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Spelling Bee answers · Monday, September 21, 2020

Longest word
intuition
9 letters
Top scorer
function
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.4
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
8
5 letters
8
6 letters
5
7 letters
3
8 letters
1
9 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
Σ
C
1
1
2
1
5
F
2
1
3
I
1
1
2
N
1
1
O
1
1
T
4
2
1
7
U
2
3
1
1
7
Σ
8
8
5
3
1
1
26

Two-letter pairs

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

C
co 2cu 3
F
fo 1fu 2
I
in 2
N
no 1
O
ou 1
T
to 2tu 5
U
un 7

All 26 answers

123 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
coconut7
count5
cuff1
cutoff6
cutout6
fount5
functionpangram15
futon5
intuit6
intuition9
noun1
outfit6
tofu1
tout1
tuft1
tuition7
tunic5
tutti5
tutu1
unction7
uncuff6
uncut5
unfit5
union5
unit1
unto1
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