NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Longest word
incontinence
12 letters
Top scorer
injection
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
6.1
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
11
12
Σ
C
4
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1
4
–
1
3
–
–
13
E
–
1
2
2
1
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–
–
–
6
I
–
1
4
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1
3
–
1
1
11
J
1
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–
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–
–
–
–
–
1
N
7
3
2
–
2
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–
–
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14
O
1
1
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2
T
5
3
1
1
1
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11
Σ
18
9
10
7
5
4
3
1
1
58
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
ce 1ci 1co 11
E
ec 1ej 2en 3
I
in 11
J
je 1
N
ne 3ni 6no 5
O
oc 1on 1
T
te 5ti 1to 5
All 58 answers
315 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★cent1
cite1
conceit7
cone1
connect7
connection10
connote7
content7
contention10
continence10
continent9
cootie6
cote1
ecotone7
eject5
★ejectionpangram15
enjoin6
entente7
entice6
incite6
incontinence12
incontinent11
inject6
★injectionpangram16
innie5
innocence9
innocent8
intent6
intention9
intone6
jete1
nene1
neocon6
neon1
nice1
nicotine8
niece5
nine1
nineteen8
nite1
nonce5
none1
nonet5
note1
notice6
octet5
once1
tectonic8
teen1
tenet5
tenon5
tent1
tine1
tone1
tonne5
tontine7
toonie6
tote1