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Spelling Bee answers · Saturday, September 7, 2024

Longest word
abomination
11 letters
Top scorer
abomination
18 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
6.0
letters per word

Words by length

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

4 letters
14
5 letters
14
6 letters
14
7 letters
1
8 letters
3
9 letters
3
10 letters
5
11 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
10
11
Σ
A
1
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
13
B
1
1
3
5
I
4
1
1
3
9
M
5
2
3
1
1
12
N
1
2
1
1
5
O
2
1
1
4
T
1
3
3
7
Σ
14
14
14
1
3
3
5
1
55

Two-letter pairs

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

A
ab 1am 5an 6at 1
B
ba 1bi 2bo 2
I
ia 2im 2in 4io 1
M
ma 4mi 6mo 2
N
na 1ni 1no 3
O
ob 2om 1on 1
T
ta 3ti 3to 1

All 55 answers

301 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★
abominationpangram18
ambit5
ambitionpangram15
amino5
ammonia7
amnio5
anima5
animation9
anion5
annotation10
anoint6
anti1
attain6
bait1
biota5
biotin6
bobbin6
bonito6
iamb1
iambi5
imam1
imitation9
initiation10
intimation10
into1
intonation10
iota1
maim1
main1
maintain8
mania5
mini1
minim5
minima6
minion6
mint1
mitt1
monomania9
motion6
nation6
nimbi5
nomination10
notation8
notion6
obit1
obtain6
omit1
onion5
taint5
tannin6
tatami6
tibia5
tint1
titan5
tomtit6
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