NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Friday, September 8, 2023
Longest word
intuition
9 letters
Top scorer
fruition
15 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.3
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
F
1
3
1
–
1
–
6
I
3
2
1
–
–
1
7
N
4
1
1
–
–
1
7
O
1
1
1
–
–
–
3
R
2
–
3
–
–
–
5
T
4
–
1
4
–
–
9
U
2
2
1
–
–
–
5
Σ
17
9
9
4
1
2
42
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
F
fi 1fo 2fr 2fu 1
I
in 6ir 1
N
ni 1no 5nu 1
O
on 2ou 1
R
ro 1ru 4
T
ti 1to 3tr 1tu 4
U
un 5
All 42 answers
177 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★finito6
font1
fount5
front5
★fruitionpangram15
futon5
info1
into1
intro5
intuit6
intuition9
inurn5
iron1
nitro5
noir1
noon1
nori1
notion6
noun1
nutrition9
onion5
onto1
outrun6
rotini6
ruin1
runoff6
runout6
runt1
tint1
toon1
torn1
tortoni7
triton6
tuition7
turn1
turnoff7
turnout7
unfit5
union5
unit1
unroof6
unto1