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


Instructions

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center letter ABILTVY
Spelling Bee for August 2, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter I: January 26, 2023
Center letter Y: March 6, 2019
Identical letters: July 7, 2018

words: 171
score: 813 pts
pangrams: 4
compounds: 1
bingo: yes

A x 35
B x 43
I x 6
L x 27
T x 31
V x 20
Y x 9

4L x 54
5L x 56
6L x 27
7L x 9
8L x 11
9L x 7
10L x 3
11L x 3
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 10 11 7 1 1 3 1 - 1 35
B 13 11 11 3 2 1 1 1 - 43
I 2 2 - - 1 - - 1 - 6
L 8 9 2 2 3 2 1 - - 27
T 10 12 5 1 2 - - 1 - 31
V 6 7 2 2 2 1 - - - 20
Y 5 4 - - - - - - - 9
tot 54 56 27 9 11 7 3 3 1 171

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AB x 8 AI x 1 AL x 13 AT x 6 AV x 5 AY x 1
BA x 31 BI x 7 BL x 5
IL x 5 IT x 1
LA x 21 LI x 5 LY x 1
LAB x 7 LAI x 2 LAL x 2 LAT x 3 LAV x 5 LAY x 2
TA x 25 TI x 6
VA x 6 VI x 14
YA x 9

cmp 5 tot
L 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 0
newly reallowed words 1

ABLATIVITY, AVAILABILITY, LIVABILITY, VIABILITY

word       length      
AVAILABILITY 12 pangram
BILLABILITY 11
ILLABIALITY 11
TILTABILITY 11
ABLATIVITY 10 pangram
BILABIALLY 10
LIVABILITY 10 pangram
ABLATIVAL 9
ALIBILITY 9
AVAILABLY 9 disallowed elsewhere
BALLABILI 9
LABIALITY 9
LIABILITY 9
VIABILITY 9 pangram
ABBATIAL 8
BAILIVAL 8
BILABIAL 8
ILLABIAL 8
LABIALLY 8
LABILITY 8 newly reallowed
LAVALAVA 8
TIBIALIA 8
TIVAIVAI 8
VILAYATI 8
VITALITY 8
ABILITY 7
BABBITT 7
BATABIL 7
BATTILY 7
LATITAT 7
LIVABLY 7
TATTILY 7
VILAYAT 7
VITALLY 7
ABILLA 6
ALALIA 6
ALBATA 6
ATABAL 6
ATLATL 6
ATTILA 6
AVITAL 6
BABALA 6
BABBIT 6
BABBLY 6
BABILY 6
BAILLI 6
BALATA 6
BALLIA 6
BATATA 6
BAYILA 6
BIVIAL 6
BLABBY 6
LABIAL 6
LABLAB 6
TABIYA 6
TALLAT 6
TALLIT 6 allowed elsewhere
TATTVA 6
TIBIAL 6
VALVAL 6
VIABLY 6
AALII 5
ABAYA 5
AILLT 5
ALALA 5
ALIBI 5
ALIYA 5
ALLAY 5
ALLYL 5
ATALL 5
ATILT 5
AVAIL 5
BABBY 5
BAILA 5
BAILI 5
BALLY 5
BALTI 5
BATAB 5
BATTA 5
BATTY 5
BIALY 5
BILAT 5
BIVIA 5
ILALA 5
ILIAL 5
LABBA 5
LABIA 5
LAITY 5
LALLY 5
LAVTA 5
LAVVY 5
LAYBY * 5
LITAI 5
LYTTA 5
TABBY 5
TABIA 5
TABLA 5
TALAB 5
TALAV 5
TALLA 5
TALLY 5
TATTA 5
TATTY 5
TAVLA 5
TIBIA 5
TILIA 5
VALLA 5
VALVA 5
VALYL 5
VILLA 5
VITAL 5
VITTA 5
VIVAT 5
YABBA 5
YABBY 5
YATAI 5
YATTA 5
ABBA 4
ABLY 4
ALBA 4
ALIT 4
ALLY 4
ALTA 4
ALTI 4
ATTA 4
AVAL 4
AYAT 4
BAAL 4
BABA 4
BABY 4
BAIL 4
BAIT 4
BALL 4
BATA 4
BATT 4
BAYA 4
BLAA 4
BLAB 4
BLAT 4
BLAY 4
ILIA 4
ITAL 4
LAIT 4
LALL 4
LATA 4
LATI 4
LAVA 4
LAVY 4
LAYA 4
LILA 4
TABI 4
TAIL 4
TAIT 4
TALA 4
TALI 4
TALL 4
TATA 4
TATT 4
TAVA 4
TAVY 4
VAIL 4
VALI 4
VIAL 4
VILA 4
VITA 4
VIVA 4
YALI 4
YATI 4
YATT 4
YAVA 4
YAYA 4

* compound(ish) word

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