Spelling Bee Hints

Get unstuck without seeing the answers

See counts by first letter and length, pangrams and the maximum score—without revealing a single word.

Puzzle letters

Summary

Words by first letter

How many matching words in this site's list start with each letter.

First letter × word length

A grid showing how many words start with each letter at each length.

First 4567891011 Total
E 5 2 1 · · · · · 8
H 6 5 5 1 · 2 1 · 20
O 3 1 · 1 3 2 · · 10
R 4 5 4 3 2 · · · 18
S 7 15 14 5 · · · · 41
V 1 3 1 · · · · · 5
W 7 4 2 1 2 1 · 1 18

Two-letter starts

Number of words beginning with each two-letter prefix.