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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

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center letter LACIKOT
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
plurals: 3
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
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
KIC x 1 KIL x 7
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

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

plu 5 6 10 tot
C 1 - - 1
I - 1 - 1
L - - 1 1
tot 1 1 1 3

ALKALOTIC, COCKTAIL, LOCKTAIL

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

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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