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 28, 2022 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 28, 2022, alongside other analysis.


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 BACKOTU
Spelling Bee for January 28, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter K: January 9, 2023
Center letter O: August 31, 2020

words: 30
score: 121 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 5

A x 4
B x 18
C x 3
K x 1
O x 1
T x 3

4L x 13
5L x 8
6L x 3
7L x 5
8L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 1 3 - - - 4
B 11 3 3 1 - 18
C - - - 2 1 3
K - 1 - - - 1
O - - - 1 - 1
T 1 1 - 1 - 3
tot 13 8 3 5 1 30

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

debut appearances 1

OUTBACK

word       length      
COOKBOOK * 8
BUTTOCK 7
CATBOAT * 7 disallowed elsewhere
CUTBACK * 7 debut
OUTBACK * 7 perfect pangram
TOBACCO 7
BAOBAB 6
BOBCAT * 6
BOOBOO 6
ABACK 5
ABBOT 5
ABOUT 5
BABKA 5
BUBBA 5
BUCKO 5
KABOB 5
TABOO 5
ABUT 4
BABA 4
BACK 4
BOAT 4
BOBA 4
BOCK 4
BOOB 4
BOOK 4
BOOT 4
BOUT 4
BUCK 4
BUTT 4
TUBA 4

* compound(ish) word

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