December 16, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

December 16, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 16, 2023, 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.

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Spelling Bee for December 16, 2023

words: 126
score: 903 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

C x 20
E x 12
G x 29
H x 20
I x 8
L x 21
N x 16

5L x 21
6L x 33
7L x 35
8L x 23
9L x 11
10L x 3

	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
C	4	3	3	6	4	-	20
E	2	5	1	1	3	-	12
G	6	9	10	3	-	1	29
H	3	4	7	5	-	1	20
I	2	3	2	-	1	-	8
L	3	7	7	2	2	-	21
N	1	2	5	6	1	1	16
tot	21	33	35	23	11	3	126

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	7	8	10	tot
H	1	1	1	3
tot	1	1	1	3

plu	5	tot
G	1	1
tot	1	1

CLENCHING, CLICHEING, GELECHIINE, LECHING, LEECHING, LICHENING

word	length
CEILING	7
CELLING	7
CHENG	5
CHHING	6
CHIGGING	8
CHILLING	8
CHING	5
CHINGING	8
CHINING	7
CHINNING	8
CIGGIE	6
CINCHING	8
CINEGENIC	9
CINGLE	6
CLEGG	5
CLENCHING	9	pangram
CLICHEING	9	pangram
CLINCHING	9
CLING	5
CLINGING	8
EELING	6
EGENCE	6
EGGING	6
EGGLING	7
EGLING	6
EIGENGENE	9
EIGENLINE	9
EIGNE	5
ENGINE	6
ENGINING	8
ENGLE	5
ENNICHING	9
GEEING	6
GEGGING	7
GELECHIINE	10	pangram
GELEE	5
GELLING	7
GENIC	5
GENIE	5
GENII	^† 5
GENIN	5
GENNEL	6
GENNING	7
GHILLIE	7
GICLEE	6
GIEING	6
GIGGING	7
GIGGLE	6
GIGGLING	8
GILGIE	6
GILLIE	6
GILLING	7
GINCH	5
GINGING	7
GINGLE	6
GINGLING	8
GINNEL	6
GINNING	7
GLEEING	7
GLEGGING	8
GLEIING	7
HEELING	7
HEIGH	5
HELING	6
HELLING	7
HENCHING	8
HENGE	5
HENNING	7
HIEING	6
HIGGLE	6
HIGGLING	8
HIGHEN	6
HIGHING	7
HIGHLEG	* 7
HIGHLINE	* 8
HIGHLINING	* 10
HILCHING	8
HILLING	7
HINGE	5
HINGEING	8
HINGING	7
ICENING	7
ICING	5
IGGING	6
INCHING	7
INCLINING	9
INGINE	6
INGLE	5
INNING	6
LECHING	7	perfect pangram
LEECHING	8	pangram
LEGGIE	6
LEGGIN	6
LEGGING	7
LEGLEN	6
LEGLIN	6
LICELING	8
LICENCING	9
LICHENING	9	pangram
LIEGE	5
LIGGING	7
LIGNE	5
LIGNEL	6
LIGNIN	6
LIGNINE	7
LILLING	7
LINGCHI	7
LINGE	5
LINING	6
LINNING	7
NEGGING	7
NEGLIGE	7
NEGLIGEE	8
NEGLIGENCE	10
NEIGH	5
NEIGHING	8
NICELING	8
NICENING	8
NICHING	7
NIGELLINE	9
NIGGLE	6
NIGGLING	8
NIGHEN	6
NIGHING	7
NILLING	7
NINELING	8

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

CE x 2	CH x 8	CI x 4	CL x 6
EE x 1	EG x 4	EI x 3	EN x 4
GE x 11	GH x 1	GI x 14	GL x 3
HE x 7	HI x 13
IC x 2	IG x 1	IN x 5
LE x 7	LI x 14
NE x 6	NI x 10

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