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December 22, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 22, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with RI.


Instructions

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center letter RACFILY
Spelling Bee for December 22, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter F: February 12, 2024
Center letter A: July 6, 2018

words: 142
score: 678 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 5
plurals: 3

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 10 AF x 4 AI x 5 AL x 5 AR x 15
CA x 14 CI x 7 CL x 2 CR x 5 CY x 1
FA x 14 FI x 5 FL x 2 FR x 9
LA x 6 LI x 2 LY x 5
RA x 12 RI x 9 RY x 1
RIA x 1 RIC x 1 RIF x 4 RIL x 2 RIY x 1
YA x 8 YI x 1

cmp 6 7 8 tot
A 1 1 - 2
C - - 1 1
F - - 1 1
R - 1 - 1
tot 1 2 2 5

plu 4 5 tot
A 1 - 1
C - 2 2
tot 1 2 3

debut appearances 0

ALACRIFY, CLARIFY, FARCICALLY

word       length      
ACARA 5
ACARI 5
ACCRA 5
ACRA 4
ACRACY 6
ACRAL 5
ACRALLY 7
ACRYL 5
ACRYLIC 7
ACRYLYL 7
AFAR 4
AFARA 5
AFFAIR 6
AFFRAY 6
AIRCAR * 6
AIRFALL * 7
AIRIFY 6
AIRILY 6
AIRY 4
ALACRIFY 8 pangram
ALAR 4
ALARY 5
ALFILARIA 9
ALLARIC 7
ARACA 5
ARACARI 7
ARACIAL 7
ARALIA 6
ARARA 5
ARCI  4
ARFAL 5
ARIA 4
ARIARY 6
ARIL 4
ARILLARY 8
ARILLI 6
ARRAY 5
ARRAYAL 7
ARYL 4
CAIR 4
CALCAR 6
CALCARIA 8
CALCARIC 8
CARAC 5
CARACAL 7
CARACARA 8
CARACCA 7
CARF 4
CARL 4
CARR 4
CARRI 5
CARRY 5
CARRYALL * 8
CILIARY 7
CIRCA 5
CIRCAR 6
CIRCI  5
CIRL 4
CIRRAL 6
CIRRI  5
CLARIFY 7 perfect pangram
CLARY 5
CRAIC 5
CRAY 4
CRIA 4
CRYALF 6
CRYIC 5
CYRILLA 7
FAIR 4
FAIRILY 7
FAIRLY 6
FAIRY 5
FAIRYFLY * 8
FARARI 6
FARARIYA 8
FARCICAL 8
FARCICALLY 10 pangram
FARCIFY 7
FARCY 5
FARFAL 6
FARFARA 7
FARL 4
FIAR 4
FILAR 5
FILARIA 7
FILARIAL 8
FIRRY 5
FLAIR 5
FLARY 5
FRAC 4
FRAIL 5
FRAILLY 7 allowed elsewhere
FRAY 4
FRIAR 5
FRIARLY 7
FRIARY 6
FRILL 5
FRILLY 6
LAARI 5
LAIR 4
LAIRY 5
LARF 4
LARI 4
LARRY 5
LIAR 4
LIRA 4
LYCRA 5
LYRA 4
LYRIC 5
LYRICAL 7
LYRICALLY 9
RACIAL 6
RACIALLY 8
RACILY 6 allowed elsewhere
RACY 4
RAFF 4
RAFFIA 6
RAIL 4
RAILCAR * 7
RALLY 5
RARF 4
RARIFY 6
RAYA 4
RIAL 4
RICRAC 6
RIFF 4
RIFFLY 6
RIFFRAFF 8
RIFFY 5
RILL 4
RILY 4
RIYAL 5
RYAL 4
YAAR 4
YAIR 4
YARAY 5
YARFA 5
YARI 4
YARL 4
YARR 4
YARRI 5
YIRR 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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