Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
February 20, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 20, 2022, 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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center letter LABCIKT
Spelling Bee for February 20, 2022

Related puzzles
Identical letters: January 31, 2020

words: 138
score: 908 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 19
bingo: yes

A x 24
B x 27
C x 26
I x 12
K x 14
L x 17
T x 18

5L x 48
6L x 36
7L x 23
8L x 21
9L x 8
11L x 1
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 11 12 tot
A 8 10 4 1 - - 1 24
B 6 4 4 7 6 - - 27
C 8 8 4 3 2 1 - 26
I 4 3 4 1 - - - 12
K 5 1 3 5 - - - 14
L 8 5 4 - - - - 17
T 9 5 - 4 - - - 18
tot 48 36 23 21 8 1 1 138

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AB x 2 AC x 1 AI x 1 AK x 1 AL x 13 AT x 5
BA x 17 BI x 5 BL x 5
CA x 15 CI x 4 CL x 7
CAB x 5 CAL x 6 CAT x 4
IC x 1 IL x 10 IT x 1
KA x 5 KI x 8 KL x 1
LA x 14 LI x 3
TA x 11 TI x 7

cmp 6 7 8 9 tot
B - 1 4 3 8
C - 2 1 1 4
I 1 - - - 1
K - 1 2 - 3
L - 1 - - 1
T - - 2 - 2
tot 1 5 9 4 19

BACKLIT, BLACKTAIL, CLICKBAIT, TAILBACK

word       length      
AALII 5
ABBATIAL 8
ABILLA 6
ACATALLACTIC 12
AILLT 5
AKALAT 6
ALACK 5
ALACTIC 7
ALALA 5
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALBATA 6
ALBIC 5
ALBITIC 7
ALCAIC 6
ALIBI 5
ALKALI 6
ALKALIC 7
ALTILIK 7
ATABAL 6
ATALL 5
ATILT 5
ATLATL 6
ATTILA 6
BABALA 6
BACCALA 7
BACILLI 7
BACKBALL * 8
BACKBILL * 8
BACKLIT * 7 perfect pangram
BACKTALK * 8
BAILA 5
BAILI 5
BAILLI 6
BALALAIKA 9
BALALAIKI 9
BALATA 6
BALLABILI 9
BALLIA 6
BALTI 5
BATABIL 7
BIALKALI 8
BIBLICAL 8
BILABIAL 8
BILAT 5
BILLBACK * 8
BLACK 5
BLACKBACK * 9
BLACKBALL * 9
BLACKTAIL * 9 pangram
BLICK 5
CABAL 5
CABALA 6
CABALIC 7
CABBALA 7
CABBALIC 8
CALABA 6
CALCIC 6
CALCITIC 8
CALLA 5
CALLBACK * 8
CALLI 5
CATALATIC 9
CATALLACTIC 11
CATCALL * 7
CATTAIL * 7
CICALA 6
CILIA 5
CILIAL 6
CITAL 5
CLACK 5
CLACKA 6
CLAIK 5
CLICK 5
CLICKA 6
CLICKBAIT * 9 pangram
CLITIC 6
ICTAL 5
ILALA 5
ILIAC 5
ILIACAL 7
ILIACI 6
ILIAL 5
ILLABIAL 8
ILLICIA 7
ILLICIT 7
ILLITIC 7
ILLLIT * 6
ITALIC 6
KABALA 6
KABBALA 7
KABBALIC 8
KALBI 5
KATAL 5
KIBLA 5
KICKBALL * 8
KICKTAIL * 8
KILIKIKI 8
KILIKITI 8
KILIL 5
KILLBIT * 7
KILLICK 7
KLICK 5
LABBA 5
LABIA 5
LABIAL 6
LABLAB 6
LACCIC 6
LACKALL * 7
LACTIC 6
LAICAL 6
LAIKA 5
LATAKIA 7
LATIK 5
LATITAT 7
LATITIC 7
LATKA 5
LICIT 5
LILAC 5
LITAI 5
TABLA 5
TACTICAL 8
TAILBACK * 8 pangram
TALAB 5
TALAK 5
TALIK 5
TALKBACK * 8
TALLA 5
TALLAT 6
TALLIT 6
TATKAL 6
TIBIAL 6
TIBIALIA 8
TICAL 5
TILAK 5
TILAKA 6
TILIA 5
TILKA 5

* compound(ish) word

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