February 8, 2025 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
SPOILER ALERT! This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 8, 2025, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IN.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter C: December 17, 2022Center letter H: February 24, 2021
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words: 187
score: 1,020 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 4
plurals: 3
bingo: yes
A x 36
C x 61
H x 21
I x 11
L x 40
N x 9
R x 9
4L x 37
5L x 35
6L x 51
7L x 36
8L x 15
9L x 8
10L x 4
11L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot | |
| A | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 36 |
| C | 5 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 61 |
| H | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 21 |
| I | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| L | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 40 |
| N | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| R | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| tot | 37 | 35 | 51 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 187 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AA x 1 | AC x 7 | AL x 12 | AN x 11 | AR x 5 |
| CA x 19 | CH x 20 | CI x 9 | CL x 11 | CR x 2 |
| HA x 15 | HI x 6 | |||
| IL x 8 | IN x 3 | |||
| INC x 1 | INI x 1 | INR x 1 | ||
| LA x 24 | LI x 16 | |||
| NA x 6 | NI x 3 | |||
| RA x 5 | RH x 2 | RI x 2 |
| cmp | 5 | 6 | 7 | tot |
| I | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| L | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| plu | 4 | 5 | 6 | tot |
| C | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| I | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
ANARCHICAL
| word | length | |||
| AALII | 5 | |||
| ACHILL | 6 | |||
| ACHIRAL | 7 | |||
| ACLINAL | 7 | |||
| ACLINIC | 7 | |||
| ACLINICAL | 9 | |||
| ACRAL | 5 | |||
| ACRANIAL | 8 | |||
| ALAIHI | 6 | |||
| ALALA | 5 | |||
| ALALIA | 6 | |||
| ALALIC | 6 | |||
| ALAN | 4 | |||
| ALANNA | 6 | |||
| ALAR | 4 | |||
| ALCAIC | 6 | |||
| ALCANNA | 7 | |||
| ALLARIC | 7 | |||
| ALLICIN | 7 | |||
| ALLIIN | 6 | |||
| ANACLINAL | 9 | |||
| ANAL | 4 | |||
| ANARCHICAL | 10 | pangram | ||
| ANCHAL | 6 | |||
| ANCILIA | 7 | |||
| ANCILLA | 7 | |||
| ANIL | 4 | |||
| ANILIC | 6 | |||
| ANILINIC | 8 | |||
| ANILLIN | 7 | |||
| ANNAL | 5 | |||
| ARACIAL | 7 | |||
| ARALIA | 6 | |||
| ARCHIL | 6 | |||
| ARIL | 4 | |||
| ARILLI | 6 | |||
| CAILLACH | 8 | |||
| CAILLIACH | 9 | |||
| CALCAR | 6 | |||
| CALCARIA | 8 | |||
| CALCARIC | 8 | |||
| CALCARINA | 9 | |||
| CALCIAN | 7 | |||
| CALCIC | 6 | |||
| CALCIN | 6 | |||
| CALIN | 5 | |||
| CALL | 4 | |||
| CALLA | 5 | |||
| CALLI | 5 | |||
| CANAL | 5 | |||
| CARACAL | 7 | |||
| CARINAL | 7 | |||
| CARL | 4 | |||
| CARLIN | 6 | |||
| CARNAL | 6 | |||
| CHACHALACA | 10 | |||
| CHALAH | 6 | |||
| CHALAN | 6 | |||
| CHALARA | 7 | |||
| CHALLA | 6 | |||
| CHALLAH | 7 | |||
| CHALLAN | 7 | |||
| CHANCLA | 7 | |||
| CHILACA | 7 | |||
| CHILARIA | 8 | |||
| CHILI | 5 | |||
| CHILIAN | 7 | |||
| CHILIARCH | 9 | |||
| CHILL | 5 | |||
| CHILLA | 6 | |||
| CHILLI | 6 | |||
| CHINCHILLA | 10 | |||
| CHIRAL | 6 | |||
| CHIRALIC | 8 | |||
| CHIRL | 5 | |||
| CICALA | 6 | |||
| CICLACILLIN | 11 | |||
| CILIA | † 5 | |||
| CILIAL | 6 | |||
| CILL | 4 | |||
| CINCINNAL | 9 | |||
| CIRCINAL | 8 | |||
| CIRL | 4 | |||
| CIRRAL | 6 | |||
| CLACHAN | 7 | |||
| CLAIRIN | 7 | |||
| CLAN | 4 | |||
| CLARAIN | 7 | |||
| CLARINI | 7 | |||
| CLINAL | 6 | |||
| CLINCH | 6 | |||
| CLINIA | 6 | |||
| CLINIC | 6 | |||
| CLINICAL | 8 | |||
| CLINICIAN | 9 | |||
| CRANIAL | 7 | |||
| CRINAL | 6 | |||
| HAIL | 4 | |||
| HALA | 4 | |||
| HALACHA | 7 | |||
| HALACHIC | 8 | |||
| HALAL | 5 | |||
| HALALA | 6 | |||
| HALALAH | 7 | |||
| HALICIN | 7 | |||
| HALL | 4 | |||
| HALLAH | 6 | |||
| HALLAL | 6 | |||
| HALLALI | 7 | |||
| HALLAN | 6 | |||
| HALLICAL | 8 | |||
| HARL | 4 | |||
| HILA | 4 | |||
| HILAL | 5 | |||
| HILAR | 5 | |||
| HILCH | 5 | |||
| HILI | 4 | |||
| HILL | 4 | |||
| ILALA | 5 | |||
| ILIA | † 4 | |||
| ILIAC | 5 | |||
| ILIACAL | 7 | |||
| ILIACI | † 6 | |||
| ILIAL | 5 | |||
| ILICIN | 6 | |||
| ILLICIA | 7 | |||
| INCALL | * 6 | |||
| INIAL | 5 | |||
| INRAIL | * 6 | |||
| LAARI | 5 | |||
| LACCIC | 6 | |||
| LACCIN | 6 | |||
| LACINIA | 7 | |||
| LACINIAL | 8 | |||
| LACINIAR | 8 | |||
| LAHAR | 5 | |||
| LAHARA | 6 | |||
| LAIC | 4 | |||
| LAICAL | 6 | |||
| LAICH | 5 | |||
| LAIN | 4 | |||
| LAIR | 4 | |||
| LALL | 4 | |||
| LALLAN | 6 | |||
| LANA | 4 | |||
| LANAI | 5 | |||
| LANCH | 5 | |||
| LANCIN | 6 | |||
| LANCININ | 8 | |||
| LARAHA | 6 | |||
| LARCH | 5 | |||
| LARI | 4 | |||
| LARIN | 5 | |||
| LIANA | 5 | |||
| LIAR | 4 | |||
| LICH | 4 | |||
| LICHI | 5 | |||
| LILA | 4 | |||
| LILAC | 5 | |||
| LILACIN | 7 | |||
| LILL | 4 | |||
| LINAC | * 5 | |||
| LINARIA | 7 | |||
| LINARIN | 7 | |||
| LINCH | 5 | |||
| LINCHI | 6 | |||
| LININ | 5 | |||
| LINN | 4 | |||
| LIRA | 4 | |||
| NAIL | 4 | |||
| NALA | 4 | |||
| NALL | 4 | |||
| NALLA | 5 | |||
| NALLAH | 6 | |||
| NARIAL | 6 | |||
| NIHIL | 5 | |||
| NIHILARIAN | 10 | |||
| NILL | 4 | |||
| RACHIAL | 7 | |||
| RACHILLA | 8 | |||
| RACIAL | 6 | |||
| RAIL | 4 | |||
| RAILCAR | * 7 | |||
| RHACHILLA | 9 | |||
| RHINAL | 6 | |||
| RIAL | 4 | |||
| RILL | 4 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun