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August 8, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 8, 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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center letter LCEFINT
Spelling Bee for August 8, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter C: October 28, 2022
Center letter F: October 11, 2020

words: 146
score: 975 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 14
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

C x 19
E x 21
F x 23
I x 22
L x 42
N x 5
T x 14

5L x 37
6L x 50
7L x 23
8L x 23
9L x 8
10L x 4
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 12 tot
C 9 5 1 1 2 1 - 19
E 8 3 3 7 - - - 21
F 5 8 3 2 4 - 1 23
I 5 8 6 1 1 1 - 22
L 6 17 8 9 1 1 - 42
N 1 3 - 1 - - - 5
T 3 6 2 2 - 1 - 14
tot 37 50 23 23 8 4 1 146

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 6 CI x 1 CL x 12
EC x 2 EF x 1 EI x 2 EL x 11 EN x 4 ET x 1
FE x 11 FI x 6 FL x 6
IC x 1 IL x 5 IN x 16
LE x 17 LI x 25
NE x 2 NI x 3
TE x 9 TI x 5

cmp 5 6 8 9 tot
C - - - 1 1
F - - - 1 1
I 2 5 - - 7
L - 1 3 - 4
T - 1 - - 1
tot 2 7 3 2 14

plu 5 tot
C 1 1
tot 1 1

CELLFECTIN, FENETICILLIN, INFLECT

word       length      
FENETICILLIN 12 pangram
CELLFECTIN 10 pangram
INTELECTIN 10
LENTICELLE 10
TELECLINIC 10
CLIENTELE 9
CLIFFLINE * 9
FELICIFIC 9
FENCELINE * 9
FETTELITE 9
FILICININ 9
INTELLECT 9
LINENETTE 9
CLIFFLET 8
ECLECTIC 8
EIFELITE 8
EITELITE 8
ELENCTIC 8
ELICITIN 8
ENCLITIC 8
ENTITLEE 8
FELLINIC 8
FENCELET 8
INNELITE 8
LECTINIC 8
LEITEITE 8
LENIENCE 8
LENTICEL 8
LENTICLE 8
LICENCEE 8
LIFELINE * 8
LIFTLINE * 8
LINEFILL * 8
NELENITE 8
TEFILLIN 8
TELECINE 8
CENTILE 7
ELECTEE 7
ELFETTE 7
ENTITLE 7
FICTILE 7
FILICIC 7
FLITTEN 7
ILLICIT 7
ILLITIC 7
INCLINE 7
INFLECT 7 perfect pangram
INFLICT 7
INTITLE 7
LEIFITE 7
LENIENT 7
LETTICE 7
LICENCE 7
LICENTE 7
LIFELET 7
LINELET 7
LITTLIE 7
TILLITE 7
TITLENE 7
CELLIE 6
CILICE 6
CLIENT 6
CLINIC 6
CLITIC 6
EFFELL 6
ELICIT 6
ELININ 6
FEELIE 6
FELINE 6
FELLIC 6
FENNEL 6
FETTLE 6
FILLET 6
FINLET 6
FLEECE 6
ICICLE 6
ILICIN 6
ILLITE 6
ILLLIT * 6
INFELL * 6
INFELT * 6
INFILL * 6
INLINE * 6
LECTIC 6
LECTIN 6
LEFTIE 6
LENITE 6
LENTIC 6
LENTIL 6
LIENEE 6
LIENIC 6
LIFTIE 6
LIFTIN 6
LINEIC 6
LINNET 6
LINTEL 6
LINTIE 6
LITFIC * 6
LITTEN 6
LITTLE 6
NETTLE 6
NIELLI 6
NIFFLE 6
TELLEE 6
TELLEN 6
TELLIN 6
TELNET * 6 disallowed elsewhere
TILLET 6
TITTLE 6
CECIL 5
CEILI 5
CELLI  5
CLEFT 5
CLEIT 5
CLIFF 5
CLIFT 5
CLINE 5
CLINT 5
ECCLE 5
ELECT 5
ELFEN 5
ELFIN 5
ELITE 5
ELLEN 5
ENLIT 5
ETTLE 5
FILET 5
FLEEN 5
FLEET 5
FLINT 5
FLITE 5
INCEL * 5
INCLE 5
INLET * 5
INTEL 5
INTIL 5
LEINT 5
LENTE 5
LICIT 5
LIFIE 5
LINEN 5
LININ 5
NIFLE 5
TELIC 5
TETEL 5
TITLE 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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