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
October 18, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 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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center letter IBGNOUX
Spelling Bee for October 18, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter O: December 24, 2022

words: 83
score: 550 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 4
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

B x 30
G x 16
I x 6
N x 16
O x 8
U x 6
X x 1

5L x 14
6L x 24
7L x 34
8L x 8
9L x 3

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
B 4 8 15 3 - 30
G 1 5 10 - - 16
I 2 2 1 1 - 6
N 2 6 6 1 1 16
O 3 3 2 - - 8
U 1 - - 3 2 6
X 1 - - - - 1
tot 14 24 34 8 3 83

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BI x 12 BO x 14 BU x 4
GI x 6 GO x 7 GU x 3
IG x 1 IN x 5
NG x 1 NI x 4 NO x 9 NU x 2
OG x 1 ON x 5 OU x 1 OX x 1
UN x 6
XU x 1

cmp 5 7 8 tot
I 1 1 1 3
O - 1 - 1
tot 1 2 1 4

plu 7 tot
B 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 3

UNBOXING

word       length      
BIBBING 7
BIGGIN 6
BIGGING 7
BIGGON 6
BIGON 5
BINGING 7
BINGO 5
BINGOING 8
BINIOU 6
BINIOUX  7
BINNING 7
BIXIN 5
BOBBIN 6
BOBBING 7
BOGGING 7
BOGUING 7
BOING 5
BOINGING 8
BONGING 7
BONGOING 8
BONING 6
BOOBING 7
BOOING 6
BOUGING 7
BOUNING 7
BOXING 6 debut
BUGGING 7
BUNGING 7
BUNION 6
BUNNING 7
GIBBING 7
GIBBON 6
GIBING 6
GIGGING 7 allowed elsewhere
GINGING 7
GINNING 7
GOBBIN 6
GOBBING 7
GOING 5
GONGING 7 allowed elsewhere
GONION 6
GOOING 6
GOUGING 7
GUBBING 7
GUNGING 7
GUNNING 7
IGGING 6
INBOX * 5 debut
INBOXING * 8
INGOING * 7
INION 5
INNING 6
NGONI 5
NIBBING 7
NINON 5
NINONG 6
NIXING 6
NOBBING 7
NOGGIN 6
NOGGING 7
NONBIO 6
NONBOXING 9
NONION 6
NONUNION 8 allowed elsewhere
NOONING 7
NOUNING 7
NUBBIN 6
NUBBING 7
OGGIN 5
ONGOING * 7
ONING 5
ONION 5
ONNING 6
ONONIN 6
OUNGING 7
OXOION 6
UNBONING 8
UNBOXING 8 pangram, debut
UNBUNGING 9
UNION 5
UNIONING 8
UNNUNNING 9
XUIXO 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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