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January 8, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 8, 2020, 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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center letter LCENTXY
Spelling Bee for January 8, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter N: June 20, 2022
Center letter E: January 4, 2019

words: 57
score: 264 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

C x 9
E x 14
L x 10
N x 3
T x 15
X x 5
Y x 1

4L x 18
5L x 19
6L x 10
7L x 4
8L x 2
9L x 1
10L x 2
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
C 3 4 1 1 - - - - 9
E 2 5 2 1 - 1 2 1 14
L 7 3 - - - - - - 10
N - - 3 - - - - - 3
T 5 5 3 1 1 - - - 15
X - 2 1 1 1 - - - 5
Y 1 - - - - - - - 1
tot 18 19 10 4 2 1 2 1 57

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 4 CL x 1 CY x 4
EC x 2 EE x 1 EL x 3 EN x 1 ET x 1 EX x 5 EY x 1
LE x 7 LL x 1 LY x 2
NE x 3
TE x 14 TY x 1
XE x 1 XY x 4
YE x 1

cmp 6 tot
T 1 1
tot 1 1

EXCELLENTLY

word       length      
CELL 4
CELLY 5
CELT 4
CETYL 5
CLYTE 5
CYCLE 5
CYCLEN 6
CYCLENE 7
CYLE 4
ECCLE 5
ECYCLE 6
EELY 4
ELECT 5
ELECTEE 7
ELLEN 5
ENYL 4
ETTLE 5
EXCEL 5
EXCELLENCE 10
EXCELLENCY 10
EXCELLENT 9
EXCELLENTLY 11 pangram
EYELET 6
LECCY 5
LECT 4
LEET 4
LENE 4
LENT 4
LENTE 5
LEYN 4
LLYN 4
LYCEE 5
LYNX 4
NETTLE 6
NETTLY 6 disallowed elsewhere
NEXTLY 6
TEEL 4
TELE 4
TELETEX 7
TELETEXT 8
TELEX 5
TELL 4
TELLEE 6
TELLEN 6
TELLY 5
TELNET * 6 disallowed elsewhere
TELT 4
TELYN 5
TETEL 5
TEXEL 5
TYLE 4
XENYL 5
XYLENE 6 disallowed elsewhere
XYLENYL 7
XYLYL 5
XYLYLENE 8
YELL 4

* compound(ish) word

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