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December 17, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 17, 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.


center letter VDEIOPT
Spelling Bee for December 17, 2021

words: 59
score: 374 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 1
bingo: yes

D x 21
E x 4
I x 1
O x 1
P x 7
T x 3
V x 22

5L x 15
6L x 24
7L x 13
8L x 6
9L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
D 5 8 6 1 1 21
E 1 2 1 - - 4
I 1 - - - - 1
O 1 - - - - 1
P 3 2 1 1 - 7
T - 1 - 2 - 3
V 4 11 5 2 - 22
tot 15 24 13 6 1 59

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DE x 11 DI x 10
EV x 4
IV x 1
OV x 1
OVO x 1
PE x 4 PI x 2 PO x 1
TE x 1 TO x 1 TV x 1
VE x 5 VI x 8 VO x 9

cmp 7 tot
E 1 1
tot 1 1

PIVOTED

word       length      
DEEVE 5
DEEVED 6
DEVITOITE 9
DEVIVE 6
DEVIVED 7
DEVOID 6
DEVOT 5
DEVOTE 6
DEVOTED 7
DEVOTEE 7
DEVOTO 6
DIVED 5
DIVET 5
DIVIDE 6
DIVIDED 7
DIVIDIVI 8
DIVIED 6
DIVOT 5
DIVOTED 7
DIVVIE 6
DIVVIED 7
EVEITE 6
EVETIDE * 7
EVITE 5
EVITED 6
IVIED 5
OVOID 5
PEEVE 5
PEEVED 6
PEEVIT 6
PETITIVE 8
PIVOT 5
PIVOTED 7 perfect pangram
POVVO 5
TEEVEE 6
TOTITIVE 8
TVEITITE 8
VEDETTE 7
VEEPEE 6
VETITIVE 8
VETOED 6
VETTED 6
VIDDIED 7
VIDED 5
VIDEO 5
VIDEOED 7
VIDETE 6
VIDETTE 7
VIDIOT 6 disallowed elsewhere
VIVID 5
VODDIE 6
VOIDED 6
VOIDEE 6
VOIVOD 6
VOIVODE 7
VOODOO 6
VOODOOED 8
VOTED 5
VOTIVE 6

* compound(ish) word

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