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December 16, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 16, 2020, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter YADEHLT
Spelling Bee for December 16, 2020

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Center letter H: March 11, 2023

words: 128
score: 594 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 6
bingo: yes

A x 18
D x 21
E x 15
H x 21
L x 15
T x 14
Y x 24

4L x 39
5L x 42
6L x 21
7L x 12
8L x 12
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 5 6 1 3 2 1 18
D 2 9 3 5 2 - 21
E 4 3 3 - 4 1 15
H 6 7 4 2 2 - 21
L 3 6 4 1 1 - 15
T 5 7 1 1 - - 14
Y 14 4 5 - 1 - 24
tot 39 42 21 12 12 2 128

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AD x 4 AL x 10 AY x 4
DA x 9 DE x 10 DY x 2
EA x 2 ED x 1 EE x 1 EL x 2 ET x 3 EY x 6
HA x 5 HE x 9 HY x 7
LA x 7 LE x 4 LY x 4
TA x 2 TE x 3 TH x 2 TY x 7
YA x 9 YE x 15

cmp 6 7 8 tot
D - 2 1 3
E - - 1 1
H 1 1 - 2
tot 1 3 2 6

debut appearances 10

DEATHLY, ETHYLATED, HEATEDLY

word       length      
ADDEDLY 7
ADDY 4
ADLAY 5
ADYTA 5
ALDEHYDE 8 debut, disallowed elsewhere
ALEY 4
ALLAY 5
ALLAYED 7 debut
ALLEY 5
ALLEYED 7
ALLY 4
ALLYL 5
ALLYLATE 8
ALLYLATED 9
AYAH 4
AYAT 4
AYEAYE 6
AYLET 5
DADDY 5
DADLY 5
DADYL 5
DAEDALLY 8
DALLY 5
DATEDLY 7
DAYED 5
DAYEE 5
DAYTALE * 7
DEADEYE * 7
DEADLY 6 debut
DEALY 5
DEATHDAY * 8
DEATHLY 7 perfect pangram, debut
DEATHY 6
DEEDLY 6
DEEDY 5
DELAY 5 debut
DELAYED 7 debut
DYAD 4
DYED 4
EATHLY 6
EATHY 5
EDDY 4
EELY 4
ELATEDLY 8 debut
ELAYL 5
ETHYL 5
ETHYLATE 8
ETHYLATED 9 pangram
EYALET 6
EYED 4
EYELET 6
EYELETED 8
EYET 4
EYETEETH * 8
HATTY 5
HAYE 4
HAYED 5
HAYEY 5
HAYHEAD * 7
HEADEDLY 8
HEADY 5 debut
HEALTHY 7
HEATEDLY 8 pangram, debut
HEATHY 6
HEATY 5
HETTY 5
HEYA 4
HEYDAY * 6 debut
HYALEA 6
HYDE 4
HYDEL 5
HYETAL 6
HYLA 4
HYLE 4
HYTE 4
LADDY 5
LADY 4
LALLY 5
LATELY 6
LATHY 5
LAYA 4
LAYETTE 7
LEADY 5
LEALLY 6
LEALTY 6
LETHALLY 8
LYATE 5
LYED 4
LYTTA 5
LYTTAE 6
TALLY 5
TATTY 5
TEDDY 5
TEETHLY 7
TELLY 5
THEY 4
THYLE 5
TYED 4
TYEE 4
TYET 4
TYLE 4
TYLED 5
TYTHE 5
TYTHED 6
YADDA 5
YALAH 5
YALD 4
YALE 4
YATE 4
YATT 4
YATTA 5
YATTLE 6
YAYA 4
YEAD 4
YEAH 4
YEAT 4
YEDDA 5
YEDE 4
YEEHAH 6
YEEHAHED 8
YEET 4
YEETED 6
YELD 4
YELL 4
YELLED 6
YETE 4
YETT 4
YETTED 6

* compound(ish) word

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