December 23, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

December 23, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 23, 2022, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.

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Spelling Bee for December 23, 2022

words: 182
score: 1,243 pts
pangrams: 9
compounds: 6
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	8	10	tot
A	-	2	-	-	2
H	1	1	-	-	2
N	-	-	-	1	1
T	-	-	1	-	1
tot	1	3	1	1	6

plu	5	6	8	tot
A	-	-	3	3
T	1	1	-	2
tot	1	1	3	5

ALTHEINE, ANIHILATE, ANNIHILATE, ANTHELIA, HELIANTHIN, INHALENT, LANTHANITE, NIHILATE, THALLINE

word	length
ANTITHALIAN	11
ANNIHILATE	10	pangram
HELIANTHIN	10	pangram
IANTHINITE	10
LANTHANATE	10
LANTHANIAN	10
LANTHANITE	10	pangram
NINETEENTH	* 10
TELEHEALTH	10
ANIHILATE	9	pangram
ANTITHETA	9
ATHENEITE	9
ENANTHATE	9
HELENALIN	9
NINETIETH	9
AETHALIA	^† 8
ALTHEINE	8	pangram
ANETHENE	8
ANHALINE	8
ANTHELAE	^† 8
ANTHELIA	^† 8	pangram
ANTIHATE	8
ANTITHET	8
ENANTHAL	8
HEALTHEN	8
HEALTHIE	8
HELENITE	8
IANTHINA	8
IANTHINE	8
INHALANT	8
INHALENT	8	pangram
LANTHANA	8
LITHIATE	8
NIHILATE	8	pangram
THALLANE	8
THALLATE	8
THALLENE	8
THALLIAN	8
THALLINE	8	pangram
THEANINE	8
THIETANE	8
THINLINE	* 8
AHAAINA	7
ALLHEAL	* 7
ALTHAEA	7
ANTHELA	7
ANTHILL	* 7
ATHELIA	7
ATHLETE	7
ETHANAL	7
ETHLETE	7
HAINITE	7
HALALAH	7
HALLALI	7
HEALALL	* 7
HEATHEN	7
HELENIN	7
HILLITE	7
IHLEITE	7
LETHEAN	7
LITHATE	7
LITHIAN	7
LITHITE	7
NIAHITE	7
TALLITH	7
TATHATA	7
THALIAN	7
THANNAH	7
THEELIN	7
THETINE	7
THINNET	7
ALAIHI	6
ALTHEA	6
ANEATH	6
ANTHIA	6
EHLITE	6
ETHANE	6
ETHENE	6
ETHINE	6
ETHNIE	6
HALALA	6
HALANT	6
HALINE	6
HALITE	6
HALLAH	6
HALLAL	6
HALLAN	6
HALLEL	6
HANTEL	6
HANTLE	6
HATTAH	6
HEALEE	6
HEALTH	6
HEATEN	6
HEELIE	6
HEINIE	6
HENNIN	6
HENTAI	6
HETTIE	6
HIATAL	6	allowed elsewhere
HILITE	* 6
HITTEE	6
INHALE	6
LAITHE	6
LATHEE	6
LATHEN	6
LETHAL	6
LILITH	6
LITHAL	6
LITHEN	6
LITHIA	6
NALLAH	6
TAHINA	6
TAHINI	6
TAIAHA	6
TANNAH	6
TEATHE	6
TEEHEE	6
TEENTH	6
TEETHE	6
TEHINA	6
THAALI	6
THALIA	6
THALLI	6
THANAH	6
THANNA	6
THEINE	6
THELIA	^† 6
THENAL	6
THETAN	6
THIANE	6
THIETE	6
AHATA	5
AHENT	5
AHINT	5
ATHAN	5
ATHEL	5
ETHEA	5
ETHEL	5
HAINT	5
HAITH	5
HALAL	5
HANAI	5
HATEE	5
HATHA	5
HATTA	5
HATTI	5
HEATH	5
HEITA	5
HEITI	5
HELLA	5
HENNA	5
HILAL	5
HITHE	5
ILLTH	5
LAITH	5
LATAH	5
LATHE	5
LATHI	5
LETHE	5
LITHE	5
NEATH	5
NIHIL	5
NINTH	5
TAHAN	5
TAHIL	5
TAHLI	5
TANHA	5
TEETH	^† 5
TEHEE	5
TENTH	5
THALI	5
THANA	5
THANE	5
THEIN	5
THETA	5
THIAL	5
THILL	5
THINE	5
TILTH	5
TITHE	5
TITHI	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AE x 1	AH x 4	AL x 5	AN x 14	AT x 5
EH x 1	EN x 2	ET x 8
HA x 22	HE x 21	HI x 6
IA x 3	IH x 1	IL x 1	IN x 3
LA x 11	LE x 3	LI x 9
NA x 1	NE x 1	NI x 6
TA x 10	TE x 9	TH x 32	TI x 3

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