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January 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 January 17, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter TACHLOP
Spelling Bee for January 17, 2021

words: 132
score: 853 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 21
bingo: yes

A x 13
C x 39
H x 16
L x 14
O x 5
P x 20
T x 25

5L x 51
6L x 35
7L x 22
8L x 15
9L x 5
10L x 3
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 7 3 2 1 - - - 13
C 13 11 8 6 1 - - 39
H 4 5 1 3 1 2 - 16
L 8 4 1 - - - 1 14
O 1 - 3 1 - - - 5
P 7 5 4 1 3 - - 20
T 11 7 3 3 - 1 - 25
tot 51 35 22 15 5 3 1 132

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 2 AH x 1 AL x 3 AP x 1 AT x 6
CA x 14 CH x 10 CL x 4 CO x 11
HA x 8 HO x 8
LA x 7 LO x 7
OC x 4 OP x 1
PA x 7 PH x 4 PL x 2 PO x 7
TA x 12 TH x 1 TL x 1 TO x 11
TOC x 1 TOL x 1 TOO x 3 TOP x 5 TOT x 1

cmp 6 7 8 9 10 tot
C 1 2 2 1 - 6
H 1 - 2 - - 3
L 3 1 - - - 4
P - - 1 2 - 3
T 1 1 2 - 1 5
tot 6 4 7 3 1 21

CATCHPOLL, PHOTOCALL, POTLACH, POTLATCH

word       length      
LACTOCOCCAL 11
HOLOPHOTAL 10
HOTCHPOTCH 10
TOOTHPATCH * 10
CATCHPOLL * 9 pangram
HALACHOTH 9
PATCHCOAT * 9
PHOTOCALL * 9 pangram
PHOTOCHOP 9
ALLOPATH 8
CACHALOT 8
CATALPOL 8
CATCHALL * 8
CHALLOTH 8
CHATPATA 8
CLOTPOLL * 8
HALACHOT 8
HOTCHPOT * 8
HOTPATCH * 8
OCTALOOP 8
POTLATCH * 8 pangram
TAPACOLO 8
TOOLPATH * 8
TOPCLOTH * 8
ACOCOTL 7
ATTACCA 7
CAPTCHA 7
CATALPA 7
CATCALL * 7
CATTALO 7
CHALLOT 7
CHALOTH 7
CHAPATA 7
COALPOT * 7
HALLOTH 7
LOOPTOP * 7
OCTAPLA 7
OCTOPAL 7
OPHTHAL 7
PALATAL 7
PHTHALO 7
PLACCAT 7
POTLACH 7 perfect pangram
TATHATA 7
TOCCATA 7
TOPCOAT * 7
APHTHA 6
ATLATL 6
ATTACH 6
CAHOOT 6
CALTHA 6
CATALO 6
CATLAP * 6
CHALOT 6
CHATTA 6
CLATCH 6
COOLTH 6
COOTCH 6
COPLOT 6
COTTAH 6
HALLOT 6
HATTAH 6
HOOTCH 6
HOTCHA 6
HOTPOT * 6
LACTOL 6
LAPCAT * 6
LAPTOP * 6
LOLCAT * 6
PATACA 6
PATOLA 6
PATOOT 6
POTATO 6
POTTAH 6
TALLAT 6
TALLOT 6
TAPALO 6
TATTOO 6
THATCH 6
TOPATO 6
TOPHAT * 6
ACTOL 5
AHATA 5
ALLOT 5
ALTHO 5
ATALL 5
ATOLL 5
ATTAP 5
CAPOT 5
CATCH 5
CHAAT 5
CHOTA 5
CHOTT 5
CLOOT 5
CLOTH 5
COACT 5 disallowed elsewhere
COAPT 5
COATH 5
COOPT 5
COTCH 5
COTTA 5
HATCH 5
HATHA 5
HATTA 5
HOTCH 5
LAPTA 5
LATAH 5
LATCH 5
LOATH 5
LOLOT 5
LOTAH 5
LOTTA 5
LOTTO 5
OCTAL 5
PACTA 5
PATCH 5
PHOTO 5
PLOAT 5
POTCH 5
POTOO 5
POTTO 5
TALLA 5
TAPAO 5
TAPPA 5
TATAC 5
TATOO 5
TATTA 5
TLACO 5
TOLAH 5
TOOTH 5
TOPPO 5
TOTAL 5

* compound(ish) word

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