June 16, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

June 16, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from June 16, 2021, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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Spelling Bee for June 16, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter C: July 17, 2023

words: 174
score: 916 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 3
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 42
C x 22
D x 26
I x 5
R x 12
T x 59
Y x 8

4L x 38
5L x 56
6L x 27
7L x 23
8L x 20
9L x 7
10L x 2
11L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	9	13	5	12	2	1	-	-	42
C	3	5	5	1	5	1	2	-	22
D	7	7	3	2	5	1	-	1	26
I	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	5
R	2	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	12
T	14	20	8	6	7	4	-	-	59
Y	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	8
tot	38	56	27	23	20	7	2	1	174

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	7	8	tot
D	-	2	2
R	1	-	1
tot	1	2	3

plu	4	5	8	tot
A	-	2	-	2
C	-	1	-	1
D	1	1	1	3
tot	1	4	1	6

debut appearances

ACRIDITY, CARYATID, CARYATIDIC

word	length
AARTI	5
ACATRY	6
ACIDITY	7	debut
ACRATIA	7
ACRATIC	7
ACRIDITY	8	pangram, debut
ACTA	4
ACTARIT	7
ACTI	4
ADAT	4
ADATI	5
ADDICT	6
ADICITY	7
ADIT	4
ADYTA	^† 5
AIRT	4
ARATDAR	7
ARATI	5
ARCTIC	6
ARCTICID	8
ARCTIID	7
ARIDITY	7
ARITY	5
ARTIAD	6
ARTIC	5
ARTY	4
ATACTIC	7
ATAR	4
ATARACTIC	9
ATARI	5
ATRACID	7
ATRAY	5
ATRIA	^† 5
ATTA	4
ATTACCA	7
ATTAR	5
ATTIC	5
ATTID	5
ATTRACT	7
ATTRIT	6
ATYID	5
AYAT	4
CACTI	^† 5
CARAT	5
CARDITA	7
CARDITIC	8
CARDITID	8
CART	4
CARTY	5
CARYATIC	8
CARYATID	8	pangram
CARYATIDIC	10	pangram
CATARACT	8
CATARACTIC	10
CATTY	5
CITRI	5
CITRIC	6
CITY	4
CRACTICID	9
CRATIC	6
CRIT	4
CRITIC	6
CYRTID	6
CYTTID	6
DACITIC	7
DART	4
DATA	^† 4
DATACARD	* 8
DATARATI	^† 8
DATARIA	7
DATARY	6
DATI	4
DIACRITIC	9
DIACT	5
DICTA	^† 5
DICTY	5
DIDACT	6
DIDACTIC	8
DIDACTICITY	11
DIRT	4
DIRTY	5
DIRTYARD	* 8
DITA	4
DITACTIC	8
DITT	4
DITTAY	6
DITTI	5
DITTY	5
DIYAT	5
DRAT	4
ICTIC	5
IDDAT	5
IRITIC	6
ITTAR	5
ITTY	4
RADIATA	7
RAIAT	5
RAITA	5
RAIYAT	6
RARITY	6
RATA	4
RATARDID	8
RATATAT	* 7
RATTY	5
RIATA	5
RITARD	6
RITT	4
TACIT	5
TACT	4
TACTIC	6
TACTICITY	9
TACTITIC	8
TADA	4
TAIRA	5
TAIT	4
TARADA	6
TARAI	5
TARAIRI	7
TARD	4
TARDITY	7
TARDY	5
TARICTIC	8
TARRY	5
TART	4
TARTAR	6
TARTARIC	8
TARTY	5
TATA	4
TATAC	5
TATARA	6
TATARARA	8
TATT	4
TATTA	5
TATTARARA	9
TATTY	5
TAYRA	5
TIAR	4
TIARA	5
TIATR	5
TICCY	5
TICTAC	6
TIDDY	5
TIDIACIC	8
TIDY	4
TIRR	4
TITI	4
TITYRA	6
TRACT	5
TRAD	4
TRAIT	5
TRATT	5
TRAY	4
TRIAC	5
TRIACID	7
TRIACIDIC	9
TRIACT	6
TRIAD	5
TRIADIC	7
TRIARII	7
TRIATIC	7
TRICA	5
TRICAR	6
TRICTRAC	8
TRIRADII	8
TRIT	4
TRITACTIC	9
YATAI	5
YATI	4
YATRA	5
YATRI	5
YATT	4
YATTA	5
YTTRIA	6
YTTRIC	6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AC x 8	AD x 6	AI x 1	AR x 10	AT x 15	AY x 1
CA x 13	CI x 3	CR x 4	CY x 2
DA x 8	DI x 17	DR x 1
IC x 1	ID x 1	IR x 1	IT x 2
RA x 9	RI x 3
TA x 29	TI x 11	TR x 19
YA x 6	YT x 2

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