August 16, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

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

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 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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