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December 16, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 16, 2021, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IN.


Instructions

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center letter CAEGILN
Spelling Bee for December 16, 2021

words: 68
score: 453 pts
pangrams: 8
perfect: 1
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

A x 8
C x 31
E x 6
G x 4
I x 6
L x 9
N x 4

4L x 11
5L x 15
6L x 15
7L x 8
8L x 11
9L x 3
10L x 5

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 2 1 1 1 2 - 1 8
C 5 8 7 3 4 2 2 31
E - - 2 1 3 - - 6
G - 1 1 1 1 - - 4
I - 2 1 1 - 1 1 6
L 3 2 2 1 1 - - 9
N 1 1 1 - - - 1 4
tot 11 15 15 8 11 3 5 68

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 4 AL x 2 AN x 2
CA x 16 CE x 4 CI x 1 CL x 10
EL x 2 EN x 4
GL x 4
IC x 2 IL x 1 IN x 3
INC x 2 INE x 1
LA x 6 LE x 1 LI x 2
NE x 1 NI x 3

plu 4 5 tot
C - 2 2
L 1 - 1
tot 1 2 3

ALLEGIANCE, ANGELIC, ANGELICA, CANCELING, CANCELLING, CLEANING, ENLACING, INELEGANCE

word       length      
ACACIA 6
ACAI 4
ACING 5
ACNE 4
ALLEGIANCE 10 pangram
ALLIANCE 8
ANGELIC 7 perfect pangram
ANGELICA 8 pangram
CAGE 4
CAGING 6
CALL 4
CALLA 5
CALLING 7
CANAL 5
CANCAN 6
CANCEL 6
CANCELING 9 pangram
CANCELLING 10 pangram
CANE 4
CANINE 6
CANING 6
CANNA 5
CANNELLINI 10
CANNING 7
CEILING 7
CELIAC 6
CELL 4
CELLI  5
CILIA  5
CLAN 4
CLANG 5
CLANGING 8
CLEAN 5
CLEANING 8 pangram
CLING 5
CLINGING 8
CLINIC 6
CLINICAL 8
CLINICIAN 9
ELEGANCE 8
ELEGIAC 7
ENCAGE 6
ENCAGING 8
ENLACE 6
ENLACING 8 pangram
GLACE 5
GLACIAL 7
GLANCE 6
GLANCING 8
ICICLE 6
ICING 5
ILIAC 5
INCLINE 7
INCLINING 9
INELEGANCE 10 pangram
LACE 4
LACING 6
LAIC 4
LAICAL 6
LANCE 5
LANCING 7
LENIENCE 8
LICE  4
LILAC 5
NEGLIGENCE 10
NIACIN 6
NICE 4
NIECE 5

† plural noun

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