December 14, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 14, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 14, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with MO.

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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 December 14, 2020

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Center letter C: October 22, 2022
Center letter A: August 1, 2021

words: 234
score: 1,084 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 0
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

A x 44
C x 73
I x 13
L x 44
M x 46
O x 8
Y x 6

4L x 72
5L x 67
6L x 43
7L x 24
8L x 15
9L x 8
10L x 3
11L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	10	10	12	3	3	3	1	2	44
C	15	20	17	7	8	4	2	-	73
I	3	7	1	2	-	-	-	-	13
L	21	12	5	4	2	-	-	-	44
M	14	15	6	8	2	1	-	-	46
O	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	8
Y	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
tot	72	67	43	24	15	8	3	2	234

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AC x 8	AI x 1	AL x 26	AM x 8
CA x 16	CI x 6	CL x 11	CO x 29	CY x 11
IC x 1	IL x 11	IM x 1
LA x 14	LI x 11	LL x 1	LO x 18
MA x 23	MI x 6	MO x 13	MY x 4
MOI x 1	MOL x 8	MOM x 1	MOO x 3
OI x 2	OL x 6
YA x 2	YI x 1	YO x 3

plu	4	5	6	7	tot
C	-	1	-	1	2
I	1	-	1	-	2
L	1	-	-	-	1
tot	2	1	1	1	5

debut appearances	2
newly disallowed words	1	laically

COMICALLY

word	length
AALII	5
ACALYCAL	8
ACCLAIM	7
ACOCIL	6
ACYCLIC	7
ACYCLICAL	9
ACYCLICALLY	11
ACYL	4
ACYLAL	6
AIOLI	5
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALAMO	5
ALCAIC	6
ALCO	4
ALCOOL	6
ALICYCLIC	9
ALIM	4
ALIYA	5
ALLAY	5
ALLIACOL	8
ALLOCYCLIC	10
ALLOIC	6
ALLOLALIA	9
ALLOY	5
ALLY	4
ALLYL	5
ALLYLIC	7
ALLYLICALLY	11
ALMA	4
ALMAMI	6
ALMAMY	6
ALOC	4
ALOLL	5
ALOO	4
AMALA	5
AMICAL	6
AMIL	4
AMLA	4
AMMIOL	6
AMOLILLA	8
AMYL	4
AMYLIC	6
CALALOO	7
CALAMI	6
CALCIC	6
CALCIOL	7
CALICO	6
CALL	4
CALLA	5
CALLALOO	8
CALLI	5
CALLIMICO	9
CALLOO	6
CALM	4
CALMLY	6
CALMY	5
CALO	4
CAMAIL	6
CICALA	6
CILIA	^† 5
CILIAL	6
CILIOLA	7
CILL	4
CILLY	5
CLAIM	5
CLAM	4
CLAMMILY	8
CLAMMY	6
CLAY	4
CLIMACI	^† 7
CLOACA	6
CLOACAL	7
CLOACALLY	9
CLOAM	5
CLOY	4
COAL	4
COALA	5
COALLY	6
COALY	5
COCAL	5
COCCAL	6
COCYCLIC	8
COIL	4
COILY	5
COLA	4
COLI	4
COLIC	5
COLICAL	7
COLL	4
COLLA	5
COLLOCAL	8
COLLY	5
COLO	4
COLOCOLIC	9
COLOCOLO	8
COLY	4
COMAL	5
COMICAL	7	debut
COMICALLY	9	pangram, debut
COOL	4
COOLIO	6
COOLLY	6
COYLY	5
COYOL	5
CYCLAM	6
CYCLAMIC	8
CYCLI	5
CYCLIC	6
CYCLICAL	8
CYCLICALLY	10
CYCLICLY	8
CYCLO	5
CYCLOALLYL	10
CYCLOL	6
CYMOL	5
ICILY	5
ILALA	5
ILAMA	5
ILIA	^† 4
ILIAC	5
ILIACAL	7
ILIACI	^† 6
ILIAL	5
ILLICIA	7
ILLO	4
ILLY	4
ILOOY	5
IMALA	5
LACCIC	6
LACILY	6
LACY	4
LAIC	4
LAICAL	6
LAICALLY	8	newly disallowed
LALL	4
LALLY	5
LALO	4
LAMA	4
LAMIA	5
LAMMY	5
LAOYA	5
LAYA	4
LIAO	4
LILA	4
LILAC	5
LILL	4
LILO	4
LILY	4
LIMA	4
LIMAIL	6
LIMMA	5
LIMO	4
LIMY	4
LLAMA	5
LOAM	4
LOAMILY	7
LOAMY	5
LOCA	4
LOCAL	5
LOCALIC	7
LOCALLY	7
LOCAO	5
LOCI	^† 4
LOCO	4
LOIMIC	6
LOLL	4
LOLLY	5
LOMA	4
LOMILOMI	8
LOOM	4
LOYAL	5
LOYALLY	7
MAIL	4
MAILO	5
MAILY	5
MAIOLICA	8
MALA	4
MALACCA	7
MALACIA	7
MALACIC	7
MALAI	5
MALI	4
MALIA	5
MALIC	5
MALL	4
MALLAM	6
MALM	4
MALMY	5
MALO	4
MALOCA	6
MAMALOI	7
MAMILLA	7
MAMMAL	6
MAMMILLA	8
MAOLI	5
MILIA	5
MILL	4
MILLIM	6
MILO	4
MIMICAL	7
MIMICALLY	9
MOIL	4
MOLA	4
MOLAL	5
MOLIMO	6
MOLL	4
MOLLIC	6
MOLLY	5	allowed elsewhere
MOLOI	5
MOLY	4
MOMLY	5
MOOL	4
MOOLA	5
MOOLI	5
MYAL	4
MYALL	5
MYCOLIC	7
MYCOLYL	7
OILILY	6
OILY	4
OLAY	4
OLIO	4
OLLA	4
OLLAM	5
OLLAY	5
OLOMAO	6
YACAL	5
YALI	4
YILL	4
YOAL	4
YOLA	4
YOLO	4

† plural noun

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