NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Monday, October 9, 2023
Longest word
highlighting
12 letters
Top scorer
glitching
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
7.0
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
11
12
Σ
C
–
1
1
–
4
1
–
–
–
7
G
2
1
1
3
2
1
–
–
–
10
H
1
–
–
4
1
1
–
–
1
8
I
–
1
1
2
2
1
–
–
–
7
L
–
1
1
1
1
1
–
–
–
5
N
1
1
–
–
1
–
1
–
–
4
T
–
3
1
6
2
–
–
–
–
12
Σ
4
8
5
16
13
5
1
0
1
53
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
ch 2ci 2cl 3
G
gi 6gl 4
H
hi 8
I
ic 1ig 1in 4it 1
L
li 5
N
ni 4
T
th 3ti 9
All 53 answers
364 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★chilling8
chinning8
cinching8
citing6
clinching9
cling5
clinging8
gigging7
giggling8
gill1
gilling7
gilt1
ginning7
glint5
glinting8
glitch6
★glitchingpangram16
high1
highlight9
highlighting12
hilling7
hinging7
hinting7
hitching8
hitting7
icing5
igniting8
inching7
inciting8
inclining9
inning6
itching7
light5
lighting8
lightning9
lilting7
lining6
niggling8
nigh1
night5
nightlight10
thigh5
thing5
thinning8
tight5
tiling6
tilling7
tilting7
tinging7
tingling8
tinting7
tithing7
titling7