January 9, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

January 9, 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 9, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.

Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for January 9, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter O: November 2, 2023
Center letter I: September 13, 2022
Center letter K: October 5, 2021

words: 181
score: 1,181 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 15
bingo: yes

A x 34
C x 51
I x 11
K x 15
L x 36
O x 10
T x 24

5L x 62
6L x 46
7L x 37
8L x 20
9L x 9
10L x 4
11L x 2
12L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
A	11	11	5	2	4	-	-	1	34
C	15	17	10	6	2	-	1	-	51
I	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	11
K	6	-	4	4	1	-	-	-	15
L	13	8	8	3	1	2	1	-	36
O	3	1	3	2	-	1	-	-	10
T	10	6	3	3	1	1	-	-	24
tot	62	46	37	20	9	4	2	1	181

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	8	9	tot
C	-	3	2	-	5
I	1	-	-	-	1
K	-	1	1	1	3
L	1	1	1	-	3
O	-	1	-	-	1
T	-	1	1	-	2
tot	2	7	5	1	15

debut appearances

ALKALOTIC, COCKTAIL, LOCKTAIL

word	length
ACATALLACTIC	12
CATALLACTIC	11
LACTOCOCCAL	11
LACCOLITIC	10
LACTOCOCCI	10
OIKOCLITIC	10
TACALCITOL	10
ALKALOTIC	9	pangram
ALLOLALIA	9
ATTOCLOCK	9
ATTOKATAL	9
CATALATIC	9
COLOCOLIC	9
KILOKATAL	* 9
LITOTICAL	9
TALAIOTIC	9
ALCOLOCK	8
ALLIACOL	8
CALCITIC	8
CALLALOO	8
COATTAIL	* 8	debut
COCKTAIL	* 8	pangram, debut
COLLOCAL	8
COLOCOLO	8
KALLALOO	8
KICKTAIL	* 8
KILIKIKI	8
KILIKITI	8
LACTICOL	8
LACTITOL	8
LOCKTAIL	* 8	pangram
OCOTILLO	8	disallowed elsewhere
OTOLITIC	8
TACTICAL	8
TAILCOAT	* 8	debut
TALLITOT	8
ACOCOTL	7
AKIALOA	7
ALACTIC	7
ALKALIC	7
ALTILIK	7
CALALOO	7
CALCIOL	7
CATCALL	* 7
CATTAIL	* 7
CATTALO	7
CILIOLA	7
CLOACAL	7
COALTIT	* 7
COLICAL	7
COLITIC	7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
ILLICIT	7
ILLITIC	7
KALOOKI	7
KILLICK	7
KILLOCK	7
KILOCAL	* 7
LACKALL	* 7
LAKATOI	7
LATAKIA	7
LATITAT	7
LATITIC	7
LILIKOI	7
LITOTIC	7
LOCALIC	7
OCTITOL	7
OILCOAT	* 7
OOLITIC	7
TALAIOT	7
TALOOKA	7
TOOLKIT	* 7
ACOCIL	6
AKALAT	6
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALCOOL	6
ALKALI	6
ALLOIC	6
ATLATL	6
ATOKAL	6
ATTILA	6
CALCIC	6
CALICO	6
CALLOO	6
CATALO	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CITOLA	6
CLACKA	6
CLICKA	6
CLICKO	6
CLITIC	6
CLOACA	6
COCCAL	6
COCKAL	6
COITAL	6	debut
COLITA	6
COOLIO	6
ILIACI	6
ILLLIT	* 6
ITALIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACTIC	6
LACTOL	6
LAICAL	6
LOLCAT	* 6
LOLITA	6
LOOKIT	6
LOTOKO	6
OLLOCK	6
TALLAT	6
TALLIT	6	allowed elsewhere
TALLOT	6
TALOOK	6
TATKAL	6
TILAKA	6
AALII	5
ACTOL	5
AILLT	5
AIOLI	5
ALACK	5
ALALA	5
ALLOT	5
ALOLL	5
ATALL	5
ATILT	5
ATOLL	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CILIA	5
CITAL	5
CLACK	5
CLAIK	5
CLICK	5
CLOAK	5
CLOCK	5
CLOIT	5
CLOOT	5
COALA	5
COCAL	5
COLIC	5
COLLA	5
ICTAL	5
ILALA	5
ILIAC	5
ILIAL	5
KATAL	5
KILIL	5
KLICK	5
KOALA	5
KOLAK	5
KOLOA	5
LAIKA	5
LATIK	5
LATKA	5
LICIT	5
LILAC	5
LITAI	5
LOCAL	5
LOCAO	5
LOKAO	5
LOLOT	5
LOTIC	5
LOTTA	5
LOTTO	5
OCTAL	5
OCTLI	5
OOLAK	5
TALAK	5
TALIK	5
TALLA	5
TICAL	5
TILAK	5
TILIA	5
TILKA	5
TITLO	5
TLACO	5
TOTAL	5

* compound(ish) word

AA x 1	AC x 4	AI x 2	AK x 2	AL x 17	AT x 8
CA x 15	CI x 6	CL x 13	CO x 17
IC x 1	IL x 9	IT x 1
KA x 3	KI x 8	KL x 1	KO x 3
LA x 17	LI x 6	LO x 13
OC x 4	OI x 2	OL x 1	OO x 2	OT x 1
TA x 15	TI x 6	TL x 1	TO x 2

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