February 20, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

February 20, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 20, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with TI.

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 February 20, 2022

Related puzzles

Center letter B: November 22, 2024
Identical letters: January 31, 2020

words: 189
score: 959 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 19
plurals: 7
bingo: yes

A x 28
B x 39
C x 31
I x 15
K x 21
L x 28
T x 27

4L x 51
5L x 48
6L x 36
7L x 23
8L x 21
9L x 8
11L x 1
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	tot
A	4	8	10	4	1	-	-	1	28
B	12	6	4	4	7	6	-	-	39
C	5	8	8	4	3	2	1	-	31
I	3	4	3	4	1	-	-	-	15
K	7	5	1	3	5	-	-	-	21
L	11	8	5	4	-	-	-	-	28
T	9	9	5	-	4	-	-	-	27
tot	51	48	36	23	21	8	1	1	189

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AB x 2	AC x 1	AI x 1	AK x 1	AL x 17	AT x 5
BA x 21	BI x 7	BL x 11
CA x 17	CI x 5	CL x 9
IC x 1	IL x 12	IT x 2
KA x 7	KI x 12	KL x 2
LA x 21	LI x 7
TA x 17	TI x 10
TIB x 2	TIC x 1	TIL x 7

cmp	6	7	8	9	tot
B	-	1	4	3	8
C	-	2	1	1	4
I	1	-	-	-	1
K	-	1	2	-	3
L	-	1	-	-	1
T	-	-	2	-	2
tot	1	5	9	4	19

plu	4	5	6	7	9	tot
B	-	-	-	1	1	2
C	-	1	-	-	-	1
I	1	-	1	-	-	2
L	-	1	-	-	-	1
T	1	-	-	-	-	1
tot	2	2	1	1	1	7

BACKLIT, BLACKTAIL, CLICKBAIT, TAILBACK

word	length
ACATALLACTIC	12
CATALLACTIC	11
BALALAIKA	9
BALALAIKI	^† 9
BALLABILI	9
BLACKBACK	* 9
BLACKBALL	* 9
BLACKTAIL	* 9	pangram
CATALATIC	9
CLICKBAIT	* 9	pangram
ABBATIAL	8
BACKBALL	* 8
BACKBILL	* 8
BACKTALK	* 8
BIALKALI	8
BIBLICAL	8
BILABIAL	8
BILLBACK	* 8
CABBALIC	8
CALCITIC	8
CALLBACK	* 8
ILLABIAL	8
KABBALIC	8
KICKBALL	* 8
KICKTAIL	* 8
KILIKIKI	8
KILIKITI	8
TACTICAL	8
TAILBACK	* 8	pangram
TALKBACK	* 8
TIBIALIA	8
ALACTIC	7
ALBITIC	7
ALKALIC	7
ALTILIK	7
BACCALA	7
BACILLI	^† 7
BACKLIT	* 7	perfect pangram
BATABIL	7
CABALIC	7
CABBALA	7
CATCALL	* 7
CATTAIL	* 7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
ILLICIT	7
ILLITIC	7
KABBALA	7
KILLBIT	* 7
KILLICK	7
LACKALL	* 7
LATAKIA	7
LATITAT	7
LATITIC	7
ABILLA	6
AKALAT	6
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALBATA	6
ALCAIC	6
ALKALI	6
ATABAL	6
ATLATL	6
ATTILA	6
BABALA	6
BAILLI	6
BALATA	6
BALLIA	6
CABALA	6
CALABA	6
CALCIC	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CLACKA	6
CLICKA	6
CLITIC	6
ILIACI	^† 6
ILLLIT	* 6
ITALIC	6
KABALA	6
LABIAL	6
LABLAB	6
LACCIC	6
LACTIC	6
LAICAL	6
TALLAT	6
TALLIT	6
TATKAL	6
TIBIAL	6
TILAKA	6
AALII	5
AILLT	5
ALACK	5
ALALA	5
ALBIC	5
ALIBI	5
ATALL	5
ATILT	5
BAILA	5
BAILI	5
BALTI	5
BILAT	5
BLACK	5
BLICK	5
CABAL	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CILIA	^† 5
CITAL	5
CLACK	5
CLAIK	5
CLICK	5
ICTAL	5
ILALA	5
ILIAC	5
ILIAL	5
KALBI	5
KATAL	5
KIBLA	5
KILIL	5
KLICK	5
LABBA	5
LABIA	^† 5
LAIKA	5
LATIK	5
LATKA	5
LICIT	5
LILAC	5
LITAI	5
TABLA	5
TALAB	5
TALAK	5
TALIK	5
TALLA	5
TICAL	5
TILAK	5
TILIA	5
TILKA	5
ALBA	4
ALIT	4
ALTA	4
ALTI	4
BAAL	4
BAIL	4
BALK	4
BALL	4
BILK	4
BILL	4
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLAK	4
BLAT	4
BLIK	4
BLIT	4
CALK	4
CALL	4
CILL	4
CLAT	4
CLIT	4
ILIA	^† 4
ILKA	4
ITAL	4
KAIL	4
KALI	4
KILA	4
KILK	4
KILL	4
KILT	4
KLIK	4
LACK	4
LAIC	4
LAIK	4
LAIT	4
LALL	4
LATA	4
LATI	4
LICK	4
LILA	4
LILL	4
LILT	4
TAIL	4
TALA	4
TALC	4
TALI	^† 4
TALK	4
TALL	4
TILI	4
TILL	4
TILT	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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