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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, September 24, 2022

Longest word
intuition
9 letters
Top scorer
fruition
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
4.9
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
30
5 letters
13
6 letters
8
7 letters
4
8 letters
1
9 letters
2

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
F
3
4
1
1
9
I
1
1
1
1
4
N
1
1
1
3
O
1
1
2
4
R
6
1
2
9
T
17
4
1
4
26
U
2
1
3
Σ
30
13
8
4
1
2
58

Two-letter pairs

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

F
fi 1fo 4fr 3fu 1
I
in 4
N
ni 1no 1nu 1
O
on 1ou 3
R
ri 2ro 5ru 2
T
ti 2to 11tr 4tu 9
U
un 3

All 58 answers

204 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
finito6
font1
foot1
fort1
fount5
front5
fruit5
fruitionpangram15
futon5
into1
intro5
intuit6
intuition9
nitro5
notion6
nutrition9
onto1
outfit6
outro5
outrun6
rift1
riot1
root1
roti1
rotini6
rotor5
rout1
runout6
runt1
tiff1
tint1
tofu1
toon1
toot1
tori1
torii5
torn1
toro1
tort1
tortoni7
tour1
tout1
trio1
triton6
trot1
trout5
tuft1
tuition7
turf1
turn1
turnoff7
turnout7
tutor5
tutti5
tutu1
unfit5
unit1
unto1
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