Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
January 9, 2021 | Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 9, 2021, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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center letter LACIKOT
Spelling Bee for January 9, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter O: November 2, 2023
Center letter I: September 13, 2022
Center letter K: October 5, 2021

words: 37
score: 225 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 6
bingo: yes

A x 6
C x 15
I x 3
K x 1
L x 6
O x 2
T x 4

5L x 20
6L x 7
7L x 4
8L x 6

  5 6 7 8 tot
A 5 1 - - 6
C 7 3 2 3 15
I 1 1 1 - 3
K 1 - - - 1
L 4 2 - - 6
O 1 - - 1 2
T 1 - 1 2 4
tot 20 7 4 6 37

cmp 7 8 tot
C 2 2 4
T 1 1 2
tot 3 3 6

debut appearances 4

COCKTAIL

word       length      
AIOLI 5
ALACK 5
ALKALI 6
ALLOT 5
ATILT 5
ATOLL 5
CALICO 6
CALLA 5
CALLALOO 8
CATCALL * 7
CATTAIL * 7
CILIA 5
CLACK 5
CLICK 5
CLOACA 6
CLOAK 5
CLOCK 5
COATTAIL * 8 debut
COCKTAIL * 8 pangram, debut
COITAL 6 debut
COLIC 5
ILIAC 5
ILLICIT 7
ITALIC 6
KOALA 5
LACTIC 6
LAICAL 6
LICIT 5
LILAC 5
LOCAL 5
LOTTO 5
OCOTILLO 8 disallowed elsewhere
OCTAL 5
TACTICAL 8
TAILCOAT * 8 debut
TOOLKIT * 7
TOTAL 5

* compound(ish) word

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