January 18, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

January 18, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 18, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LI.

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Instructions

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Spelling Bee for January 18, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter E: October 11, 2023
Center letter B: February 7, 2022

words: 226
score: 1,130 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 8
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

B x 69
C x 34
E x 16
I x 9
L x 21
O x 23
T x 54

4L x 63
5L x 37
6L x 63
7L x 34
8L x 20
9L x 6
10L x 2
11L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
B	17	9	24	12	5	1	1	-	69
C	9	5	6	7	3	3	-	1	34
E	2	5	3	2	3	-	1	-	16
I	1	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	9
L	7	5	3	4	2	-	-	-	21
O	3	4	10	4	2	-	-	-	23
T	24	8	13	2	5	2	-	-	54
tot	63	37	63	34	20	6	2	1	226

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

BE x 19	BI x 20	BL x 5	BO x 25
CE x 4	CI x 3	CL x 8	CO x 18	CT x 1
EB x 2	EC x 4	EI x 1	EL x 5	EO x 1	ET x 3
IC x 2	IL x 5	IO x 1	IT x 1
LE x 5	LI x 7	LO x 9
LIC x 1	LIL x 1	LIO x 1	LIT x 4
OB x 4	OC x 11	OI x 1	OO x 2	OT x 5
TE x 18	TI x 13	TO x 23

cmp	5	6	7	8	tot
B	-	-	1	1	2
C	-	-	1	-	1
I	-	1	1	-	2
T	1	1	-	1	3
tot	1	2	3	2	8

debut appearances

BOLETIC, CEBOLLITE, COLLECTIBLE

word	length
COLLECTIBLE	11	pangram, debut
BILLIETITE	10
ECTOBIOTIC	10
BIBLIOTIC	9
CEBOLLITE	9	pangram
COCCOLITE	9
COTELETTE	9
TELEIOTIC	9
TOOELEITE	9
BELITTLE	8
BELLCOTE	* 8
BELLOITE	8
BILLETEE	8
BIOTITIC	8
CETOLEIC	8
COLOLITE	8
COTECTIC	8
ECLECTIC	8
EITELITE	8
EOBIOTIC	8
LEITEITE	8
LIOTTITE	8
OCOTILLO	8	disallowed elsewhere
OTOLITIC	8
TELECOIL	8
TELOCOEL	8
TOBELITE	8
TOILETTE	8
TOOLBELT	* 8
BELLCOT	* 7
BELLITE	7
BELOTTE	7
BETITLE	7
BETITOL	7
BIBELOT	7	debut
BIOBELT	7
BIOTITE	7
BOBBITT	7
BOBOTIE	7
BOLEITE	7
BOLETIC	7	perfect pangram
CLOOTIE	7
COBETTE	7
COCOTTE	7
COCTILE	7
COLETIT	* 7
COLITIC	7
COLLECT	7
ECOLECT	7
ELECTEE	7
ICEBELT	* 7
ILLICIT	7
ILLITIC	7
LETTICE	7
LITOTIC	7
LITTLIE	7
LOBELET	7
OCTETTE	7
OCTITOL	7
OOLITIC	7
OTOLITE	7
TEBIBIT	7
TILLITE	7
BEBLOT	6
BEETLE	6
BELOTE	6
BETELL	6
BETOIL	6
BILETE	6
BILLET	6
BILLOT	6
BIOBOT	6
BIOLET	6
BIOTIC	6
BITTIE	6
BLOTTO	6
BOBLET	6
BOETIE	6
BOLETE	6
BOLETI	6
BOLTEL	6
BOOTEE	6
BOOTIE	6	debut
BOOTLE	6
BOTETE	6
BOTTLE	6
BOTTLO	6
CITOLE	6
CLITIC	6
COLETO	6
COLLET	6
COOTIE	6
CTETIC	6
ECOTEL	6
ELICIT	6
ETOILE	6
ILLITE	6
ILLLIT	* 6
IOLITE	6
ITOITE	6
LECTIC	6
LITTLE	6
LOOTIE	6
OBLITE	6
OBTECT	6
OCELOT	6
OCTETT	6
OCTILE	6
OCTLET	6
OCTOIC	6
OILLET	6
OOLITE	6
OTITIC	6
TECTOL	6
TEETEE	6
TELLEE	6
TILLET	6
TITBIT	* 6
TITTLE	6
TOETOE	6
TOILET	6
TOITOI	6
TOLLIE	6
TOOLIE	6
TOOTLE	6
TOTTLE	6
BETEL	5	allowed elsewhere
BETOL	5
BITEE	5
BITTO	5
BLITE	5
BOBET	5
BOITE	5
BOLTI	5
BOTEL	5
CITEE	5
CLEIT	5
CLOIT	5
CLOOT	5
CLOTE	5
EBBET	5
ELECT	5
ELITE	5
ELOTE	5
ETTLE	5
ICTIC	5
LICIT	5
LOLOT	5
LOTIC	5
LOTTE	5
LOTTO	5
OBIIT	5
OCTET	5
OCTIC	5
OCTLI	5
TELCO	* 5
TELIC	5
TELOI	5
TETEL	5
TIBET	5
TITLE	5
TITLO	5
TOILE	5
BEET	4
BELT	4
BEOT	4
BETE	4
BIOT	4
BITE	4
BITO	4
BITT	4
BLET	4
BLIT	4
BLOT	4
BOET	4
BOLT	4
BOOT	4
BOTE	4
BOTO	4
BOTT	4
CELT	4
CETE	4
CITE	4
CLIT	4
CLOT	4
COLT	4
COOT	4
COTE	4
COTT	4
EBIT	4
ETIC	4
ILOT	4
LECT	4
LEET	4
LILT	4
LITE	4
LOOT	4
LOTE	4
LOTI	4
OBIT	4
OTIC	4
OTTO	4
TEEL	4
TEET	4
TEIL	4
TELE	4
TELL	4
TELT	4
TETE	4
TICE	4
TILE	4
TILI	4
TILL	4
TILT	4
TITI	4
TOBE	4
TOCO	4
TOIL	4
TOIT	4
TOLE	4
TOLL	4
TOLT	4
TOOL	4
TOOT	4
TOTE	4
TOTO	4

* compound(ish) word

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