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January 31, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 31, 2019, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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center letter ICKLNRY
Spelling Bee for January 31, 2019

words: 86
score: 338 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 0
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

C x 23
I x 10
K x 25
L x 15
N x 4
R x 6
Y x 3

4L x 35
5L x 30
6L x 10
7L x 6
8L x 4
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 12 tot
C 3 9 6 2 3 - 23
I 6 1 3 - - - 10
K 10 11 - 2 1 1 25
L 7 6 1 1 - - 15
N 2 2 - - - - 4
R 4 1 - 1 - - 6
Y 3 - - - - - 3
tot 35 30 10 6 4 1 86

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 7 CL x 6 CR x 5 CY x 5
IC x 3 IL x 2 IN x 4 IR x 1
KI x 20 KL x 2 KN x 1 KR x 1 KY x 1
LI x 14 LY x 1
NI x 4
RI x 6
YI x 3

plu 5 7 8 tot
C 2 1 1 4
tot 2 1 1 4

debut appearances 9

CRINKLY

word       length      
CICINNI  7
CILL 4
CILLY 5
CINCINNI  8
CIRCI  5
CIRL 4
CIRRI  5
CLICK 5 debut
CLICKILY 8
CLICKY 6
CLINIC 6
CLINK 5 debut
CLINKY 6
CRICK 5
CRIN 4
CRINKLY 7 perfect pangram, debut
CRINKY 6
CRYIC 5
CYCLI 5
CYCLIC 6
CYCLICLY 8
CYCLIN 6
CYNIC 5
ICILY 5
ICKILY 6
ICKY 4 debut
ILICIN 6
ILLY 4
INKILY 6
INKY 4
INLY 4
INNY 4
IRKY 4
KICK 4 debut
KICKY 5 allowed elsewhere
KIKI 4
KILIKIKI 8
KILIL 5
KILK 4
KILL 4
KILLICK 7
KILN 4
KINIC 5
KININ 5
KINK 4
KINKILY 7
KINKY 5
KINLY 5
KINNIKINNICK 12
KIRIN 5
KIRK 4
KIRN 4
KIYI 4
KLICK 5
KLIK 4
KNICK 5
KRILL 5 debut
KYLIN 5
LICK 4 debut
LICKY 5
LIKIN 5
LILL 4
LILY 4
LININ 5
LINK 4
LINKY 5
LINN 4
LINNY 5
LINY 4
LIRK 4
LIRNYK 6
LIRNYKY 7
LYRIC 5 debut
NICK 4
NICKY 5
NILL 4
NINNY 5
RICIN 5
RICINIC 7
RICK 4
RILL 4
RILY 4
RINK 4 debut
YILL 4
YIRK 4
YIRR 4

† plural noun

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