December 9, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

December 9, 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 9, 2022, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.

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Spelling Bee for December 9, 2022

words: 240
score: 1,659 pts
pangrams: 7
compounds: 30
plurals: 17
bingo: yes

A x 38
E x 21
G x 75
L x 20
M x 47
N x 10
T x 29

5L x 48
6L x 72
7L x 70
8L x 26
9L x 9
10L x 10
11L x 2
12L x 2
13L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	tot
A	12	9	8	7	-	2	-	-	-	38
E	3	6	5	4	-	2	-	1	-	21
G	20	25	25	2	3	-	-	-	-	75
L	3	10	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	20
M	5	10	12	9	3	5	1	1	1	47
N	1	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
T	4	7	11	2	3	1	1	-	-	29
tot	48	72	70	26	9	10	2	2	1	240

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AG x 12	AL x 10	AM x 3	AN x 12	AT x 1
AGA x 3	AGE x 3	AGL x 3	AGN x 3
EA x 3	EG x 4	EL x 2	EM x 1	EN x 11
GA x 42	GE x 24	GL x 7	GN x 2
LA x 10	LE x 10
MA x 26	ME x 20	MG x 1
NA x 6	NE x 4
TA x 20	TE x 9

cmp	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	-	1	-	-	-	1
E	2	-	-	-	-	2
G	2	7	-	2	-	11
L	2	-	-	-	-	2
M	-	3	3	1	3	10
N	1	2	-	-	-	3
T	-	1	-	-	-	1
tot	7	14	3	3	3	30

plu	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	1	-	-	-	-	1
E	-	1	-	-	-	1
G	1	3	3	-	1	8
L	-	1	1	1	-	3
M	-	-	2	-	-	2
T	-	-	1	1	-	2
tot	2	5	7	2	1	17

debut appearances	12
previously disallowed debuts	2
newly disallowed words	3	legman, legmen, menage

ALLEGEMENT, ENTANGLEMENT, GENTLEMAN, MALMANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENTAL, TANGLEMENT, TEGMENTAL

word	length
AGAMA	5
AGAMETE	7
AGATE	5
AGEMATE	* 7
AGENE	5
AGENT	5
AGLEAM	6
AGLEE	5
AGLET	5
AGNAME	6
AGNATE	6
AGNEL	5
ALANG	5
ALEGAL	6
ALGAE	^† 5
ALGAL	5
ALGENATE	8
ALLEGATE	8
ALLEGE	6
ALLEGEMENT	10	pangram
ALMAGATE	8
ALNAGE	6
AMALGAM	7
AMALGAMA	8
AMALGAMATE	10	debut
ANAGEN	6
ANALGEN	7
ANALGENE	8
ANANGEA	7
ANGEL	5
ANGELAGE	8
ANGELATE	8
ANGELET	7
ANGELL	6
ANGLE	5
ANLAGE	6
ANLAGEN	7
ATTAGAL	7
EAGLE	5
EAGLET	6
EATAGE	6
EGGETTE	7
EGGMAN	* 6
EGGMEN	* ^† 6
EGGNANT	7
ELEGANT	7
ELEGANTE	8
EMGALLA	7
ENALLAGE	8
ENGAGE	6
ENGAGEANTE	10
ENGAGEE	7
ENGAGEMENT	10	debut
ENGELANG	8
ENGLE	5
ENGMA	5
ENNAGE	6
ENTANGLE	8
ENTANGLEMENT	12	pangram, debut
GAGGEE	6
GAGGLE	6
GAGMAN	* 6
GAGMEN	* ^† 6
GALAGE	6
GALANGA	7
GALANGAL	8
GALANT	6
GALATEA	7
GALEA	5
GALEAE	^† 6
GALEAL	6
GALEATE	7
GALENA	6
GALET	5
GALETTE	7
GALLANE	7
GALLANT	7
GALLATE	7
GALLET	6
GALLETA	7
GAMELAN	7	debut, previously disallowed
GAMETAL	7
GAMETE	6
GAMGEE	6
GAMMA	5
GAMME	5
GANGA	5
GANGE	5
GANGLE	6
GANGMAN	* 7
GANGMATE	8
GANGMEN	* ^† 7
GANNA	5
GANNET	6
GANTA	5
GANTANG	7
GANTLET	7
GATELEG	* 7
GATEMAN	* 7
GATEMEN	* ^† 7
GATTA	5
GELANT	6
GELATE	6
GELEE	5
GELLAN	6
GELLANT	7
GEMEL	5
GEMELL	6
GEMELLE	7
GEMMA	5
GEMMAE	^† 6
GEMMAL	6
GEMMATE	7
GENAE	^† 5
GENAL	5
GENEAT	6
GENELET	7
GENET	5
GENETTE	7
GENNEL	6
GENNET	6
GENTEEL	7
GENTLE	6
GENTLEMAN	* 9	pangram, debut
GENTLEMEN	* ^† 9	debut
GLATT	5
GLEAM	5
GLEAN	5
GLEEMAN	* 7
GLEEMEN	* ^† 7
GLEET	5
GLENT	5
GNAMMA	6
GNETALEAN	9
LAGAENA	7
LAGAENAE	^† 8
LAGAN	5
LAGENA	6
LAGENAE	^† 7
LAGGEN	6
LAGTANG	7
LALANG	6
LANGATE	7
LANGET	6
LEEANGLE	8
LEGAL	5
LEGATE	6
LEGATEE	7	debut, previously disallowed
LEGLEN	6
LEGLET	6
LEGMAN	* 6	newly disallowed
LEGMEN	* ^† 6	newly disallowed
LEMANG	6
LENGA	5
MAGATAMA	8
MAGENTA	7	debut
MAGMA	5
MAGMATA	^† 7
MAGNA	5
MAGNATE	7	debut
MAGNET	6	debut
MALAGAN	7
MALANGA	7
MALANGAN	8
MALANGGAN	9
MALATANG	8
MALMAG	6
MALMANAGEMENT	13	pangram
MANAGE	6
MANAGEE	7
MANAGEMENT	10	debut
MANAGEMENTAL	12	pangram
MANEGE	6
MANGA	5
MANGAL	6
MANGANATE	9
MANGE	5
MANGEL	6
MANGEMANGE	10
MANGLE	6
MEGAGAME	* 8
MEGAGAMETE	* 10
MEGAMALL	* 8
MEGAMAMMAL	* 10
MEGAMAN	* 7
MEGAMEN	* ^† 7
MEGATEAM	* 8
MELANGE	7
MELTAGE	7
MENAGE	6	newly disallowed
METAGALLATE	11
METAGAME	8
METAGE	6
METAGEE	7
METAGENE	8
METALEGAL	* 9
METAMAGNET	* 10
METATAG	* 7
METEG	5
METEMGEE	8
MGANGA	6
NAGANA	6
NAGGLE	6
NAGMAAL	7
NAMETAG	* 7	debut
NANGA	5
NATLANG	* 7
NEGATA	6
NEGATE	6
NETGAME	7
NETLAG	* 6
TAGET	5
TAGETE	6
TAGETTE	7
TAGGANT	7
TAGGEE	6
TAGLET	6
TAGMA	5
TAGMATA	^† 7
TAGMEME	7
TAGMENT	7
TALEGALLA	9
TALLAGE	7
TALLEGALANE	11
TANGA	5
TANGENA	7
TANGENT	7
TANGENTAL	9
TANGLE	6
TANGLEMENT	10	pangram
TANNAGE	7
TEAGLE	6
TEENAGE	* 7
TEGATANA	8
TEGMEN	6
TEGMENTA	^† 8
TEGMENTAL	9	pangram
TELEGA	6
TENGE	5
TENTAGE	7

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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