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December 22, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 22, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter RACFILY
Spelling Bee for December 22, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter F: February 12, 2024
Center letter A: July 6, 2018

words: 100
score: 636 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 5
plurals: 2

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 9 AF x 3 AI x 4 AL x 4 AR x 11
CA x 10 CI x 6 CL x 2 CR x 3 CY x 1
FA x 12 FI x 4 FL x 2 FR x 7
LA x 3 LY x 4
RA x 7 RI x 5
RIC x 1 RIF x 3 RIY x 1
YA x 3

cmp 6 7 8 tot
A 1 1 - 2
C - - 1 1
F - - 1 1
R - 1 - 1
tot 1 2 2 5

plu 5 tot
C 2 2
tot 2 2

debut appearances 0

ALACRIFY, CLARIFY, FARCICALLY

word       length      
ACARA 5
ACARI 5
ACCRA 5
ACRACY 6
ACRAL 5
ACRALLY 7
ACRYL 5
ACRYLIC 7
ACRYLYL 7
AFARA 5
AFFAIR 6
AFFRAY 6
AIRCAR * 6
AIRFALL * 7
AIRIFY 6
AIRILY 6
ALACRIFY 8 pangram
ALARY 5
ALFILARIA 9
ALLARIC 7
ARACA 5
ARACARI 7
ARACIAL 7
ARALIA 6
ARARA 5
ARFAL 5
ARIARY 6
ARILLARY 8
ARILLI 6
ARRAY 5
ARRAYAL 7
CALCAR 6
CALCARIA 8
CALCARIC 8
CARAC 5
CARACAL 7
CARACARA 8
CARACCA 7
CARRI 5
CARRY 5
CARRYALL * 8
CILIARY 7
CIRCA 5
CIRCAR 6
CIRCI  5
CIRRAL 6
CIRRI  5
CLARIFY 7 perfect pangram
CLARY 5
CRAIC 5
CRYALF 6
CRYIC 5
CYRILLA 7
FAIRILY 7
FAIRLY 6
FAIRY 5
FAIRYFLY * 8
FARARI 6
FARARIYA 8
FARCICAL 8
FARCICALLY 10 pangram
FARCIFY 7
FARCY 5
FARFAL 6
FARFARA 7
FILAR 5
FILARIA 7
FILARIAL 8
FIRRY 5
FLAIR 5
FLARY 5
FRAIL 5
FRAILLY 7 allowed elsewhere
FRIAR 5
FRIARLY 7
FRIARY 6
FRILL 5
FRILLY 6
LAARI 5
LAIRY 5
LARRY 5
LYCRA 5
LYRIC 5
LYRICAL 7
LYRICALLY 9
RACIAL 6
RACIALLY 8
RACILY 6 allowed elsewhere
RAFFIA 6
RAILCAR * 7
RALLY 5
RARIFY 6
RICRAC 6
RIFFLY 6
RIFFRAFF 8
RIFFY 5
RIYAL 5
YARAY 5
YARFA 5
YARRI 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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