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December 29, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 29, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with OB.


Instructions

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center letter OABILMX
Spelling Bee for December 29, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter M: July 14, 2023
Center letter L: February 21, 2021

words: 140
score: 606 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 2
compounds: 4
bingo: yes

A x 21
B x 53
I x 1
L x 17
M x 32
O x 14
X x 2

4L x 51
5L x 37
6L x 32
7L x 12
8L x 4
9L x 2
10L x 1
13L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 tot
A 5 7 6 - 1 1 1 - 21
B 15 13 16 7 1 1 - - 53
I 1 - - - - - - - 1
L 11 3 2 - 1 - - - 17
M 10 10 6 4 1 - - 1 32
O 8 4 2 - - - - - 14
X 1 - - 1 - - - - 2
tot 51 37 32 12 4 2 1 1 140

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 8 AI x 1 AL x 5 AM x 4 AX x 3
BA x 8 BI x 13 BL x 3 BO x 29
IL x 1
LA x 1 LI x 4 LO x 12
MA x 12 MB x 1 MI x 3 MO x 16
OB x 6 OL x 4 OM x 1 OO x 1 OX x 2
OBB x 1 OBI x 1 OBO x 4
XI x 2

cmp 7 8 tot
B 2 - 2
M 1 1 2
tot 3 1 4

debut appearances 1

MAILBOX, MAXILLOLABIAL, XILOBAM

word       length      
ABILAO 6
ABILO 5
ABLOOM 6
ABOB 4
ABOIL 5
ABOLLA 6
ABOMA 5
ABOX 4
AIOLI 5
ALAMO 5
ALBOLL 6
ALLOLALIA 9
ALOLL 5
ALOO 4
AMBO 4
AMMIOL 6
AMMO 4
AMOLILLA 8
AXIOLABIAL 10
AXIOM 5
AXIOMA 6
BABOO 5
BAIAO 5
BAILO 5
BALBOA 6
BALOI 5
BALOO 5
BAMBOO 6
BAOBAB 6
BILBO 5
BILBOA 6
BILIOMA 7
BILLIO 6
BILO 4
BILOBAL 7
BILOBOL 7
BILOMA 6
BIMBO 5
BIOBALL 7
BIOLAB 6
BIOMOM 6
BIOOIL 6
BLAMMO 6
BLOB 4
BLOOM 5
BOAB 4
BOBA 4
BOBBOL 6
BOBO 4
BOBOL 5
BOIL 4
BOLA 4
BOLI 4
BOLILLO 7
BOLIX 5
BOLL 4
BOLLIX 6
BOLLOX 6
BOLO 4
BOMA 4
BOMB 4
BOMBA 5
BOMBAX 6
BOMBIL 6
BOMBILLA 8
BOMBO 5
BOOB 4
BOOBIALLA 9
BOOBOO 6
BOOL 4
BOOM 4
BOOMBOX * 7 debut
BOXBALL * 7
BOXLA 5
ILLO 4
LALO 4
LIAO 4
LILO 4
LIMBO 5
LIMO 4
LOAM 4
LOBAL 5
LOBI 4
LOBO 4
LOBOLA 6
LOBOLO 6
LOLL 4
LOMA 4
LOMILOMI 8
LOOB 4
LOOM 4
LOXIA 5
MABOLO 6
MAILBOMB * 8
MAILBOX * 7 perfect pangram
MAILO 5
MALAMBO 7
MALO 4
MAMALOI 7
MAMBO 5
MAMO 4
MAOLI 5
MAOMAO 6
MAXILLOLABIAL 13 pangram
MBALOLO 7
MILO 4
MIMBO 5
MIOMBO 6
MOABI 5
MOAI 4
MOIL 4
MOIMOI 6
MOLA 4
MOLAL 5
MOLIMO 6
MOLL 4
MOLOI 5
MOMMA 5
MOMO 4
MOOL 4
MOOLA 5
MOOLI 5
MOOMOO 6
MOXA 4
OBBO 4
OBIA 4
OBOL 4
OBOLI 5
OBOLO 5
OBOLOI 6
OLIO 4
OLLA 4
OLLAM 5
OLOMAO 6
OMIAI 5
OOAA 4
OXIA 4
OXIM 4
XIAO 4
XILOBAM 7 perfect pangram

* compound(ish) word

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