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February 8, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 8, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter IBEGLTY
Spelling Bee for February 8, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter E: September 19, 2024
Center letter L: May 16, 2020

words: 102
score: 674 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 3

B x 39
E x 8
G x 16
I x 7
L x 19
T x 13

5L x 31
6L x 31
7L x 23
8L x 9
9L x 4
10L x 2
11L x 1
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
B 16 11 9 2 - 1 - - 39
E 1 3 - 3 - - 1 - 8
G 5 9 1 1 - - - - 16
I - 2 2 - 2 - - 1 7
L 4 3 8 2 1 1 - - 19
T 5 3 3 1 1 - - - 13
tot 31 31 23 9 4 2 1 1 102

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BE x 11 BI x 26 BL x 2
EG x 1 EI x 1 EL x 6
GI x 15 GL x 1
IL x 7
LE x 9 LI x 10
TE x 2 TI x 11

cmp 6 tot
B 1 1
I 1 1
T 1 1
tot 3 3

debut appearances 15
previously disallowed debuts 1

ELIGIBILITY, ILLEGIBILITY, LEGIBILITY

word       length      
BEGTI 5
BEIGE 5 debut
BEIGEL 6
BEIGELY 7
BEIGEY 6
BEIGY 5
BELIBEL 7
BELIE 5
BELITTLE 8
BELLITE 7
BETITLE 7
BIBBLE 6
BIBLE 5
BIGEYE * 6 allowed elsewhere
BIGGETY 7
BIGGIE 6 debut
BIGGITY 7
BIGGY 5
BIGLY 5 debut, previously disallowed
BILBIE 6
BILBY 5
BILETE 6
BILGE 5 debut
BILGEY 6
BILGY 5
BILLET 6
BILLETEE 8
BILLETY 7
BILLIE 6
BILLIETITE 10
BILLY 5
BITEE 5
BITEY 5
BITTIE 6
BITTILY 7
BITTY 5
BITYITE 7
BLIGE 5
BLITE 5
EGGILY 6
EITELITE 8
ELEGIT 6
ELIGIBILITY 11 pangram, debut
ELIGIBLE 8 debut
ELIGIBLY 8 debut
ELITE 5
ELYITE 6
GIBBET 6
GIBEL 5
GIBIBIT 7
GIBIBYTE 8
GIBLET 6 debut
GIBLI 5
GIGGIT 6
GIGGLE 6
GIGGLY 6
GIGLET 6
GILET 5
GILGIE 6
GILLIE 6
GILLY 5
GITTY 5
GLIBLY 6
ILLEGIBILITY 12 pangram, debut
ILLEGIBLE 9 debut
ILLEGIBLY 9 debut
ILLEGIT 7
ILLEITY 7
ILLITE 6
ILLLIT * 6
LEBLEBI 7
LEGGIE 6
LEGGILY 7
LEGIBILITY 10 pangram, debut
LEGIBLE 7 debut
LEGIBLY 7 debut
LEGIT 5
LEGITLY 7
LEITEITE 8
LIBEL 5
LIBELEE 7
LIBELLE 7
LIBELLEE 8
LIEBIGITE 9
LIEGE 5
LITTLE 6
LITTLIE 7
LITTLY 6
LITTY 5
TEBIBIT 7
TEBIBYTE 8
TIBET 5
TIGELLE 7
TIGGY 5
TILLET 6
TILLEYITE 9
TILLITE 7
TILLY 5
TILTY 5
TITBIT * 6
TITLE 5
TITTLE 6

* compound(ish) word

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