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August 9, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 9, 2021, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with OU.


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 TACORUY
Spelling Bee for August 9, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter C: June 21, 2023
Center letter Y: June 17, 2022

words: 66
score: 293 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 5

A x 11
C x 14
O x 5
R x 9
T x 26
Y x 1

4L x 25
5L x 17
6L x 8
7L x 9
8L x 5
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 2 3 - 2 2 2 11
C 4 4 2 2 2 - 14
O 1 1 2 1 - - 5
R 2 3 1 2 1 - 9
T 15 6 3 2 - - 26
Y 1 - - - - - 1
tot 25 17 8 9 5 2 66

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 3 AO x 1 AR x 1 AT x 3 AU x 3
CA x 6 CO x 5 CU x 3
OA x 1 OR x 2 OU x 2
OUT x 2
RA x 2 RO x 6 RU x 1
TA x 10 TO x 6 TR x 7 TU x 2 TY x 1
YU x 1

cmp 6 7 8 tot
C 1 - 1 2
O 1 - - 1
R - 1 - 1
T 1 - - 1
tot 3 1 1 5

debut appearances 2
newly disallowed words 1 carroty

AUTOCRACY, CARRYOUT

word       length      
ACTOR 5
ACTUARY 7
ACTUATOR 8
AORTA 5
ARTY 4
ATTAR 5
ATTRACT 7
ATTRACTOR 9
AUTO 4
AUTOCRACY 9 pangram, debut
AUTOCRAT 8
CARAT 5
CARROT 6
CARRYOUT * 8 pangram, debut
CART 4
CATARACT 8
CATTY 5
COACT 5 disallowed elsewhere
COACTOR 7 disallowed elsewhere
COAT 4
COOT 4
COURT 5
CURATOR 7
CURT 4
CUTOUT * 6
OATY 4
ORATOR 6
ORATORY 7
OUTCRY * 6
OUTRO 5
RATATAT * 7
RATTY 5
ROOT 4
ROTARY 6
ROTATOR 7
ROTATORY 8
ROTOR 5
ROUT 4
RUTTY 5
TACO 4
TACT 4
TARO 4
TAROT 5
TARRY 5
TART 4
TARTAR 6
TATTOO 6
TATTY 5
TAUT 4
TOCCATA 7
TOOT 4
TORO 4
TORT 4
TOUR 4
TOUT 4
TRACT 5
TRACTOR 7
TRAY 4
TROT 4
TROUT 5
TROY 4
TRYOUT * 6
TUTOR 5
TUTU 4
TYRO 4
YURT 4

* compound(ish) word

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