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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, October 30, 2021

Longest word
hiccoughing
11 letters
Top scorer
hiccoughing
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
6.1
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
9
5 letters
7
6 letters
4
7 letters
6
8 letters
7
9 letters
1
10 letters
0
11 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
11
Σ
C
4
5
1
1
5
16
G
1
1
H
2
2
2
3
2
1
12
I
1
1
2
N
1
1
O
1
1
U
1
1
2
Σ
9
7
4
6
7
1
0
1
35

Two-letter pairs

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

C
ch 8ci 2co 6
G
gn 1
H
hi 4ho 4hu 4
I
in 2
N
ni 1
O
ou 1
U
un 2

All 35 answers

207 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
chic1
chichi6
chignon7
chin1
chinning8
chino5
chug1
chugging8
cinch5
cinching8
coho1
conch5
couch5
couchingpangram15
cough5
coughingpangram15
gnocchi7
hiccough8
hiccoughingpangram18
high1
hinging7
hogging7
honcho6
honing6
hooch5
hugging7
hunch5
hunching8
hung1
inch1
inching7
nigh1
ouch1
unhinging9
unhung6
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