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January 9, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 9, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with KA.


Instructions

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center letter LACIKOT
Spelling Bee for January 9, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter O: November 2, 2023
Center letter I: September 13, 2022
Center letter K: October 5, 2021

words: 259
score: 1,259 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 15
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 41
C x 66
I x 16
K x 27
L x 59
O x 12
T x 38

4L x 78
5L x 62
6L x 46
7L x 37
8L x 20
9L x 9
10L x 4
11L x 2
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 7 11 11 5 2 4 - - 1 41
C 15 15 17 10 6 2 - 1 - 66
I 5 4 3 4 - - - - - 16
K 12 6 - 4 4 1 - - - 27
L 23 13 8 8 3 1 2 1 - 59
O 2 3 1 3 2 - 1 - - 12
T 14 10 6 3 3 1 1 - - 38
tot 78 62 46 37 20 9 4 2 1 259

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AC x 4 AI x 2 AK x 2 AL x 24 AT x 8
CA x 18 CI x 7 CL x 16 CO x 25
IC x 1 IL x 13 IT x 2
KA x 6 KI x 13 KL x 2 KO x 6
KAI x 1 KAL x 4 KAT x 1
LA x 25 LI x 12 LO x 22
OC x 4 OI x 2 OL x 3 OO x 2 OT x 1
TA x 21 TI x 9 TL x 1 TO x 7

cmp 6 7 8 9 tot
C - 3 2 - 5
I 1 - - - 1
K - 1 1 1 3
L 1 1 1 - 3
O - 1 - - 1
T - 1 1 - 2
tot 2 7 5 1 15

plu 4 5 6 10 tot
C - 1 - - 1
I 1 - 1 - 2
L 1 - - 1 2
T 1 - - - 1
tot 3 1 1 1 6

debut appearances 4

ALKALOTIC, COCKTAIL, LOCKTAIL

word       length      
AALII 5
ACATALLACTIC 12
ACOCIL 6
ACOCOTL 7
ACTOL 5
AILLT 5
AIOLI 5
AKALAT 6
AKIALOA 7
ALACK 5
ALACTIC 7
ALALA 5
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALCAIC 6
ALCO 4
ALCOLOCK 8
ALCOOL 6
ALIT 4
ALKALI 6
ALKALIC 7
ALKALOTIC 9 pangram
ALLIACOL 8
ALLOIC 6
ALLOLALIA 9
ALLOT 5
ALOC 4
ALOLL 5
ALOO 4
ALTA 4
ALTI 4
ALTILIK 7
ALTO 4
ATALL 5
ATILT 5
ATLATL 6
ATOKAL 6
ATOLL 5
ATTILA 6
ATTOCLOCK 9
ATTOKATAL 9
CALALOO 7
CALCIC 6
CALCIOL 7
CALCITIC 8
CALICO 6
CALK 4
CALL 4
CALLA 5
CALLALOO 8
CALLI 5
CALLOO 6
CALO 4
CATALATIC 9
CATALLACTIC 11
CATALO 6
CATCALL * 7
CATTAIL * 7
CATTALO 7
CICALA 6
CILIA  5
CILIAL 6
CILIOLA 7
CILL 4
CITAL 5
CITOLA 6
CLACK 5
CLACKA 6
CLAIK 5
CLAT 4
CLICK 5
CLICKA 6
CLICKO 6
CLIT 4
CLITIC 6
CLOACA 6
CLOACAL 7
CLOAK 5
CLOCK 5
CLOIT 5
CLOOT 5
CLOT 4
COAL 4
COALA 5
COALTIT * 7
COATTAIL * 8 debut
COCAL 5
COCCAL 6
COCKAL 6
COCKTAIL * 8 pangram, debut
COIL 4
COITAL 6 debut
COLA 4
COLI 4
COLIC 5
COLICAL 7
COLITA 6
COLITIC 7
COLL 4
COLLA 5
COLLOCAL 8
COLO 4
COLOCOLIC 9
COLOCOLO 8
COLT 4
COOL 4
COOLIO 6
ICTAL 5
ILALA 5
ILIA  4
ILIAC 5
ILIACAL 7
ILIACI  6
ILIAL 5
ILKA 4
ILLICIA 7
ILLICIT 7
ILLITIC 7
ILLLIT * 6
ILLO 4
ILOT 4
ITAL 4
ITALIC 6
KAIL 4
KALI 4
KALLALOO 8
KALO 4
KALOOKI 7
KATAL 5
KICKTAIL * 8
KILA 4
KILIKIKI 8
KILIKITI 8
KILIL 5
KILK 4
KILL 4
KILLICK 7
KILLOCK 7
KILO 4
KILOCAL * 7
KILOKATAL * 9
KILT 4
KLICK 5
KLIK 4
KOALA 5
KOLA 4
KOLAK 5
KOLK 4
KOLO 4
KOLOA 5
LACCIC 6
LACCOLITIC 10
LACK 4
LACKALL * 7
LACTIC 6
LACTICOL 8
LACTITOL 8
LACTOCOCCAL 11
LACTOCOCCI  10
LACTOL 6
LAIC 4
LAICAL 6
LAIK 4
LAIKA 5
LAIT 4
LAKATOI 7
LALL 4
LALO 4
LATA 4
LATAKIA 7
LATI 4
LATIK 5
LATITAT 7
LATITIC 7
LATKA 5
LIAO 4
LICIT 5
LICK 4
LILA 4
LILAC 5
LILIKOI 7
LILL 4
LILO 4
LILT 4
LITAI 5
LITOTIC 7
LITOTICAL 9
LOCA 4
LOCAL 5
LOCALIC 7
LOCAO 5
LOCI  4
LOCK 4
LOCKTAIL * 8 pangram
LOCO 4
LOKAO 5
LOLCAT * 6
LOLITA 6
LOLL 4
LOLOT 5
LOOK 4
LOOKIT 6
LOOT 4
LOTA 4
LOTI 4
LOTIC 5
LOTOKO 6
LOTTA 5
LOTTO 5
OCOTILLO 8 disallowed elsewhere
OCTAL 5
OCTITOL 7
OCTLI 5
OIKOCLITIC 10
OILCOAT * 7
OLIO 4
OLLA 4
OLLOCK 6
OOLAK 5
OOLITIC 7
OTOLITIC 8
TACALCITOL 10
TACTICAL 8
TAIL 4
TAILCOAT * 8 debut
TALA 4
TALAIOT 7
TALAIOTIC 9
TALAK 5
TALC 4
TALI  4
TALIK 5
TALK 4
TALL 4
TALLA 5
TALLAT 6
TALLIT 6 allowed elsewhere
TALLITOT 8
TALLOT 6
TALOOK 6
TALOOKA 7
TATKAL 6
TICAL 5
TILAK 5
TILAKA 6
TILI 4
TILIA 5
TILKA 5
TILL 4
TILT 4
TITLO 5
TLACO 5
TOIL 4
TOLA 4
TOLL 4
TOLT 4
TOOL 4
TOOLKIT * 7
TOTAL 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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