August 8, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 8, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 8, 2021, 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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Spelling Bee for August 8, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter C: October 28, 2022
Center letter F: October 11, 2020

words: 190
score: 1,019 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 14
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

C x 26
E x 21
F x 33
I x 23
L x 58
N x 6
T x 23

4L x 44
5L x 37
6L x 50
7L x 23
8L x 23
9L x 8
10L x 4
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	tot
C	7	9	5	1	1	2	1	-	26
E	-	8	3	3	7	-	-	-	21
F	10	5	8	3	2	4	-	1	33
I	1	5	8	6	1	1	1	-	23
L	16	6	17	8	9	1	1	-	58
N	1	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	6
T	9	3	6	2	2	-	1	-	23
tot	44	37	50	23	23	8	4	1	190

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	6	8	9	tot
C	-	-	-	1	1
F	-	-	-	1	1
I	2	5	-	-	7
L	-	1	3	-	4
T	-	1	-	-	1
tot	2	7	3	2	14

plu	4	5	tot
C	-	1	1
L	1	-	1
tot	1	1	2

CELLFECTIN, FENETICILLIN, INFLECT

word	length
CECIL	5
CEIL	4
CEILI	5
CELL	4
CELLFECTIN	10	pangram
CELLI	^† 5
CELLIE	6
CELT	4
CENTILE	7
CIEL	4
CILICE	6
CILL	4
CLEF	4
CLEFT	5
CLEIT	5
CLIENT	6
CLIENTELE	9
CLIFF	5
CLIFFLET	8
CLIFFLINE	* 9
CLIFT	5
CLINE	5
CLINIC	6
CLINT	5
CLIT	4
CLITIC	6
ECCLE	5
ECLECTIC	8
EFFELL	6
EIFELITE	8
EITELITE	8
ELECT	5
ELECTEE	7
ELENCTIC	8
ELFEN	5
ELFETTE	7
ELFIN	5
ELICIT	6
ELICITIN	8
ELININ	6
ELITE	5
ELLEN	5
ENCLITIC	8
ENLIT	5
ENTITLE	7
ENTITLEE	8
ETTLE	5
FEEL	4
FEELIE	6
FELICIFIC	9
FELINE	6
FELL	4
FELLIC	6
FELLINIC	8
FELT	4
FENCELET	8
FENCELINE	* 9
FENETICILLIN	12	pangram
FENNEL	6
FETTELITE	9
FETTLE	6
FICTILE	7
FILE	4
FILET	5
FILICIC	7
FILICININ	9
FILL	4
FILLET	6
FINLET	6
FLEE	4
FLEECE	6
FLEEN	5
FLEET	5
FLET	4
FLIC	4
FLIE	4
FLINT	5
FLIT	4
FLITE	5
FLITTEN	7
ICICLE	6
IFIL	4
ILICIN	6
ILLICIT	7
ILLITE	6
ILLITIC	7
ILLLIT	* 6
INCEL	* 5
INCLE	5
INCLINE	7
INFELL	* 6
INFELT	* 6
INFILL	* 6
INFLECT	7	perfect pangram
INFLICT	7
INLET	* 5
INLINE	* 6
INNELITE	8
INTEL	5
INTELECTIN	10
INTELLECT	9
INTIL	5
INTITLE	7
LECT	4
LECTIC	6
LECTIN	6
LECTINIC	8
LEET	4
LEFT	4
LEFTIE	6
LEIFITE	7
LEINT	5
LEITEITE	8
LENE	4
LENIENCE	8
LENIENT	7
LENITE	6
LENT	4
LENTE	5
LENTIC	6
LENTICEL	8
LENTICELLE	10
LENTICLE	8
LENTIL	6
LETTICE	7
LICE	^† 4
LICENCE	7
LICENCEE	8
LICENTE	7
LICIT	5
LIEF	4
LIEN	4
LIENEE	6
LIENIC	6
LIFE	4
LIFELET	7
LIFELINE	* 8
LIFIE	5
LIFT	4
LIFTIE	6
LIFTIN	6
LIFTLINE	* 8
LILL	4
LILT	4
LINE	4
LINEFILL	* 8
LINEIC	6
LINELET	7
LINEN	5
LINENETTE	9
LININ	5
LINN	4
LINNET	6
LINT	4
LINTEL	6
LINTIE	6
LITE	4
LITFIC	* 6
LITTEN	6
LITTLE	6
LITTLIE	7
NELENITE	8
NETTLE	6
NIELLI	6
NIFFLE	6
NIFLE	5
NILL	4
TEEL	4
TEFILLIN	8
TEIL	4
TELE	4
TELECINE	8
TELECLINIC	10
TELIC	5
TELL	4
TELLEE	6
TELLEN	6
TELLIN	6
TELNET	* 6	disallowed elsewhere
TELT	4
TETEL	5
TILE	4
TILI	4
TILL	4
TILLET	6
TILLITE	7
TILT	4
TITLE	5
TITLENE	7
TITTLE	6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

CE x 9	CI x 3	CL x 14
EC x 2	EF x 1	EI x 2	EL x 11	EN x 4	ET x 1
FE x 14	FI x 8	FL x 11
IC x 1	IF x 1	IL x 5	IN x 16
LE x 22	LI x 36
NE x 2	NI x 4
TE x 14	TI x 9

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