December 26, 2021 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 26, 2021, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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Center letter R: February 8, 2024Center letter B: September 27, 2020
Center letter B: May 18, 2019
words: 162
score: 796 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 3
compounds: 16
bingo: yes
A x 18
B x 52
D x 29
L x 22
O x 13
R x 9
Y x 19
4L x 37
5L x 70
6L x 27
7L x 12
8L x 11
9L x 3
10L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| A | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 18 |
| B | 6 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 52 |
| D | 3 | 14 | 8 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 29 |
| L | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 22 |
| O | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 13 |
| R | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Y | 13 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| tot | 37 | 70 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 162 |
| cmp | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot |
| B | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| D | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| L | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| tot | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
ADORABLY, BROADLY, LADYBRO, LARDBOY
* compound(ish) word