Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
December 20, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 20, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with BE.


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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center letter EABCKLO
Spelling Bee for December 20, 2023

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Center letter O: December 13, 2022

words: 167
score: 784 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 1
compounds: 6
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

A x 23
B x 49
C x 34
E x 8
K x 24
L x 20
O x 9

4L x 56
5L x 42
6L x 33
7L x 14
8L x 14
9L x 5
10L x 3

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 10 6 3 2 - 1 1 23
B 18 12 9 6 3 1 - 49
C 6 11 9 1 3 2 2 34
E 3 3 1 - 1 - - 8
K 7 6 6 3 2 - - 24
L 8 1 4 1 5 1 - 20
O 4 3 1 1 - - - 9
tot 56 42 33 14 14 5 3 167

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 4 AC x 3 AK x 5 AL x 10 AO x 1
BA x 9 BE x 20 BL x 10 BO x 10
BEA x 3 BEC x 5 BEE x 3 BEK x 2 BEL x 7
CA x 9 CE x 8 CL x 4 CO x 13
EB x 1 EC x 6 EK x 1
KA x 5 KE x 14 KO x 5
LA x 7 LE x 7 LO x 6
OB x 5 OK x 1 OL x 2 OO x 1

cmp 5 6 8 9 tot
B - 1 - - 1
C - - - 1 1
E 1 - - - 1
K - - 2 - 2
L - - 1 - 1
tot 1 1 3 1 6

plu 4 6 7 tot
A 1 - 1 2
B 1 - - 1
C - 1 1 2
tot 2 1 2 5

BECLOAK, BLOCKABLE, CLOCKABLE, COOKABLE, LOCKABLE

word       length      
ALLOALLELE 10
COLLOCABLE 10
COLOCAECAL 10
ALLOCABLE 9
BLOCKABLE 9 pangram
CELLBLOCK * 9
CLOCKABLE 9 pangram
LABELABLE 9
BACKABLE 8
BAKEABLE 8
BOOKABLE 8
CALLABLE 8
COOKABLE 8 pangram
COOLABLE 8
ECOLABEL 8
KAKABEAK * 8
KEELBACK * 8
LACEABLE 8
LACEBACK * 8
LEAKABLE 8
LOCKABLE 8 pangram
LOOKABLE 8
ABOLLAE  7
AKABEKO 7
BAKABLE 7
BECLOAK 7 perfect pangram
BELLOCK 7
BLOCKEE 7
BOBOLEE 7
BOOABLE 7
CLOACAE  7
KEBBOCK 7
KEBELLE 7
KOEKOEA 7
LABELLA 7
OOBLECK 7
AKEAKE 6
AKEKEE 6
ALLELE 6
BABBLE 6
BEABLE 6
BECALL 6
BECCAL 6
BEEBEE * 6
BELACE 6
BELOCK 6
BELOOK 6
BOBBLE 6
CABBLE 6
CACKLE 6
CAECAL 6
CALLEE 6
CELLAE  6
COBAEA 6
COBBLE 6
COCKLE 6
COOKEE 6
ECBOLE 6
KABELE 6
KACKLE 6
KEBELE 6
KECKLE 6
KELEBE 6
KOLACE 6
LEAKEE 6
LEBBEK 6
LOCALE 6
LOOKEE 6
OBCELL 6
ABELE 5
ACKEE 5
ACOEL 5
AKELA 5
ALEAK 5
ALLEE 5
BABEL 5
BECAK 5
BEKKO 5
BELLE 5
BELLO 5
BLAKE 5
BLEAK 5
BLECK 5
BLOKE 5
BOBBE 5
BOCCE 5
BOKKE 5
CABLE 5
CAECA 5
CECAL 5
CELEB 5
CELLA 5
CELLO 5
CLECK 5
CLEEK 5
COBLE 5
COECA 5
COOEE 5
EBOOK * 5
ECCLE 5
ECKOL 5
KAKKE 5
KEBAB 5
KEBOB 5
KECAK 5
KOKLE 5
KOLEA 5
LABEL 5
OBAKE 5
OBOLE 5
OKOLE 5
ABBE 4
ABLE 4
ACLE 4
AKEE 4
ALAE  4
ALBE 4
ALEC 4
ALEE 4
ALOE 4
AOLE 4
BABE 4
BAEL 4
BAKE 4
BALE 4
BEAK 4
BEAL 4
BECK 4
BEEK 4
BEEL 4
BEKA 4
BELL 4
BLAE 4
BLEA 4
BLEB 4
BLEE 4
BOAE  4
BOKE 4
BOLE 4
CAKE 4
CALE 4
CECA 4
CELL 4
COKE 4
COLE 4
ECCE 4
ECKA 4
EKKA 4
KALE 4
KEAK 4
KECK 4
KEEK 4
KEEL 4
KELL 4
KOEL 4
LACE 4
LAKE 4
LEAK 4
LEAL 4
LEEK 4
LEKE 4
LOBE 4
LOKE 4
OBEA 4
OBOE 4
OLEA 4
OLEO 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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