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August 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 August 18, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter OCEILNX
Spelling Bee for August 18, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter N: June 24, 2023
Center letter C: June 16, 2022

words: 148
score: 1,040 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 2
compounds: 2
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

C x 54
E x 10
I x 13
L x 22
N x 28
O x 19
X x 2

5L x 38
6L x 50
7L x 17
8L x 16
9L x 15
10L x 6
11L x 3
12L x 1
13L x 1
15L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 tot
C 11 19 7 7 4 4 2 - - - 54
E 3 3 - 2 2 - - - - - 10
I 2 3 1 - 3 1 1 - 1 1 13
L 7 5 5 2 3 - - - - - 22
N 5 13 1 4 3 1 - 1 - - 28
O 9 7 3 - - - - - - - 19
X 1 - - 1 - - - - - - 2
tot 38 50 17 16 15 6 3 1 1 1 148

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 3 CI x 7 CL x 3 CO x 41
EC x 1 EN x 4 EO x 3 EX x 2
EXO x 2
IC x 1 IL x 6 IN x 3 IO x 3
LE x 7 LI x 7 LO x 8
NE x 3 NI x 2 NO x 23
OC x 1 OE x 1 OL x 5 ON x 4 OX x 8
XE x 2

cmp 5 6 tot
N 1 - 1
O - 1 1
tot 1 1 2

plu 5 tot
C 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 1

CICLOXOLONE, CINOXOLONE, LEXICON, LEXICONIC, LEXONIC

word       length      
CECOCOLIC 9
CELLO 5
CEOLIN 6
CICLOXILIC 10
CICLOXOLONE 11 pangram
CICONINE 8
CINEOL 6
CINEOLE 7
CINNOLINE 9
CINOXOLONE 10 pangram
CLONE 5
CLONIC 6
CLONIXIN 8
COCCI  5
COCCIC 6
COCONE 6
COCOON 6
COELIN 6
COELINE 7
COELOCONIC 10
COENOCLINE 10
COILIN 6
COINE 5
COION 5
COLEEN 6
COLIC 5
COLICIN 7
COLICINE 8
COLIN 5
COLINE 6
COLLEEN 7
COLLIE 6
COLOCOLIC 9
COLOCOLO 8
COLOCOLONIC 11
COLON 5
COLONE 6
COLONEL 7
COLONI 6
COLONIC 7
CONIC 5
CONICINE 8
CONIINE 7
CONINE 6
CONNEX 6
CONNEXIN 8
CONNEXION 9
CONNEXON 8
CONNIE 6
COOCOO 6
COOEE 5
COOLEN 6
COOLIO 6
COXIE 5
ECOCLINE 8
ENCENILLO 9
ENOLIC 6
ENONE 5
ENOXOLONE 9
EOLIC 5
EOLIENNE 8
EONIC 5
EXOCON 6
EXONIC 6
ICONIC 6
ILEOCECOCOLIC 13
ILEOCECOCOLONIC 15
ILEOCOLIC 9
ILEOCOLON 9
ILEOCOLONIC 11
ILICICOLIN 10
INION 5
INNEXON 7
INNOCENCE 9
IONENE 6
IONIC 5
IONONE 6
LENOI 5
LEONE 5
LEONINE 7
LEXICON 7 perfect pangram, debut
LEXICONIC 9 pangram
LEXON 5
LEXONIC 7 perfect pangram
LINOLEIC 8
LINOLEIN 8
LINOLENIC 9
LINOXIN 7
LIONCEL 7
LIONCELLE 9
LIONEL 6
LOCIN 5
LOCON 5
LOLINE 6
LONCO 5
LONNEN 6
LONNIN 6
LOOIE 5
LOONIE 6
NEOCON 6
NEONIC 6
NEXION 6
NIELLO 6
NINON 5
NOCINO 6
NOLLIE 6
NONCE 5
NONCELL 7
NONCLONE 8
NONCOLONIC 10
NONENE 6
NONEXONIC 9
NONIC 5
NONICE 6
NONICONIC 9
NONILL 6
NONILLION 9
NONINNOCENCE 12
NONION 6
NONIONIC 8
NONLINEN 8
NONNIE 6
NONNO 5
NONOIL 6
NONXENON 8
NOONE * 5
NOONIE 6
OCELLI 6
OENIN 5
OLEIC 5
OLEIN 5
OLEON 5
OLEONE 6
OLLIE 5
ONICOLO 7
ONION 5
ONLINE * 6
ONONIN 6
OXENE 5
OXINE 5
OXOCINE 7
OXOION 6
OXOLE 5
OXOLIN 6
OXONINE 7
OXONOL 6
XENOLINE 8
XENON 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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