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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, October 7, 2023

Longest word
multimillion
12 letters
Top scorer
multimillion
19 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.3
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
19
5 letters
8
6 letters
6
7 letters
4
8 letters
1
9 letters
2
10 letters
0
11 letters
0
12 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
12
Σ
I
1
1
1
1
4
L
6
1
1
8
M
5
1
2
3
1
1
13
N
1
1
2
O
2
1
3
T
4
1
1
1
7
U
1
3
4
Σ
19
8
6
4
1
2
0
0
1
41

Two-letter pairs

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

I
il 1in 3
L
li 6lo 2
M
mi 8mo 3mu 2
N
no 2
O
ol 1om 1on 1
T
ti 3to 2tu 2
U
un 4

All 41 answers

168 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
ilium5
into1
intuit6
intuition9
lilt1
limit5
limn1
limo1
lint1
lion1
loin1
lotion6
mill1
million7
mini1
minim5
minimum7
minion6
mint1
mitt1
moil1
moonlit7
motion6
multimillionpangram19
munition8
nonillion9
notion6
olio1
omit1
onion5
till1
tilt1
tint1
toil1
tomtit6
tuition7
tutti5
union5
unit1
unlit5
until5
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