NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Sunday, September 8, 2024
Longest word
heightening
11 letters
Top scorer
weighting
16 points
Starting letters
6 of 7
letters that start a word
Average length
6.2
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
10
11
Σ
E
–
1
1
–
1
1
1
–
5
G
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
H
3
2
3
3
1
–
–
1
13
N
1
3
–
1
1
1
1
–
8
T
3
7
1
2
2
1
1
–
17
W
6
4
4
2
3
3
–
–
22
Σ
14
17
9
8
8
6
3
1
66
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
E
ei 5
G
gh 1
H
he 7hi 6
N
ne 2ni 6
T
te 4th 7ti 5tw 1
W
we 4wh 15wi 3
All 66 answers
389 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★eight5
eighteen8
eighteenth10
eighth6
eightieth9
ghee1
height6
heighten8
heightening11
heinie6
henge5
hewing6
hewn1
high1
hinge5
hinging7
hint1
hinting7
hitting7
neigh5
neighing8
nigh1
night5
nightie7
nineteenth10
ninetieth9
ninth5
teeth5
teethe6
teething8
tenth5
thee1
then1
thigh5
thin1
thine5
thing5
thinning8
tight5
tighten7
tightening10
tithe5
tithing7
twentieth9
weigh5
weighing8
weight6
★weightingpangram16
whee1
when1
whet1
★whettingpangram15
whew1
whine5
whinge6
whingeing9
whinging8
whining7
whit1
white5
whiten6
★whiteningpangram16
whiting7
wight5
with1
within6