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January 8, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 8, 2021, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter OADEFHN
Spelling Bee for January 8, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter A: September 6, 2023
Center letter N: May 5, 2022

words: 141
score: 669 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 14
bingo: yes

A x 8
D x 28
E x 7
F x 15
H x 25
N x 33
O x 25

4L x 40
5L x 36
6L x 35
7L x 17
8L x 6
9L x 5
10L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 3 3 2 - - - - 8
D 10 6 9 2 - - 1 28
E 3 2 - 1 - 1 - 7
F 5 4 2 4 - - - 15
H 5 6 10 2 2 - - 25
N 6 7 10 5 2 2 1 33
O 8 8 2 3 2 2 - 25
tot 40 36 35 17 6 5 2 141

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AD x 1 AE x 1 AN x 6
DA x 4 DE x 3 DO x 21
ED x 2 EN x 4 EO x 1
FA x 3 FE x 3 FO x 9
HA x 3 HE x 3 HO x 19
NA x 3 NE x 2 NO x 28
OD x 6 OF x 6 OH x 3 ON x 7 OO x 3

cmp 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 1 - - - - - 1
D - - 1 - - 1 2
F - - 2 - - - 2
H - - 2 1 - - 3
N 1 - - - - - 1
O - 1 2 - 2 - 5
tot 2 1 7 1 2 1 14

debut appearances 10
newly disallowed words 1 nonfood

OFFHANDED

word       length      
DOODOOHEAD * 10
NAFENODONE 10
ENFEOFFED 9
NONHEADED 9
NONHOODED 9
OFFHANDED * 9 pangram, debut
ONEHANDED * 9
HEADHOOD * 8
HOODOOED 8
NANOFOOD 8
NONANONE 8
OFFENDED 8 debut
OFFENDEE 8
DADHOOD * 7
DEODAND 7
ENFEOFF 7
FANHOOD * 7
FEOFFED 7
FEOFFEE 7
FOEHOOD * 7
HANDOFF * 7 debut
HENHOOD * 7
NONDEAD 7
NONDEAF 7
NONFEED 7
NONFOOD 7 newly disallowed
NONHEAD 7
ODDENED 7
OFFHAND * 7 debut
ONEHOOD * 7
ANNONA 6
ANODON 6
DADOED 6
DAHOON 6
DODDED 6
DOFFED 6
DONNED 6
DONNEE 6
DOODAD 6
DOODAH 6
DOODOO 6
FOOFED 6
FOOFOO 6
HADOOD 6
HAFNON 6
HODDEN 6
HOEDAD 6
HOODED 6 debut
HOODEN 6
HOODOO 6
HOOFED 6 debut
HOOHAH 6
HOONED 6
NEONED 6
NODDED 6
NONANE 6
NONENE 6
NONFAN 6
NONFED 6
NONFEE 6
NONODD 6
NONODE 6
NOONED 6
OFFEND 6 debut
ONHAND * 6
ADDON * 5
ANODE 5 debut
ANONA 5
DEFFO 5
DODAD 5
DONAH 5
DONEE 5
DONNA 5
DOONA 5
EDDOE 5
ENONE 5
FANON 5
FEOFF 5
FOEHN 5
FONDA 5
HEDON 5
HODAD 5 disallowed elsewhere
HOFAN 5
HONDA 5
HONED 5 debut
HOOND 5
NODED 5
NONAD 5
NONDA 5
NONDO 5
NONNA 5
NONNO 5
NOONE * 5
ODDEN 5
ODEON 5
OFFED 5
OHANA 5
OHONE 5
ONDED 5
ONNED 5
OOHED 5
AEON 4
ANOA 4
ANON 4
DADO 4
DEFO 4
DODD 4
DODO 4
DOFF 4
DOHA 4
DONA 4
DONE 4
DOOD 4
DOON 4
EDDO 4
ENDO 4
EOAN 4
FADO 4
FOHN 4
FOND 4
FOOD 4
FOOF 4
HOED 4 debut
HONE 4
HOOD 4
HOOF 4
HOON 4
NANO 4
NEON 4
NODE 4
NONE 4
NONO 4
NOON 4
ODAH 4
ODEA 4 disallowed elsewhere
ODEN 4
OHED 4
ONDE 4
ONED 4
OOAA 4
OOFF 4

* compound(ish) word

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