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Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, October 4, 2020

Longest word
antioxidant
11 letters
Top scorer
antioxidant
18 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start 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
12
5 letters
6
6 letters
8
7 letters
2
8 letters
4
9 letters
2
10 letters
3
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
A
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
9
D
2
1
1
4
I
2
1
2
5
N
3
1
4
O
1
1
1
3
T
6
4
2
1
13
Σ
12
6
8
2
4
2
3
1
38

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ad 1an 5at 3
D
da 1di 2do 1
I
id 1in 3io 1
N
na 2no 2
O
on 1ox 2
T
ta 7ti 2to 4

All 38 answers

216 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
addition8
annotation10
anoint6
anti1
antioxidantpangram18
antitoxin9
ataxia6
attain6
attaint7
data1
dint1
ditto5
donation8
idiot5
initiation10
into1
intonation10
iota1
natant6
nation6
notation8
notion6
onto1
oxidantpangram14
oxidationpangram16
taint5
tannin6
tattoo6
taxa1
taxation8
taxi1
taxon5
tint1
titan5
toad1
toon1
toot1
toxin5
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