NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, September 12, 2020
Longest word
concoction
10 letters
Top scorer
locomotion
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.5
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
C
2
4
2
1
–
2
1
12
I
2
1
1
1
–
–
–
5
L
7
2
1
–
–
–
1
11
M
5
2
2
2
–
1
–
12
N
–
–
1
–
–
1
–
2
O
2
1
–
–
1
1
–
5
T
4
2
1
–
–
–
–
7
Σ
22
12
8
4
1
5
2
54
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
cl 1co 11
I
ic 2il 1in 1io 1
L
li 7lo 4
M
mi 8mo 4
N
no 2
O
oc 2ol 1om 1on 1
T
ti 4to 3
All 54 answers
238 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★clinic6
cocci5
coil1
coin1
colic5
colonic7
comic5
commit6
commotion9
concoction10
conic5
cotillion9
icon1
iconic6
illicit7
into1
ionic5
licit5
lilt1
limit5
limn1
limo1
lint1
lion1
loci1
★locomotionpangram17
loin1
lotion6
mill1
million7
mimic5
mini1
minim5
minion6
mint1
mitt1
moil1
monotonic9
moonlit7
motion6
nonillion9
notion6
ocotillo8
octillion9
olio1
omit1
onion5
till1
tilt1
tinct5
tint1
toil1
tomtit6
tonic5