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December 13, 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 13, 2022, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter OABCEKL
Spelling Bee for December 13, 2022

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Center letter E: December 20, 2023

words: 139
score: 913 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 1
compounds: 14
bingo: yes

A x 11
B x 44
C x 43
E x 4
K x 15
L x 14
O x 8

5L x 52
6L x 35
7L x 21
8L x 21
9L x 7
10L x 3

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 3 3 2 1 1 1 11
B 17 12 9 3 3 - 44
C 12 10 6 10 3 2 43
E 2 1 - 1 - - 4
K 9 3 2 1 - - 15
L 4 4 1 5 - - 14
O 5 2 1 - - - 8
tot 52 35 21 21 7 3 139

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 2 AC x 2 AK x 1 AL x 6
BA x 12 BE x 6 BL x 8 BO x 18
CA x 7 CE x 2 CL x 6 CO x 28
CEL x 2
EB x 1 EC x 3
KA x 3 KE x 2 KO x 10
LO x 14
OB x 4 OK x 1 OL x 1 OO x 2

cmp 5 7 8 9 tot
B - - 2 2 4
C - - 3 2 5
E 1 - - - 1
L - 1 3 - 4
tot 1 1 8 4 14

debut appearances 4
previously disallowed debuts 1

BECLOAK, BLOCKABLE, CLOCKABLE, COOKABLE, LOCKABLE

word       length      
ABOLLA 6
ABOLLAE 7
ACOCK 5
ACOEL 5
AKABEKO 7
ALBOLL 6
ALCOLOCK 8
ALCOOL 6
ALLOALLELE 10
ALLOCABLE 9
ALOLL 5
BABACO 6
BABOO 5
BACALAO 7
BACCOO 6
BACKBLOCK * 9
BACKLOCK * 8
BACOO 5
BALBOA 6
BALLCOCK * 8 debut, previously disallowed
BALLOCK 7
BALOO 5
BAOBAB 6
BECLOAK 7 perfect pangram
BEKKO 5
BELLO 5
BELLOCK 7
BELOCK 6
BELOOK 6
BLACKCOCK * 9
BLOAK 5
BLOCK 5
BLOCKABLE 9 pangram, debut
BLOCKEE 7
BLOCKO 6
BLOKE 5
BLOOK 5
BOBAC 5
BOBAK 5
BOBBE 5
BOBBLE 6
BOBBOL 6
BOBOL 5
BOBOLEE 7
BOCAL 5
BOCCA 5
BOCCE 5
BOKKE 5
BOLLOCK 7
BOOABLE 7
BOOBOO 6
BOOBOOK 7
BOOCOO 6
BOOKABLE 8
BOOKOO 6
CABOCLO 7
CACAO 5
CALALOO 7
CALLALOO 8
CALLBOOK * 8
CALLOO 6
CAOBA 5
CELLBLOCK * 9
CELLO 5
CLOACA 6
CLOACAE 7
CLOACAL 7
CLOAK 5
CLOCK 5
CLOCKABLE 9 pangram
COALA 5
COALBALL * 8
COBAEA 6
COBBLE 6
COBLE 5
COCAL 5
COCCAL 6
COCKAL 6
COCKBLOCK * 9
COCKLE 6
COCOA 5
COCOBOLA 8
COCOBOLO 8
COECA 5
COLBACK 7
COLLA 5
COLLAB 6 allowed elsewhere
COLLABO 7
COLLOCABLE 10
COLLOCAL 8
COLOCAECAL 10
COLOCOLO 8
COOCOO 6
COOEE 5
COOKABLE 8 pangram, debut
COOKBOOK * 8
COOKEE 6
COOLABLE 8
EBOOK * 5
ECBOLE 6
ECKOL 5
ECOLABEL 8
KABOB 5
KABOOK 6
KALLALOO 8
KEBBOCK 7
KEBOB 5
KOALA 5
KOEKOEA 7
KOKAKO 6
KOKKO 5
KOKLE 5
KOLACE 6
KOLAK 5
KOLEA 5
KOLOA 5
KOOKA 5
LOBAL 5
LOBCOCK * 7
LOBOLA 6
LOBOLO 6
LOCAL 5
LOCALE 6
LOCAO 5
LOCKABLE 8 pangram, debut
LOCKBACK * 8
LOKAO 5
LOOKABLE 8
LOOKBACK * 8
LOOKBOOK * 8 allowed elsewhere
LOOKEE 6
OBAKE 5
OBCELL 6
OBOLE 5
OBOLO 5
OKOLE 5
OLLOCK 6
OOBLECK 7
OOLAK 5

* compound(ish) word

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