Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
January 21, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 21, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AA.


Instructions

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center letter IADLPTU
Spelling Bee for January 21, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter U: February 29, 2024
Center letter L: January 19, 2022

words: 181
score: 803 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 7
bingo: yes

A x 20
D x 20
I x 13
L x 22
P x 66
T x 30
U x 10

4L x 56
5L x 55
6L x 37
7L x 22
8L x 10
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 5 8 5 2 - - 20
D 9 7 3 - 1 - 20
I 4 5 3 1 - - 13
L 8 6 3 3 2 - 22
P 19 19 11 9 7 1 66
T 9 6 9 6 - - 30
U 2 4 3 1 - - 10
tot 56 55 37 22 10 1 181

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AD x 3 AI x 3 AL x 5 AP x 3 AT x 3 AU x 2
AAL x 1
DA x 4 DI x 13 DU x 3
ID x 2 IL x 9 IP x 1 IT x 1
LA x 8 LI x 13 LU x 1
PA x 22 PI x 27 PL x 5 PT x 2 PU x 10
TA x 9 TI x 15 TU x 6
UL x 2 UP x 6 UT x 2

cmp 5 6 7 tot
D - 1 - 1
I - 1 - 1
P - - 1 1
U 2 2 - 4
tot 2 4 1 7

debut appearances 2
newly disallowed words 1 iliad

PLAUDIT

word       length      
AALII 5
ADAPID 6
ADATI 5
ADIT 4
AIDID 5
AILLT 5
AITU 4
ALALIA 6
ALAUDID 7
ALIPTA 6
ALIT 4
ALTI 4
APID 4
APITPAT 7
APPUI 5
ATILT 5
ATTID 5
ATTILA 6
AUDIAL 6
AUDIT 5 debut
DALATIID 8
DALI 4
DATI 4
DATIL 5
DIAD 4
DIAL 4
DIALID 6
DIALUP * 6
DIAULI 6
DIDI 4
DILAL 5
DILL 4
DITA 4
DITAL 5
DITAU 5
DITT 4
DITTI 5
DUIT 4
DULIA 5
DULID 5
IDDAT 5
IDLI 4
ILALA 5
ILIA 4
ILIAD 5 newly disallowed
ILIAL 5
ILLLIT * 6
ILLUI 5
ILLUPI 6
ILUPAI 6
ILUPPAI 7
IPIL 4
ITAL 4
LAID 4
LAIT 4
LAPILLI 7
LAPTI 5
LATI 4
LATID 5
LATIID 6
LATITAT 7
LILA 4
LILIID 6
LILL 4
LILLIPUT 8
LILT 4
LIPA 4
LIPID 5
LITAI 5
LITU 4
LITUI 5
LITUITID 8
LITUPA 6
LIULI 5
LUIDIID 7
PADI 4
PAID 4
PAIL 4
PAILA 5
PALATIAL 8
PALI 4
PALILALIA 9
PALLADIA 8
PALLIA 6
PALLIAL 7
PALLID 6
PALLIDA 7
PALLIDAL 8
PALPI 5
PALUDIAL 8
PALULI 6
PAPAIA 6
PAPDI 5
PAPI 4
PAPILLA 7
PAPPI 5
PATIA 5
PIAI 4
PIAL 4
PILA 4
PILAU 5
PILI 4
PILID 5
PILIDIA 7
PILL 4
PILLAU 6
PILPUL 6
PILU 4
PIPA 4
PIPAL 5
PIPI 4
PIPID 5
PIPIPI 6
PIPIT 5
PIPUL 5
PITA 4
PITAPAT * 7
PITI 4
PITPAT 6
PITTA 5
PITTID 6
PITUITA 7
PITUITAL 8
PIUPIU 6
PLAID 5
PLAIT 5
PLAUDIT 7 perfect pangram, debut
PLIP 4
PLITT 5
PTILIID 7
PTUI 4
PUIT 4
PULI 4
PULLI 5
PULPIT 6
PULPITA 7
PULPITAL 8
PUPIL 5
PUPILLID 8
PUTID 5
PUTTI 5
TAIL 4
TAIT 4
TALI 4
TALIPAT 7
TALIPUT 7
TALLIT 6 allowed elsewhere
TALPID 6
TAPAI 5
TAPPIT 6
TIDAL 5
TILAPIA 7
TILI 4
TILIA 5
TILL 4
TILT 4
TIPI 4 allowed elsewhere
TIPITI 6
TIPU 4
TIPULA 6
TIPULID 7
TITI 4
TITTUP 6
TITULI 6
TITUP 5
TULADI 6
TULIP 5
TUPAIID 7
TUPILAT 7
TUTTI 5
TUTULI 6
ULIDIID 7
ULUIT 5
UPDIP 5
UPLAID * 6
UPLIT * 5
UPTIL * 5
UPTILT * 6
UPUPID 6
UTIA 4
UTIL 4

* compound(ish) word

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