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December 17, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 17, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with PI.


Instructions

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center letter VDEIOPT
Spelling Bee for December 17, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter P: December 16, 2024

words: 77
score: 392 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 1
bingo: yes

D x 27
E x 5
I x 1
O x 2
P x 7
T x 3
V x 32

4L x 18
5L x 15
6L x 24
7L x 13
8L x 6
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
D 6 5 8 6 1 1 27
E 1 1 2 1 - - 5
I - 1 - - - - 1
O 1 1 - - - - 2
P - 3 2 1 1 - 7
T - - 1 - 2 - 3
V 10 4 11 5 2 - 32
tot 18 15 24 13 6 1 77

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DE x 13 DI x 13 DO x 1
EV x 5
IV x 1
OV x 2
PE x 4 PI x 2 PO x 1
PIV x 2
TE x 1 TO x 1 TV x 1
VE x 9 VI x 11 VO x 12

cmp 7 tot
E 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 16

PIVOTED

word       length      
DEVITOITE 9
DIVIDIVI 8
PETITIVE 8
TOTITIVE 8
TVEITITE 8
VETITIVE 8
VOODOOED 8
DEVIVED 7
DEVOTED 7 debut
DEVOTEE 7 debut
DIVIDED 7
DIVOTED 7
DIVVIED 7
EVETIDE * 7
PIVOTED 7 perfect pangram, debut
VEDETTE 7
VIDDIED 7
VIDEOED 7 debut
VIDETTE 7
VOIVODE 7
DEEVED 6
DEVIVE 6
DEVOID 6 debut
DEVOTE 6 debut
DEVOTO 6
DIVIDE 6
DIVIED 6
DIVVIE 6
EVEITE 6
EVITED 6
PEEVED 6 debut
PEEVIT 6
TEEVEE 6
VEEPEE 6
VETOED 6 debut
VETTED 6
VIDETE 6
VIDIOT 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
VODDIE 6
VOIDED 6 debut
VOIDEE 6
VOIVOD 6
VOODOO 6
VOTIVE 6
DEEVE 5
DEVOT 5
DIVED 5
DIVET 5
DIVOT 5 debut
EVITE 5
IVIED 5
OVOID 5 debut
PEEVE 5
PIVOT 5 debut
POVVO 5
VIDED 5
VIDEO 5 debut
VIVID 5
VOTED 5 debut
DEEV 4
DEVO 4
DIVE 4
DIVI 4
DIVO 4
DOVE 4
EVET 4
OVOO 4
VEED 4
VEEP 4
VETO 4
VEVE 4
VIDE 4
VIED 4
VITE 4
VOID 4 debut
VOOP 4
VOTE 4

* compound(ish) word

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