NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, September 21, 2023
Longest word
annotation
10 letters
Top scorer
motivation
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
6.3
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
A
1
5
2
1
1
1
1
12
I
3
–
–
–
–
1
5
9
M
5
2
3
1
1
1
1
14
N
–
–
2
–
2
–
1
5
O
1
1
–
1
–
–
–
3
T
1
2
3
–
–
–
–
6
V
1
1
–
1
–
–
–
3
Σ
12
11
10
4
4
3
8
52
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
am 3an 6at 1av 2
I
im 2in 6io 1
M
ma 4mi 7mo 3
N
na 1no 4
O
om 1on 1ov 1
T
ta 3ti 2to 1
V
va 1vi 1vo 1
All 52 answers
301 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★amino5
ammonia7
amnio5
anima5
animation9
anion5
annotation10
anoint6
anti1
attain6
avian5
aviation8
imam1
imitation9
initiation10
innovation10
intimation10
into1
intonation10
invitation10
iota1
maim1
main1
maintain8
mania5
mini1
minim5
minima6
minion6
minivan7
mint1
mitt1
monomania9
motion6
★motivationpangram17
nation6
nomination10
notation8
notion6
novation8
omit1
onion5
ovation7
taint5
tannin6
tatami6
tint1
titan5
tomtit6
vain1
vitamin7
vomit5