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August 16, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 16, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with PI.


Instructions

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center letter LEGHIOP
Spelling Bee for August 16, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter P: April 6, 2024
Center letter O: December 29, 2022
Center letter I: December 20, 2020

words: 157
score: 708 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 13
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

E x 9
G x 29
H x 26
I x 5
L x 32
O x 15
P x 41

4L x 55
5L x 33
6L x 41
7L x 12
8L x 10
9L x 3
10L x 3

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
E 1 3 1 1 3 - - 9
G 11 6 10 1 1 - - 29
H 11 4 6 1 2 - 2 26
I 3 1 1 - - - - 5
L 11 7 8 2 2 2 - 32
O 6 4 1 2 - 1 1 15
P 12 8 14 5 2 - - 41
tot 55 33 41 12 10 3 3 157

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
EG x 1 EL x 4 EO x 2 EP x 2
GE x 4 GH x 1 GI x 6 GL x 8 GO x 10
HE x 13 HI x 6 HO x 7
IG x 2 IL x 2 IP x 1
LE x 4 LI x 8 LO x 20
OG x 3 OH x 2 OI x 1 OL x 7 OP x 2
PE x 13 PH x 2 PI x 10 PL x 4 PO x 12
PIE x 1 PIG x 2 PIL x 5 PIP x 2

cmp 5 6 7 8 tot
E 1 - - - 1
H - 1 1 1 3
L - - 1 1 2
O - - 1 - 1
P - 1 3 2 6
tot 1 2 6 4 13

plu 4 5 6 tot
L - 1 1 2
P 1 1 2 4
tot 1 2 3 6

EGOPHILE, GEOPHILE, LOGOPHILE

word       length      
EGOPHILE 8 pangram
ELHI 4
ELOGE 5
ELOPE 5
ELPEE * 5
EOLIPILE 8
EOLOPILE 8
EPILOG 6
EPIPOLE 7
GELEE 5
GELL 4
GELOLL 6
GEOPHILE 8 pangram
GHILLIE 7
GIGGLE 6
GIGOLO 6
GILGIE 6
GILL 4
GILLIE 6
GILO 4
GLEE 4
GLEG 4
GLEI 4
GLIP 4
GLOGG 5
GLOOP 5
GLOP 4
GLOPE 5
GOEL 4
GOGGLE 6
GOLLI 5
GOLLOP 6
GOLP 4
GOLPE 5
GOOGLE 6
GOOGOL 6
GOOL 4
GOOLIE 6
HEEL 4
HEELIE 6
HELE 4
HELEPOLE 8
HELI 4
HELIO 5
HELIOPHILE 10
HELL 4
HELLHOLE * 8
HELLO 5
HELO 4
HELP 4
HELPEE 6
HIGGLE 6
HIGHLEG * 7
HILE 4
HILI 4
HILL 4
HIPPOPHILE 10
HOGLEG * 6
HOLE 4
HOLLO 5
HOLO 4
HOOLIE 6
HOPLO 5
HOPPLE 6
IGIL 4
IGLOO 5
ILLIPE 6
ILLO 4
IPIL 4
LEEP 4
LEGGIE 6
LEGGO 5
LEGHOLE * 7
LIEGE 5
LILL 4
LILO 4
LIPE 4
LIPO 4
LIPOGEL 7
LIPOPHILE 9
LIPPIE 6
LOGE 4
LOGGE 5
LOGGIE  6
LOGIE 5
LOGLOG 6
LOGO 4
LOGOI  5
LOGOPHILE 9 pangram
LOIPE 5
LOLIGO 6
LOLL 4
LOLLIPOP 8
LOLLOP 6
LOOGIE 6
LOOIE 5
LOOP 4
LOOPHOLE * 8
LOOPIE 6
LOPE 4
LOPH 4
OGGLE 5
OGLE 4
OGLIO 5
OHEL 4
OHELO 5
OILHOLE * 7
OLEH 4
OLEO 4
OLEOGEL 7
OLIGOLEGE 9
OLIO 4
OLLIE 5
OLPE 4
OPHIOPHILE 10
OPILIO 6
PEEHOLE * 7
PEEL 4
PEELE 5
PEELIE 6
PEELOO 6
PEEPHOLE * 8
PEGLEG * 6
PEGOL 5
PELL 4
PELOG 5
PEOPLE  6
PEPLI  5
PEPLOI  6
PHILIP 6
PHLOG 5
PIEHOLE * 7
PIGGLE 6
PIGLOO 6
PILE 4
PILEI 5
PILEOLI 7
PILI  4
PILL 4
PIPELLE 7
PIPPLE 6
PLIE 4
PLIP 4
PLOOP 5
PLOP 4
POLE 4
POLIO 5
POLL 4
POLLEE 6
POLLIE 6
POLLOI 6
POLO 4
POOL 4
POOPHOLE * 8
POPHOLE * 7
POPOLO 6
POPPLE 6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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