October 8, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

October 8, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 8, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IR.

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 October 8, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter N: September 20, 2024
Center letter R: October 13, 2022
Center letter I: November 25, 2020
Center letter T: August 19, 2018

words: 240
score: 1,222 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 5
plurals: 8
bingo: yes

C x 62
F x 36
I x 22
N x 39
O x 22
R x 16
T x 43

4L x 69
5L x 45
6L x 50
7L x 29
8L x 25
9L x 12
10L x 7
11L x 3

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
C	15	10	16	7	8	3	3	-	62
F	9	5	10	7	4	1	-	-	36
I	5	5	4	2	3	1	2	-	22
N	8	6	6	7	3	6	1	2	39
O	8	4	5	1	2	-	1	1	22
R	7	4	3	1	1	-	-	-	16
T	17	11	6	4	4	1	-	-	43
tot	69	45	50	29	25	12	7	3	240

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

CI x 3	CO x 48	CR x 11
FI x 11	FO x 15	FR x 10
IC x 2	IN x 16	IO x 1	IR x 3
			IRO x 3
NI x 8	NO x 31
OC x 5	OI x 1	ON x 8	OO x 2	OR x 2	OT x 4
RI x 2	RO x 14
TI x 2	TO x 25	TR x 16

cmp	4	7	tot
F	-	2	2
I	1	-	1
O	1	-	1
R	-	1	1
tot	2	3	5

plu	4	5	6	tot
C	-	2	1	3
F	1	-	-	1
O	1	-	-	1
T	2	1	-	3
tot	4	3	1	8

FRICTION, INFRICTION

word	length
NITROCOTTON	11
NONINTRONIC	11
ONIROCRITIC	11
CONCOCTION	10
CONTORTION	10
CONTRITION	10
INFRICTION	10	pangram
INTINCTION	10
NONFICTION	10
OCTONIONIC	10
CONCOCTOR	9
CORONITIC	9
CRIOCONIC	9
FORTITION	9
INTORTION	9
NICOTINIC	9
NONCITRIC	9
NONCOTTON	9
NONCRITIC	9
NONICONIC	9
NONIRONIC	9
TRICROTIC	9
CONFRONT	8
CONTORNO	8
CORNIFIC	8
COROCORO	8
CORONION	8
COROTRON	8
CROCONIC	8
CROTONIC	8
FOITITIC	8
FRICTION	8	pangram
FRONTOON	8
FROTTOIR	8
INOTOCIN	8
INTORTOR	8
INTRONIC	8
NITRONIC	8
NONIONIC	8
NONTONIC	8
OCTONION	8
OTOCONIN	8
RIRORIRO	8
TINCTION	8
TOCORORO	8
TRINITRO	8
TROTTOIR	8
COCRICO	7
COITION	7
CONCOCT	7
CONTORT	7
CORONIN	7
CRINION	7
CROTTIN	7
FICTION	7
FINFOOT	* 7
FIORINI	7
FIORINO	7
FOOTROT	* 7
FORTORN	7
FRONTON	7
INTRICO	7
INTROIT	7
NICOTIC	7
NICOTIN	7
NONIRON	7
NONROOF	7
NONROOT	7
NONTORT	7
NORITIC	7
ONCOTIC	7
ROOTROT	* 7
TORTONI	7
TRICORN	7
TRIONIC	7
TRITOON	7
CITRON	6
COCCIC	6
COCOON	6
COFFIN	6
COFOCI	^† 6
CONFIT	6
COOCOO	6
CORINO	6
CORNIC	6
CORNIN	6
CORRIN	6
CORTIN	6
CORTON	6
COTTON	6
CROCIN	6
CROTON	6
FICTOR	6
FINITO	6
FINNOC	6
FIORIN	6
FIROIN	6
FOOFOO	6
FORINT	6
FORRIT	6
FORTIN	6
FRICOT	6
ICONIC	6
INTORT	6
INTRON	6
IRONIC	6
NOCINO	6
NONFIT	6
NONION	6
NONTIN	6
NORRIN	6
NOTION	6
OCTOIC	6
OCTROI	6
ONONIN	6
OROTIC	6
OTITIC	6
ROCOCO	6
ROCOTO	6
ROTINI	6
TOCINO	6
TOITOI	6
TRICOT	6
TRIRON	6
TRITON	6
TROTRO	6
CIRIO	5
COCCI	^† 5
COION	5
CONIC	5
CONTO	5
CORNI	5
CORNO	5
CROCI	^† 5
CROFT	5
CROON	5
FONIO	5
FRICO	5
FROIN	5
FRONT	5
FROOT	5
INFON	5
INION	5
INTRO	5
IONIC	5
IRORI	5
NINON	5
NITON	5
NITRO	5
NONIC	5
NONNO	5
NOOIT	5
OCTIC	5
ONION	5
ONTIC	5
ORCIN	5
RONIN	5
RORIC	5
ROTON	5
ROTOR	5
TONIC	5
TONIR	5
TONOI	^† 5
TONTO	5
TORIC	5
TORII	5
TORNI	5
TRION	5
TRIOR	5
TROCO	5
TRONC	5
CION	4
COCO	4
COFF	4
COFT	4
COIF	4
COIN	4
COIR	4
CONI	4
CONN	4
COOF	4
COOT	4
CORF	4
CORN	4
COTT	4
CROC	4
FICO	4
FINO	4
FOCI	^† 4
FOIN	4
FONT	4
FOOF	4
FOOT	4
FORT	4
FROT	4
ICON	4
INFO	4
INRO	4
INTO	* 4
IRON	4
NOIR	4
NOIT	4
NONI	4
NONO	4
NOON	4
NOOT	4
NORI	4	allowed elsewhere
NOTT	4
OINT	4
ONCT	4
ONOI	^† 4
ONTO	* 4
OOFF	4
OONT	4
OTIC	4
OTTO	4
RIOT	4
ROOF	4
ROON	4
ROOT	4
RORT	4
ROTI	4
ROTO	4
TIRO	4
TOCO	4
TOFF	4
TOFT	4
TOIT	4
TONI	^† 4
TOON	4
TOOT	4
TORC	4
TORI	^† 4
TORN	4
TORO	4
TORR	4
TORT	4
TOTO	4
TRIO	4
TROT	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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