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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, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with EC.


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
ECC x 1 ECY 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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