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December 3, 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 3, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter ABDORTU
Spelling Bee for December 3, 2021

words: 164
score: 992 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 13

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 12 AD x 5 AO x 2 AR x 16 AT x 1 AU x 6
BA x 20 BO x 10 BR x 1 BU x 6
DA x 8 DO x 16 DR x 1 DU x 3
DUR x 2 DUT x 1
OB x 2 OR x 1 OT x 1 OU x 4
RA x 7 RO x 5 RU x 6
TA x 17 TO x 7 TR x 3 TU x 4

cmp 6 7 8 9 tot
A - 1 3 - 4
B - - - 1 1
D 1 - - 1 2
O 1 1 1 - 3
R - 1 1 - 2
T - - - 1 1
tot 2 3 5 3 13

debut appearances 3
previously disallowed debuts 1

OBDURATOR, OUTBOARD, TROUBADOUR

word       length      
ABADA 5
ABATOR 6
ABBOT 5
ABBUR 5
ABOARD 6
ABORAD 6
ABORD 5
ABORT 5
ABOUT 5
ABROAD 6
ABROOD 6
ABURA 5
ADBOT 5
ADDRA 5
ADOBO 5
ADORB 5
ADRAD 5
AORTA 5
AOUDAD 6
ARABA 5
ARARA 5
ARAROBA 7
ARATDAR 7
ARBOR 5
ARBORATOR 9
ARBOUR 6
ARDOR 5
ARDOUR 6
AROAR 5
AROBA 5
AROURA 6
ARROBA 6
ARTAB 5
ARTBOARD * 8
ARURA 5
ATTAR 5
AUDAD 5
AURAR 5
AURORA 6
AUTOBAUD * 8
AUTOBOOT * 8
AUTORAD * 7
BABOO 5
BADAUD 6
BAOBAB 6
BARAAT 6
BARBAT 6
BARBUD 6
BARDO 5
BAROTO 6
BARRA 5
BARRAD 6
BARRATOR 8
BATAB 5
BATABOB 7
BATARD 6
BATATA 6
BATOORA 7
BATTA 5
BATTU 5
BATTUTA 7
BATUTUT 7
BOARD 5
BOART 5
BOBAR 5
BOBBAR 6
BODABODA 8
BOOTBOARD * 9
BORATO 6
BORATTO 7
BORDAR 6
BORRA 5
BROAD 5
BUBBA 5
BUDDA 5
BURAO 5
BURAU 5
BURRA 5
BURRATA 7 debut, previously disallowed
DABAO 5
DABBA 5
DADBOD * 6
DADDA 5
DARBAR 6
DARTBOARD * 9
DATTO 5
DATURA 6
DOBRA 5
DODAB 5
DODAD 5
DODDARD 7
DODDART 7
DOODAB 6
DOODAD 6
DORAD 5
DORADO 6 allowed elsewhere
DOTAR 5
DOTARA 6
DOTARD 6
DOUAR 5
DOURA 5
DOURADA 7
DOUTAR 6
DRABA 5
DURBAR 6
DURRA 5
DUTAR 5
OBDURATOR 9 pangram
OBTURATOR 9
ORATOR 6
OTTAR 5
OUTADD * 6
OUTBOARD * 8 pangram, debut
OUTROAR * 7
OUTTA 5
RABAB 5
RABAT 5
RABATO 6
RABOT 5
RADAR 5
RADOUB 6
RATATAT * 7
ROBAB 5
ROBATA 6
ROTAROD 7
ROTATOR 7
ROTTA 5
RUBAB 5
RUBABOO 7
RUBADUB 7
RUBATO 6
RUBBABOO 8
RUBBOARD * 8
TAARAB 6
TABARD 6
TABOO 5
TABOR 5
TABOUR 6
TARADA 6
TARATOR 7
TARDO 5
TAROT 5
TARTAR 6
TATARA 6
TATARARA 8
TATOO 5
TATOU 5
TATTA 5
TATTARARA 9
TATTOO 6
TOBRA 5
TOOART 6
TORTA 5
TOTARA 6
TOTOABA 7
TOUBAB 6
TOURABOUT * 9
TRATT 5
TROAT 5
TROUBADOUR 10 pangram, debut
TUART 5
TUATARA 7
TUBAR 5
TURRA 5

* compound(ish) word

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