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February 17, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 17, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with EY.


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center letter YABCEIL
Spelling Bee for February 17, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter I: November 8, 2023

words: 114
score: 658 pts
pangrams: 5
compounds: 3
bingo: yes

A x 25
B x 35
C x 20
E x 5
I x 4
L x 13
Y x 12

4L x 24
5L x 34
6L x 20
7L x 9
8L x 14
9L x 3
10L x 5
11L x 4
13L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 tot
A 5 6 4 2 2 3 - 3 - 25
B 6 11 7 2 3 - 4 1 1 35
C 2 5 4 2 6 - 1 - - 20
E 1 1 1 2 - - - - - 5
I 2 1 - 1 - - - - - 4
L 3 6 2 - 2 - - - - 13
Y 5 4 2 - 1 - - - - 12
tot 24 34 20 9 14 3 5 4 1 114

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 6 AC x 6 AL x 12 AY x 1
BA x 10 BE x 8 BI x 12 BL x 4 BY x 1
CA x 5 CE x 3 CI x 2 CL x 2 CY x 8
EC x 1 EE x 1 EL x 1 EY x 2
EYE x 2
IC x 2 IL x 2
LA x 8 LE x 2 LI x 2 LY x 1
YA x 9 YE x 2 YI x 1

cmp 5 7 8 tot
B - - 1 1
E - 1 - 1
L 1 - - 1
tot 1 1 1 3

BEYLICAL, BIALLELICALLY, BICYCLABLE, BICYCLEABLE, CELIBACY

word       length      
ABAYA 5
ABBACY 6
ABBEY 5
ABEY 4
ABEYYA 6
ABLY 4
ACALYCAL 8
ACYCLIC 7
ACYCLICAL 9
ACYCLICALLY 11
ACYL 4
ACYLAL 6
ALEY 4
ALICYCLE 8
ALICYCLIC 9
ALIYA 5
ALLAY 5
ALLAYABLE 9
ALLELICALLY 11
ALLEY 5
ALLY 4
ALLYL 5
ALLYLIC 7
ALLYLICALLY 11
AYEAYE 6
BABBLY 6
BABBY 5
BABILY 6
BABY 4
BACCY 5
BAILEY 6
BALLCLAY * 8
BALLY 5
BAYA 4
BAYILA 6
BEBAY 5
BEELY 5
BEEY 4
BELAY 5
BELLY 5
BEYA 4
BEYLIC 6
BEYLICAL 8 pangram
BIALLELICALLY 13 pangram
BIALY 5
BIBLICALLY 10
BICCY 5
BICYCLABLE 10 pangram
BICYCLE 7
BICYCLEABLE 11 pangram
BICYCLIC 8
BICYCLICAL 10
BILABIALLY 10
BILBY 5
BILLY 5
BLABBY 6
BLAY 4
BLEBBY 6
BLEY 4
BYCICLE 7
CABBY 5
CAECALLY 8
CALYCEAL 8
CALYCLE 7
CAYCAY 6
CECALLY 7
CELIBACY 8 pangram
CELLY 5
CICELY 6
CILLY 5
CLAY 4
CLAYEY 6
CYCLABLE 8
CYCLE 5
CYCLI 5
CYCLIC 6
CYCLICAL 8
CYCLICALLY 10
CYCLICLY 8
CYLE 4
ECYCLE 6
EELY 4
ELAYL 5
EYEABLE 7
EYEBALL * 7
ICEY 4
ICILY 5
ILEALLY 7
ILLY 4
LABIALLY 8
LACEY 5
LACILY 6
LACY 4
LAICALLY 8
LALLY 5
LAYA 4
LAYBY * 5
LEALLY 6
LECCY 5
LICEY 5
LILY 4
LYCEE 5
YABBA 5
YABBIE 6
YABBLE 6
YABBY 5
YACAL 5
YACCA 5
YALE 4
YALI 4
YAYA 4
YELL 4
YELLABLE 8
YILL 4

* compound(ish) word

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