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 4, 2019 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 4, 2019, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter ECLNTXY
Spelling Bee for January 4, 2019

Related puzzles
Center letter N: June 20, 2022
Center letter L: January 8, 2020

words: 33
score: 157 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 1
bingo: yes

C x 3
E x 12
L x 1
N x 5
T x 9
X x 1
Y x 2

4L x 12
5L x 8
6L x 6
7L x 2
8L x 1
9L x 1
10L x 2
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
C 2 1 - - - - - - 3
E 2 2 2 2 - 1 2 1 12
L 1 - - - - - - - 1
N 2 1 2 - - - - - 5
T 4 3 1 - 1 - - - 9
X - - 1 - - - - - 1
Y 1 1 - - - - - - 2
tot 12 8 6 2 1 1 2 1 33

cmp 6 tot
T 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 7

EXCELLENTLY

word       length      
CELL 4
CENT 4
CYCLE 5
EELY 4
ELECT 5
ELECTEE 7
ENTENTE 7
EXCEL 5
EXCELLENCE 10 debut
EXCELLENCY 10 debut
EXCELLENT 9 debut
EXCELLENTLY 11 pangram, debut
EXEC 4
EXTENT 6 debut
EYELET 6
LENT 4
NENE 4
NETTLE 6
NETTLY 6 disallowed elsewhere
NETTY 5
NEXT 4 debut
TEEN 4
TEENY 5
TELETEXT 8
TELEX 5
TELL 4
TELNET * 6 disallowed elsewhere
TENET 5
TENT 4
TEXT 4
XYLENE 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
YELL 4
YENTE 5

* compound(ish) word

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