Today's letters are below. The center letter, E, must be in every word.
Welcome, Bee solvers! This set leans on clear vowels and sturdy consonants, with E at the center and plenty of room for clever combos.
27 words · 104 points · 1 pangram
Hint 1: Word grid (first letter by word length)
How many words start with each letter, by length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| F | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| T | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 8 |
Hint 2: Two-letter starts
EF-1 · EP-1 · FE-2 · FI-2 · FO-1 · OG-1 · PE-4 · PI-3 · PO-4 · TE-3 · TI-2 · TO-3
Hint 3: Pangram first letters
P (8 letters)
Show the pangrams
PETTIFOG
Show all 27 answers
E effete, epee
F feet, fete, fief, fife, footie
O ogee
P peep, petit, petite, pettifog, pipe, pipet, pipette, poet, pope, poppet, potpie
T teepee, teff, tepee, tippet, tiptoe, toffee, tope, tote
Pangrams are in bold.
Spelling Bee deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Ranks and point targets
Today's puzzle is worth 104 points in total. These are the usual rank targets, worked out as a share of the total.
| Rank | Points |
|---|---|
| Beginner | 0 |
| Good Start | 2 |
| Moving Up | 5 |
| Good | 8 |
| Solid | 16 |
| Nice | 26 |
| Great | 42 |
| Amazing | 52 |
| Genius | 73 |
| Queen Bee | 104 |
Longest words (spoiler)
The longest answer is PETTIFOG, at 8 letters.
What every answer means (spoiler)
- effete: Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
- epee: (fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in ...
- feet: (obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.
- fete: A feast, celebration or carnival.
- fief: (law, historical) Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and perso...
- fife: A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military...
- footie: (especially in plural) A blanket sleeper or similar covering that covers the foot.
- ogee: (architecture) A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
- peep: (intransitive) To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or no...
- petit: (now uncommon, of size) Petite: small, little.
- petite: (especially of a woman) Fairly short and of slim build.
- pettifog: (intransitive) To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
- pipe: Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
- pipet: (US) Alternative spelling of pipette. [(sciences) A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb...
- pipette: (sciences) A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, ...
- poet: A person who writes poems.
- pope: (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as fathe...
- poppet: (informal, term of endearment) An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
- potpie: (US) A pie, having pastry sides and bottom and (usually also) top, and filled with savory filling...
- teepee: A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
- teff: The fine grain of this plant.
- tepee: Alternative form of teepee. [A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the ...
- tippet: A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
- tiptoe: Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
- toffee: (uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk...
- tope: A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.
- tote: A tote bag.
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