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, alongside other analysis.

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

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Identical letters: January 31, 2020

words: 189
score: 959 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 19
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

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

BACKLIT, BLACKTAIL, CLICKBAIT, TAILBACK

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

* compound(ish) word

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

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