December 16, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

December 16, 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 16, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.

Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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Spelling Bee for December 16, 2021

words: 228
score: 1,698 pts
pangrams: 18
perfect: 3
compounds: 4
plurals: 10
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AC x 18	AE x 2	AG x 1	AL x 12	AN x 21
CA x 49	CE x 13	CI x 13	CL x 14
CEC x 4	CEI x 2	CEL x 6	CEN x 1
EC x 1	EG x 1	EL x 4	EN x 10
GA x 10	GE x 1	GI x 1	GL x 4
IC x 4	IL x 6	IN x 9
LA x 12	LE x 1	LI x 11
NA x 3	NE x 2	NI x 5

cmp	5	6	tot
C	-	1	1
I	1	1	2
L	1	-	1
tot	2	2	4

plu	5	6	7	8	tot
A	1	-	1	1	3
C	2	1	1	1	5
I	-	1	-	-	1
L	-	-	-	1	1
tot	3	2	2	3	10

ALLEGIANCE, ANGELIC, ANGELICA, ANGELICAL, ANGELICIN, ANGLICE, CAGELING, CANCELING, CANCELLING, CLEANING, ENGLACIAL, ENLACING, GALENIC, GALENICAL, GALLINACEAN, INELEGANCE, LIEGANCE, LIGEANCE

word	length
CICLACILLIN	11
GALLINACEAN	11	pangram
ALLEGIANCE	10	pangram
CANCANNING	10
CANCELLING	10	pangram
CANNELLINI	10
GALLINACIN	10
INELEGANCE	10	pangram
NEGLIGENCE	10
ACCINGING	9
ACLINICAL	9
ACNEGENIC	9
ALCALIGIN	9
ANACLINAL	9
ANGELICAL	9	pangram
ANGELICIN	9	pangram
CAECILIAN	9
CALCANEAL	9
CALCANEAN	9
CALCINING	9
CANALLING	9
CANCELING	9	pangram
CINCINNAL	9
CINEGENIC	9
CLINICIAN	9
ELEGIACAL	9
ENGLACIAL	9	pangram
GALENICAL	9	pangram
GANANCIAL	9
INCLINING	9
LICENCING	9
ALLIANCE	8
ANACLINE	8
ANAGENIC	8
ANCIENCE	8
ANCILLAE	^† 8
ANGELICA	8	pangram
ANILINIC	8
CAENACIN	8
CAGELING	8	pangram
CALCANEA	8
CALCANEI	8
CALICEAL	8
CALICENE	8
CANAILLE	8
CANALAGE	8
CANALING	8
CANCELLI	8
CANGLING	8
CECILIAN	8
CINCINNI	^† 8
CLAGGING	8
CLANGING	8
CLEANING	8	pangram
CLINGING	8
CLINICAL	8
ELEGANCE	8
ENCAENIA	8
ENCAGING	8
ENECLANN	8
ENLACING	8	pangram
GALLICAN	8
GANGLIAC	8
GLANCING	8
INLACING	8
LACINIAE	^† 8
LACINIAL	8
LANCININ	8
LENIENCE	8
LICELING	8
LICENCEE	8
LIEGANCE	8	pangram
LIGEANCE	8	pangram
NICELING	8
NICENING	8
ACACIIN	7
ACACINE	7
ACCINGE	7
ACINACI	^† 7
ACLINAL	7
ACLINIC	7
ALCANNA	7
ALGINIC	7
ALLELIC	7
ALLENIC	7
ALLICIN	7
ANALGIC	7
ANCILIA	7
ANCILLA	7
ANELACE	7
ANGELIC	7	perfect pangram
ANGLICE	7	perfect pangram
CAINGIN	7
CALCEIN	7
CALCIAN	7
CALCINE	7
CALICLE	7
CALLING	7
CANELLA	7
CANNING	7
CEILING	7
CELLING	7
CENACLE	7
CICINNI	^† 7
CIENAGA	7
CIENEGA	7
ELEGIAC	7
ELLAGIC	7
ENCENIA	7
ENCINAL	7
GALENIC	7	perfect pangram
GALLICA	7
GLACIAL	7
ICENING	7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
INCLINE	7
LACCINE	7
LACINIA	7
LANCING	7
LICENCE	7
LILACIN	7
NACELLE	7	allowed elsewhere
NANCING	7
ACACIA	6
ACACIN	6
ACICLE	6
ACINIC	6
ACLANG	6
AECIAL	6
AGENIC	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALCINE	6
ALLICE	6
ANCILE	6
ANECIC	6
ANICCA	6
ANILIC	6
ANLACE	6
CAAING	6
CAECAL	6
CAGING	6
CALCIC	6
CALCIN	6
CALEAN	6
CALLEE	6
CANCAN	6
CANCEL	6
CANGLE	6
CANINE	6
CANING	6
CANINI	6
CANNAE	* 6
CANNEL	6
CECINA	6
CELIAC	6
CELLAE	^† 6
CELLIE	6
CICALA	6
CIGGIE	6
CILIAL	6
CILICE	6
CINGLE	6
CLINAL	6
CLINIA	6
CLINIC	6
EGENCE	6
ENCAGE	6
ENCINA	6
ENLACE	6
GACACA	6
GALLIC	6
GICLEE	6
GLANCE	6
ICEANE	6
ICICLE	6
ILIACI	^† 6
ILICIN	6
INCALL	* 6
INLACE	6
LACCIC	6
LACCIN	6
LACING	6
LAICAL	6
LANCIN	6
LIENIC	6
LINEIC	6
NANGCA	6
NEANIC	6
NIACIN	6
ACANA	5
ACENE	5
ACING	5
ACINI	5
AECIA	^† 5
ANCLE	5
CAECA	5
CALIN	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CANAL	5
CANNA	5
CECAL	5
CECIL	5
CEILI	5
CELLA	5
CELLI	^† 5
CILIA	^† 5
CLANG	5
CLEAN	5
CLEGG	5
CLINE	5
CLING	5
ECCLE	5
GENIC	5
GLACE	5
ICING	5
ILEAC	5
ILIAC	5
INCEL	* 5
INCLE	5
INIAC	5
LANCE	5
LILAC	5
LINAC	* 5
NICEN	5
NIECE	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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