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
December 17, 2021 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 17, 2021, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter VDEIOPT
Spelling Bee for December 17, 2021

words: 32
score: 161 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1

D x 11
I x 1
O x 1
P x 4
V x 15

4L x 7
5L x 9
6L x 10
7L x 6

  4 5 6 7 tot
D 2 2 3 4 11
I - 1 - - 1
O - 1 - - 1
P - 2 1 1 4
V 5 3 6 1 15
tot 7 9 10 6 32

debut appearances 16

PIVOTED

word       length      
DEVOTED 7 debut
DEVOTEE 7 debut
DIVIDED 7
DIVVIED 7
PIVOTED 7 perfect pangram, debut
VIDEOED 7 debut
DEVOID 6 debut
DEVOTE 6 debut
DIVIDE 6
PEEVED 6 debut
VETOED 6 debut
VETTED 6
VIDIOT 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
VOIDED 6 debut
VOODOO 6
VOTIVE 6
DIVED 5
DIVOT 5 debut
IVIED 5
OVOID 5 debut
PEEVE 5
PIVOT 5 debut
VIDEO 5 debut
VIVID 5
VOTED 5 debut
DIVE 4
DOVE 4
VEEP 4
VETO 4
VIED 4
VOID 4 debut
VOTE 4

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