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

September 16, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 16, 2021, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

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Instructions

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Spelling Bee for September 16, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter R: February 2, 2023
Center letter O: July 28, 2020

words: 244
score: 1,185 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 12
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 28
D x 34
G x 62
N x 53
O x 16
R x 28
U x 23

4L x 64
5L x 67
6L x 58
7L x 35
8L x 16
9L x 3
10L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	6	11	10	1	-	-	-	28
D	11	10	7	4	1	1	-	34
G	12	16	14	15	5	-	-	62
N	16	11	12	6	7	1	-	53
O	2	2	9	2	1	-	-	16
R	13	8	3	1	1	1	1	28
U	4	9	3	6	1	-	-	23
tot	64	67	58	35	16	3	1	244

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	4	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
G	-	-	3	2	2	-	7
O	1	-	1	-	-	-	2
R	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
tot	1	1	4	2	3	1	12

AGROUND, GANDOURA, NANODRUG, NONGUARD

word	length
RONGORONGO	10
DORODANGO	9
NONGROUND	9
RUNAROUND	* 9
DOUNDOUN	8
GANDOURA	8	pangram
GRADUAND	8
GRANDDAD	* 8
GRANDDOG	* 8
GROGNARD	8
NANODRUG	8	pangram
NANOROAD	8
NONDONOR	8
NONGUARD	8	pangram
NONRADAR	8
NONRADON	8
NONROUND	8
ONGAONGA	8
RUNROUND	* 8
UNGROUND	8
AGROUND	7	perfect pangram
DONNARD	7
DOUGONG	7
DRAGOON	7
DRUNGAR	7
GADROON	7
GANDANG	7
GANDORA	7
GANGURO	7
GODDANG	* 7
GODROON	7
GONAGRA	7
GONGORA	7
GOUDRON	7
GOUNDOU	7
GRADDAN	7
GRANDAD	* 7
GUANDAO	7
GUARANA	7
GURNARD	7
NANOROD	7
NONAGON	7
NONDRUG	7
NONGANG	7
NONGOOD	7
NONROAD	7
ONAGRAD	7
ORGANON	7
RUNANGA	7
UNADORN	7
UNGRAND	7
UNGUARD	7
UNROUND	7
URANOAN	7
URGRUND	7
ADNOUN	6
AGROAN	6
ANDRON	6
ANGORA	6
ANNONA	6
ANODON	6
ANURAN	6
ARANGO	6
ARGAND	6
AROUND	6
DARUAN	6
DRAGON	6
DRONGO	6
DUGNAD	6
DUGONG	6
DUNDUN	6
DURGAN	6
GANOUN	6
GARDON	6
GARRAN	6
GARRON	6
GOANNA	6
GOONDA	6
GOONDU	6
GORGON	6
GRANDA	* 6
GROUND	6
GUANGO	6
GUARAN	6
GUNDOG	* 6
GUNRUN	* 6
NAGANA	6
NAGARA	6
NANDOU	6
NANNAN	6
NARDOO	6
NGARDU	6
NOGADA	6
NONDOG	6
NONGOD	6
NONODD	6
NONRUN	6
NUGGAR	6
ODANGO	6
ONAGGA	6
ONGANG	6
ONROAD	* 6
ORANDA	6
ORGANA	6
OUANGA	6
OUNGAN	6
OURANG	6
RANDAN	6
ROGGAN	6
ROGNON	6
UNADON	6
UNGOOD	6
UNRUNG	6
AARON	5
ADDON	* 5
ADORN	5
AGUNG	5
ANANA	5
ANDRO	5
ANGON	5
ANGOR	5
ANONA	5
ARGAN	5
ARGON	5
DAANA	5
DANDA	5
DANGO	5
DONGA	5
DONNA	5
DONOR	5
DOONA	5
DUANG	5
DUNNO	5
DUNUN	5
GANDU	5
GANGA	5
GANNA	5
GNARR	5
GONAD	5
GONNA	5
GOONA	5
GORNO	5
GOUND	5
GRANA	5
GRAND	5
GROAN	5
GUANA	5
GUANO	5
GUNDA	5
GUNGA	5
NAGOR	5
NANDU	5
NANGA	5
NANNA	5
NARDO	5
NARRA	5
NONAD	5
NONDA	5
NONDO	5
NONNA	5
NONNO	5
ORANG	5
ORGAN	5
RADON	5
RANDO	5	allowed elsewhere
RANGA	5
RANGO	5
RONDO	5
ROUND	5
RUANA	5
RUNGU	5
UDAND	5
UNADD	5
UNDOG	5
UNDUG	5
UNGAG	5
UNGOD	5
UNNUN	5
UNRUG	5
UNRUN	5
AGON	4
ANAN	4
ANNA	4
ANOA	4
ANON	4
ARNA	4
DANA	4
DAND	4
DANG	4
DARN	4
DONA	4
DONG	4
DOON	4
DORN	4
DUAN	4
DUNG	4
DURN	4
GANG	4
GAON	4
GARN	4
GAUN	4
GNAG	4
GNAR	4
GONG	4
GOON	4
GRAN	4
GUAN	4
GUNA	4
GURN	4
NAAN	4
NADA	4
NAGA	4
NANA	4
NANG	4
NANO	4
NARD	4
NOGO	4
NONG	4
NONO	4
NOOG	4
NOON	4
NOUG	4
NOUN	4
NUNU	4
NURD	4
ONGO	* 4
OURN	4
RAND	4
RANG	4
RANN	4
RAUN	4
ROAN	4
RONA	4
ROND	4
ROON	4
ROUN	4
RUAN	4
RUND	4
RUNG	4
RUNN	4
UDON	4
UNAU	4
UNDO	4
URNA	4

* compound(ish) word

AA x 1	AD x 3	AG x 4	AN x 14	AR x 6
DA x 8	DO x 12	DR x 4	DU x 10
GA x 16	GN x 3	GO x 17	GR x 12	GU x 14
NA x 21	NG x 1	NO x 28	NU x 3
OD x 1	ON x 6	OR x 5	OU x 4
RA x 9	RO x 10	RU x 9
UD x 2	UN x 18	UR x 3

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