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

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

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 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 December 16, 2021

words: 259
score: 1,729 pts
pangrams: 18
perfect: 3
compounds: 4
plurals: 11
bingo: yes

A x 59
C x 107
E x 17
G x 17
I x 21
L x 27
N x 11

4L x 31
5L x 37
6L x 67
7L x 49
8L x 44
9L x 22
10L x 7
11L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	5	6	16	17	7	7	1	-	59
C	18	17	27	14	18	9	3	1	107
E	1	1	4	4	5	2	-	-	17
G	1	2	4	3	3	2	1	1	17
I	2	6	6	4	1	1	1	-	21
L	3	3	7	5	8	1	-	-	27
N	1	2	3	2	2	-	1	-	11
tot	31	37	67	49	44	22	7	2	259

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	6	tot
C	-	1	1
I	1	1	2
L	1	-	1
tot	2	2	4

plu	4	5	6	7	8	tot
A	-	1	-	1	1	3
C	-	2	1	1	1	5
I	-	-	1	-	-	1
L	1	-	-	-	1	2
tot	1	3	2	2	3	11

debut appearances

ALLEGIANCE, ANGELIC, ANGELICA, ANGELICAL, ANGELICIN, ANGLICE, CAGELING, CANCELING, CANCELLING, CLEANING, ENGLACIAL, ENLACING, GALENIC, GALENICAL, GALLINACEAN, INELEGANCE, LIEGANCE, LIGEANCE

word	length
CICLACILLIN	11
GALLINACEAN	11	pangram
ALLEGIANCE	10	pangram, debut
CANCANNING	10
CANCELLING	10	pangram, debut
CANNELLINI	10	debut
GALLINACIN	10
INELEGANCE	10	pangram, debut
NEGLIGENCE	10	debut
ACCINGING	9
ACLINICAL	9
ACNEGENIC	9
ALCALIGIN	9
ANACLINAL	9
ANGELICAL	9	pangram
ANGELICIN	9	pangram
CAECILIAN	9
CALCANEAL	9
CALCANEAN	9
CALCINING	9
CANALLING	9
CANCELING	9	pangram, debut
CINCINNAL	9
CINEGENIC	9
CLINICIAN	9
ELEGIACAL	9
ENGLACIAL	9	pangram
GALENICAL	9	pangram
GANANCIAL	9
INCLINING	9
LICENCING	9
ALLIANCE	8	debut
ANACLINE	8
ANAGENIC	8
ANCIENCE	8
ANCILLAE	^† 8
ANGELICA	8	pangram, debut
ANILINIC	8
CAENACIN	8
CAGELING	8	pangram
CALCANEA	8
CALCANEI	8
CALICEAL	8
CALICENE	8
CANAILLE	8
CANALAGE	8
CANALING	8
CANCELLI	8
CANGLING	8
CECILIAN	8
CINCINNI	^† 8
CLAGGING	8
CLANGING	8
CLEANING	8	pangram, debut
CLINGING	8
CLINICAL	8
ELEGANCE	8
ENCAENIA	8
ENCAGING	8
ENECLANN	8
ENLACING	8	pangram, debut
GALLICAN	8
GANGLIAC	8
GLANCING	8
INLACING	8
LACINIAE	^† 8
LACINIAL	8
LANCININ	8
LENIENCE	8
LICELING	8
LICENCEE	8
LIEGANCE	8	pangram
LIGEANCE	8	pangram
NICELING	8
NICENING	8
ACACIIN	7
ACACINE	7
ACCINGE	7
ACINACI	^† 7
ACLINAL	7
ACLINIC	7
ALCANNA	7
ALGINIC	7
ALLELIC	7
ALLENIC	7
ALLICIN	7
ANALGIC	7
ANCILIA	7
ANCILLA	7
ANELACE	7
ANGELIC	7	perfect pangram, debut
ANGLICE	7	perfect pangram
CAINGIN	7
CALCEIN	7
CALCIAN	7
CALCINE	7
CALICLE	7
CALLING	7
CANELLA	7
CANNING	7
CEILING	7	debut
CELLING	7
CENACLE	7
CICINNI	^† 7
CIENAGA	7
CIENEGA	7
ELEGIAC	7	debut
ELLAGIC	7
ENCENIA	7
ENCINAL	7
GALENIC	7	perfect pangram
GALLICA	7
GLACIAL	7
ICENING	7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
INCLINE	7
LACCINE	7
LACINIA	7
LANCING	7
LICENCE	7
LILACIN	7
NACELLE	7	allowed elsewhere
NANCING	7
ACACIA	6
ACACIN	6
ACICLE	6
ACINIC	6
ACLANG	6
AECIAL	6
AGENIC	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALCINE	6
ALLICE	6
ANCILE	6
ANECIC	6
ANICCA	6
ANILIC	6
ANLACE	6
CAAING	6
CAECAL	6
CAGING	6
CALCIC	6
CALCIN	6
CALEAN	6
CALLEE	6
CANCAN	6
CANCEL	6
CANGLE	6
CANINE	6
CANING	6
CANINI	6
CANNAE	* 6
CANNEL	6
CECINA	6
CELIAC	6
CELLAE	^† 6
CELLIE	6
CICALA	6
CIGGIE	6
CILIAL	6
CILICE	6
CINGLE	6
CLINAL	6
CLINIA	6
CLINIC	6
EGENCE	6
ENCAGE	6
ENCINA	6
ENLACE	6
GACACA	6
GALLIC	6
GICLEE	6
GLANCE	6
ICEANE	6
ICICLE	6
ILIACI	^† 6
ILICIN	6
INCALL	* 6
INLACE	6
LACCIC	6
LACCIN	6
LACING	6
LAICAL	6
LANCIN	6
LIENIC	6
LINEIC	6
NANGCA	6
NEANIC	6
NIACIN	6
ACANA	5
ACENE	5
ACING	5
ACINI	5
AECIA	^† 5
ANCLE	5
CAECA	5
CALIN	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CANAL	5
CANNA	5
CECAL	5
CECIL	5
CEILI	5
CELLA	5
CELLI	^† 5
CILIA	^† 5
CLANG	5
CLEAN	5
CLEGG	5
CLINE	5
CLING	5
ECCLE	5
GENIC	5
GLACE	5
ICING	5
ILEAC	5
ILIAC	5
INCEL	* 5
INCLE	5
INIAC	5
LANCE	5
LILAC	5
LINAC	* 5
NICEN	5
NIECE	5
ACAI	4
ACCA	4
ACLE	4
ACNE	4
ALEC	4
CACA	4
CAGE	4
CALE	4
CALL	4
CANE	4
CANG	4
CANN	4
CECA	4
CEGA	4
CEIL	4
CELL	4
CENE	4
CIEL	4
CILL	4
CINE	4
CLAG	4
CLAN	4
CLEG	4
ECCE	4
GEIC	4
ICEN	4
INCA	4
LACE	4
LAIC	4
LICE	^† 4
NICE	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AC x 22	AE x 2	AG x 1	AL x 13	AN x 21
CA x 56	CE x 18	CI x 16	CL x 17
EC x 2	EG x 1	EL x 4	EN x 10
GA x 10	GE x 2	GI x 1	GL x 4
IC x 5	IL x 6	IN x 10
LA x 14	LE x 1	LI x 12
NA x 3	NE x 2	NI x 6

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