January 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 January 18, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.
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Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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Related puzzles
Center letter E: October 11, 2023Center letter B: February 7, 2022
words: 163
score: 1,067 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 8
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
B x 52
C x 25
E x 14
I x 8
L x 14
O x 20
T x 30
5L x 37
6L x 63
7L x 34
8L x 20
9L x 6
10L x 2
11L x 1
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot | |
| B | 9 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 52 |
| C | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 25 |
| E | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 14 |
| I | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| L | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 14 |
| O | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 20 |
| T | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 30 |
| tot | 37 | 63 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 163 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| BE x 15 | BI x 16 | BL x 2 | BO x 19 | ||
| CE x 2 | CI x 2 | CL x 6 | CO x 14 | CT x 1 | |
| EB x 1 | EC x 4 | EI x 1 | EL x 5 | EO x 1 | ET x 2 |
| IC x 2 | IL x 4 | IO x 1 | IT x 1 | ||
| LE x 3 | LI x 5 | LO x 6 | |||
| OB x 3 | OC x 11 | OI x 1 | OO x 2 | OT x 3 | |
| TE x 11 | TI x 7 | TO x 12 | |||
| TEB x 1 | TEC x 1 | TEE x 1 | TEL x 7 | TET x 1 |
| cmp | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| B | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| I | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| T | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| tot | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| debut appearances | 3 |
BOLETIC, CEBOLLITE, COLLECTIBLE
| word | length | |||
| BEBLOT | 6 | |||
| BEETLE | 6 | |||
| BELITTLE | 8 | |||
| BELLCOT | * 7 | |||
| BELLCOTE | * 8 | |||
| BELLITE | 7 | |||
| BELLOITE | 8 | |||
| BELOTE | 6 | |||
| BELOTTE | 7 | |||
| BETEL | 5 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| BETELL | 6 | |||
| BETITLE | 7 | |||
| BETITOL | 7 | |||
| BETOIL | 6 | |||
| BETOL | 5 | |||
| BIBELOT | 7 | debut | ||
| BIBLIOTIC | 9 | |||
| BILETE | 6 | |||
| BILLET | 6 | |||
| BILLETEE | 8 | |||
| BILLIETITE | 10 | |||
| BILLOT | 6 | |||
| BIOBELT | 7 | |||
| BIOBOT | 6 | |||
| BIOLET | 6 | |||
| BIOTIC | 6 | |||
| BIOTITE | 7 | |||
| BIOTITIC | 8 | |||
| BITEE | 5 | |||
| BITTIE | 6 | |||
| BITTO | 5 | |||
| BLITE | 5 | |||
| BLOTTO | 6 | |||
| BOBBITT | 7 | |||
| BOBET | 5 | |||
| BOBLET | 6 | |||
| BOBOTIE | 7 | |||
| BOETIE | 6 | |||
| BOITE | 5 | |||
| BOLEITE | 7 | |||
| BOLETE | 6 | |||
| BOLETI | 6 | |||
| BOLETIC | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| BOLTEL | 6 | |||
| BOLTI | 5 | |||
| BOOTEE | 6 | |||
| BOOTIE | 6 | debut | ||
| BOOTLE | 6 | |||
| BOTEL | 5 | |||
| BOTETE | 6 | |||
| BOTTLE | 6 | |||
| BOTTLO | 6 | |||
| CEBOLLITE | 9 | pangram | ||
| CETOLEIC | 8 | |||
| CITEE | 5 | |||
| CITOLE | 6 | |||
| CLEIT | 5 | |||
| CLITIC | 6 | |||
| CLOIT | 5 | |||
| CLOOT | 5 | |||
| CLOOTIE | 7 | |||
| CLOTE | 5 | |||
| COBETTE | 7 | |||
| COCCOLITE | 9 | |||
| COCOTTE | 7 | |||
| COCTILE | 7 | |||
| COLETIT | * 7 | |||
| COLETO | 6 | |||
| COLITIC | 7 | |||
| COLLECT | 7 | |||
| COLLECTIBLE | 11 | pangram, debut | ||
| COLLET | 6 | |||
| COLOLITE | 8 | |||
| COOTIE | 6 | |||
| COTECTIC | 8 | |||
| COTELETTE | 9 | |||
| CTETIC | 6 | |||
| EBBET | 5 | |||
| ECLECTIC | 8 | |||
| ECOLECT | 7 | |||
| ECOTEL | 6 | |||
| ECTOBIOTIC | 10 | |||
| EITELITE | 8 | |||
| ELECT | 5 | |||
| ELECTEE | 7 | |||
| ELICIT | 6 | |||
| ELITE | 5 | |||
| ELOTE | 5 | |||
| EOBIOTIC | 8 | |||
| ETOILE | 6 | |||
| ETTLE | 5 | |||
| ICEBELT | * 7 | |||
| ICTIC | 5 | |||
| ILLICIT | 7 | |||
| ILLITE | 6 | |||
| ILLITIC | 7 | |||
| ILLLIT | * 6 | |||
| IOLITE | 6 | |||
| ITOITE | 6 | |||
| LECTIC | 6 | |||
| LEITEITE | 8 | |||
| LETTICE | 7 | |||
| LICIT | 5 | |||
| LIOTTITE | 8 | |||
| LITOTIC | 7 | |||
| LITTLE | 6 | |||
| LITTLIE | 7 | |||
| LOBELET | 7 | |||
| LOLOT | 5 | |||
| LOOTIE | 6 | |||
| LOTIC | 5 | |||
| LOTTE | 5 | |||
| LOTTO | 5 | |||
| OBIIT | 5 | |||
| OBLITE | 6 | |||
| OBTECT | 6 | |||
| OCELOT | 6 | |||
| OCOTILLO | 8 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| OCTET | 5 | |||
| OCTETT | 6 | |||
| OCTETTE | 7 | |||
| OCTIC | 5 | |||
| OCTILE | 6 | |||
| OCTITOL | 7 | |||
| OCTLET | 6 | |||
| OCTLI | 5 | |||
| OCTOIC | 6 | |||
| OILLET | 6 | |||
| OOLITE | 6 | |||
| OOLITIC | 7 | |||
| OTITIC | 6 | |||
| OTOLITE | 7 | |||
| OTOLITIC | 8 | |||
| TEBIBIT | 7 | |||
| TECTOL | 6 | |||
| TEETEE | 6 | |||
| TELCO | * 5 | |||
| TELECOIL | 8 | |||
| TELEIOTIC | 9 | |||
| TELIC | 5 | |||
| TELLEE | 6 | |||
| TELOCOEL | 8 | |||
| TELOI | 5 | |||
| TETEL | 5 | |||
| TIBET | 5 | |||
| TILLET | 6 | |||
| TILLITE | 7 | |||
| TITBIT | * 6 | |||
| TITLE | 5 | |||
| TITLO | 5 | |||
| TITTLE | 6 | |||
| TOBELITE | 8 | |||
| TOETOE | 6 | |||
| TOILE | 5 | |||
| TOILET | 6 | |||
| TOILETTE | 8 | |||
| TOITOI | 6 | |||
| TOLLIE | 6 | |||
| TOOELEITE | 9 | |||
| TOOLBELT | * 8 | |||
| TOOLIE | 6 | |||
| TOOTLE | 6 | |||
| TOTTLE | 6 |
* compound(ish) word