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October 9, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 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 GAELNPT
Spelling Bee for October 9, 2021

words: 33
score: 214 pts
pangrams: 2
bingo: yes

A x 9
E x 6
G x 9
L x 2
N x 1
P x 3
T x 3

5L x 13
6L x 9
7L x 7
8L x 4

  5 6 7 8 tot
A 8 1 - - 9
E 1 2 1 2 6
G 2 3 3 1 9
L 1 1 - - 2
N - 1 - - 1
P 1 - 1 1 3
T - 1 2 - 3
tot 13 9 7 4 33

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AG x 4 AL x 3 AN x 2
EA x 2 EG x 1 EL x 1 EN x 2
GA x 5 GE x 3 GL x 1
LE x 2
NE x 1
PA x 2 PL x 1
TA x 2 TE x 1

debut appearances 10

EGGPLANT, PLANGENT

word       length      
AGAPE 5
AGATE 5
AGENT 5 debut
AGLET 5
ALGAE 5
ALGAL 5
ALLEGE 6
ANGEL 5
ANGLE 5
EAGLE 5
EAGLET 6
EGGPLANT 8 pangram, debut
ELEGANT 7 debut
ENGAGE 6
ENTANGLE 8 debut
GAGGLE 6
GALANGAL 8
GALENA 6 disallowed elsewhere
GALETTE 7
GALLANT 7
GELEE 5
GENTEEL 7
GENTLE 6
GLEAN 5
LEGAL 5
LEGATE 6
NEGATE 6 debut
PAGAN 5
PAGEANT 7 debut
PLANGENT 8 pangram, debut
TANGENT 7 debut
TANGLE 6 debut
TEENAGE 7 debut

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