February 16, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

February 16, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

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

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Spelling Bee for February 16, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter L: November 12, 2023
Center letter M: September 30, 2021
Center letter B: August 30, 2020

words: 159
score: 1,071 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 25
plurals: 15
bingo: yes

B x 28
E x 23
I x 20
L x 24
M x 26
N x 16
T x 22

5L x 35
6L x 52
7L x 33
8L x 29
9L x 4
10L x 3
11L x 2
12L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
B	6	6	7	4	2	1	1	1	28
E	6	5	7	3	1	-	1	-	23
I	7	5	2	4	-	2	-	-	20
L	7	7	6	3	1	-	-	-	24
M	3	8	7	8	-	-	-	-	26
N	3	11	-	2	-	-	-	-	16
T	3	10	4	5	-	-	-	-	22
tot	35	52	33	29	4	3	2	1	159

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

BE x 15	BI x 11	BL x 2
EB x 1	EL x 6	EM x 6	EN x 9	ET x 1
ENI x 1	ENL x 2	ENM x 1	ENN x 1	ENT x 4
IL x 3	IM x 4	IN x 13
LE x 8	LI x 16
ME x 11	MI x 14	MN x 1
NE x 8	NI x 8
TE x 13	TI x 9

cmp	5	6	7	8	tot
B	-	1	5	1	7
I	1	2	-	-	3
L	-	-	2	1	3
M	-	-	3	2	5
N	-	1	-	1	2
T	-	3	1	1	5
tot	1	7	11	6	25

plu	5	6	7	tot
B	-	1	3	4
L	-	-	2	2
M	-	1	2	3
N	1	1	-	2
T	-	3	1	4
tot	1	6	8	15

BELEMNITE, BELITTLEMENT, BILIMENT

word	length
BEELINE	* 7
BELEMNITE	9	pangram
BELITTLEMENT	12	pangram
BELLINI	7
BELLMEN	* ^† 7
BELTLINE	* 8
BELTMEN	* ^† 7
BEMENTITE	9
BENBEN	6
BENET	5
BENETTLE	8
BENNE	5
BENNET	6
BENNETTITE	10
BENNIE	6
BILIMENT	8	pangram
BILIN	5
BILINITE	8
BILLMEN	* ^† 7
BIMINI	6
BINIMETINIB	11
BINIT	5
BINMEN	* ^† 6
BINNITE	7
BITLINE	* 7
BITTEN	6
BLENT	5
BLINI	5
EBENE	5
ELEMENT	7
ELEMIN	6
ELIMINEE	8
ELININ	6
ELLEN	5
ELMEN	5
EMBELIN	7
EMBLEMENT	9
EMETIN	6
EMETINE	7
EMINENT	7
EMITTENT	8
ENIMINE	7
ENLIMN	6
ENLIT	5
ENMEIN	6
ENNET	5
ENTENTE	7
ENTITLE	7
ENTITLEE	8
ENTITLEMENT	11
ETTEN	5
ILLBIENT	8
ILMENITE	8
ILMENITITE	10
IMBIBEMENT	10
IMENE	5
IMINE	5
IMMINENT	8
INBENT	* 6
INLET	* 5
INLINE	* 6
INNELITE	8
INNIE	5
INNIT	5
INTEIN	6
INTEL	5
INTENT	6
INTIL	5
INTIMIN	7
INTINE	6
INTITLE	7
LEBEN	5
LEBNI	5
LEETMEN	* ^† 7
LEINT	5
LENIENT	7
LENITE	6
LENTE	5
LENTIL	6
LIEMENT	7
LIENEE	6
LIMBLINE	* 8
LIMEN	5
LIMETTIN	8
LIMNITE	7
LINELET	7
LINEMEN	* ^† 7
LINEN	5
LINENETTE	9
LINIMENT	8
LININ	5
LINNET	6
LINTEL	6
LINTIE	6
LITTEN	6
MEBENIL	7
MEETEN	6
MEINIE	6
MELENE	6
MELENITE	8
MELETIN	7
MELINE	6
MELINITE	8
MELITTIN	8
MENILITE	8
MENTEE	6
MILLINE	7
MILLINET	8
MILLMEN	* ^† 7
MIMETENE	8
MINETTE	7
MINIBITE	* 8
MINIM	5
MINIMI	^† 6
MINIMILL	* 8
MINIMIN	* 7
MINMI	5
MINNIE	6
MINTMEN	* ^† 7
MITTEN	6
MNEME	5
NEBEL	5
NEEMB	5
NEINEI	6
NELENITE	8
NEMBIE	6
NETMEN	* ^† 6
NETTIE	6
NETTLE	6
NIBBLE	6
NIBLET	6
NIELLI	6
NIMBI	^† 5
NIMBLE	6
NIMITE	6
NINEIN	6
NINETEEN	* 8
TEENIE	6
TEINEITE	8
TELEMEN	^† 7
TELLEN	6
TELLIN	6
TELNET	* 6	disallowed elsewhere
TEMENE	^† 6
TENEMENT	8
TENET	5
TENIBLE	7
TENNE	5
TENTEN	6
TENTIE	6
TIMELINE	* 8
TIMENTIN	8
TINMEN	* ^† 6
TINMINE	* 7
TINNIE	6
TINNIENT	8
TITIN	5
TITLENE	7
TITMEN	* ^† 6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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