NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Longest word
incivility
10 letters
Top scorer
incivility
17 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start 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
1
4
2
1
1
–
–
9
I
2
1
–
2
–
1
1
7
L
3
2
–
1
–
–
–
6
N
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
T
4
2
1
–
–
–
–
7
V
1
1
–
–
1
–
–
3
Σ
11
11
3
4
2
1
1
33
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
ci 6cl 1cy 2
I
ic 1il 3in 2it 1
L
li 6
N
ni 1
T
ti 7
V
vi 3
All 33 answers
154 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★city1
civic5
civil5
civility8
civilly7
civvy5
clinic6
cyclic6
cynic5
icily5
illicit7
illicitly9
illy1
incivil7
★incivilitypangram17
itty1
licit5
licitly7
lilt1
lily1
lint1
linty5
ninny5
till1
tilt1
tinct5
tinily6
tinny5
tint1
tiny1
vicinity8
viny1
vinyl5