NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, September 23, 2021
Longest word
traumatic
9 letters
Top scorer
traumatic
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.2
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
Σ
A
2
2
3
–
–
–
7
C
1
3
3
1
–
–
8
I
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
M
3
1
–
–
–
–
4
R
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
T
1
4
3
1
–
1
10
U
1
1
–
–
–
–
2
Σ
9
12
9
2
0
1
33
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ac 2ar 2at 3
C
ca 2ci 4cr 1cu 1
I
im 1
M
ma 1mi 3
R
ra 1
T
ta 4ti 1tr 4tu 1
U
um 1ur 1
All 33 answers
153 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★acacia6
acai1
arctic6
aria1
atria5
atrium6
attic5
cacti5
cami1
circa5
circuit7
cirri5
citric6
critic6
curium6
imam1
maim1
mica1
mimic5
mitt1
raita5
tacit5
tactic6
tamari6
tatami6
tiara5
trait5
★traumaticpangram16
trim1
tritium7
tutti5
umami5
uric1