly6
fairy5
familial8
familiar8
★familiarlypangram17
family6
filial6
filially8
fill1
filly5
film1
filmy5
firm1
firmly6
flail5
flair5
flimflam8
frail5
friar5
friary6
frill5
frilly6
iffy1
illy1
imam1
lair1
liar1
lily1
lima1
lira1
mafia5
mail1
maim1
malaria7
malarial8
miff1
mill1
raffia6
rail1
ramify6
rial1
riff1
riffraff8
rill1
riyal5