October 17, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

October 17, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 17, 2023, 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 October 17, 2023

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Center letter P: March 13, 2021
Center letter E: September 24, 2018

words: 192
score: 1,024 pts
pangrams: 7
compounds: 8
bingo: yes

E x 12
L x 41
N x 14
O x 13
P x 77
T x 29
Y x 6

4L x 49
5L x 42
6L x 49
7L x 14
8L x 22
9L x 13
10L x 2
11L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
E	3	6	2	-	-	1	-	-	12
L	14	13	8	3	1	2	-	-	41
N	3	2	2	2	1	4	-	-	14
O	3	4	5	-	-	1	-	-	13
P	12	10	23	9	15	5	2	1	77
T	9	6	9	-	5	-	-	-	29
Y	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
tot	49	42	49	14	22	13	2	1	192

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	6	7	8	9	tot
E	1	1	-	-	-	2
L	-	-	1	1	-	2
O	-	1	-	-	-	1
P	-	-	-	-	1	1
T	-	1	-	1	-	2
tot	1	3	1	2	1	8

NEOPENTYL, POLYPEPTONE, POLYPOTENT, POLYTENE, POLYTENY, POLYTONE, POTENTLY

word	length
POLYPEPTONE	11	pangram
POLYPOTENT	10	pangram
POLYPTOTON	10
ELEOPTENE	9
LEPTOTENE	9
LYOPELLET	9
NEOPENTYL	9	pangram
NONLONELY	9
NONPEOPLE	9
NONPOLLEN	9
OLEOPTENE	9
PENTYLENE	9
POLYENONE	9
POLYENYNE	9
POLYPTOTE	9
POTTLEPOT	* 9
LOLLYPOP	* 8
NONYLENE	8
PENTENOL	8
PENTENYL	8
PENTYNYL	8
POLYENYL	8
POLYPLET	8
POLYPOLY	8
POLYTENE	8	pangram
POLYTENY	8	pangram
POLYTONE	8	pangram
POLYTONY	8
POLYTOPE	8
POLYTYPE	8
POLYTYPY	8
POLYYNYL	8
POTENTLY	8	pangram
TELETYPE	8
TELLENOL	8
TELOTYPE	8
TENTPOLE	* 8
TOLYLENE	8
LOLLOPY	7
LOOPLET	7
LOOPTOP	* 7
NONENYL	7
NOTELET	7
PELLETY	7
PELOTON	7
PLOONET	7
PLOTLET	7
POLLENY	7
POLYENE	7
POLYTON	7
POLYYNE	7
POTELOT	7
EELPOT	* 6
EYELET	6
LEOPON	6
LEPTON	6
LOLLOP	6
LONELY	6
LONNEN	6
LOONEY	6
LOOTEN	6
LOPPET	6
NETTLE	6
NETTLY	6
OLEONE	6
OLEOYL	6
ONLENT	* 6
OPELET	6
OPENLY	6
PEELOO	6
PELLET	6
PENLOP	6
PENTOL	6
PENTYL	6
PEOPLE	6
PETTLE	6
PEYOTL	6
PLENTY	6
PLOPPY	6
PLOTTY	6
POETLY	6
POLEYN	6
POLLEE	6
POLLEN	6
POLONY	6
POLYOL	6
POOTLE	6
POPOLO	6
POPPLE	6
POPPLY	6
POTTLE	6
PYELON	6
TELLEE	6
TELLEN	6
TELNET	* 6
TOLLON	6
TONLET	6
TOOTLE	6
TOPPLE	6
TOTTLE	6
TYLOTE	6
ELLEN	5
ELOPE	5
ELOTE	5
ELPEE	* 5
ENOYL	5
ETTLE	5
LENTE	5
LENTO	5
LEONE	5
LEPPY	5
LEPTO	5
LOLLY	5
LOLOT	5
LOOEY	5
LOONY	5
LOOPY	5
LOPPY	5
LOTTE	5
LOTTO	5
NONYL	5
NYLON	5
OLENT	5
OLEON	5
OLEYL	5
OYLET	5
PEELE	5
PLENE	5
PLEON	5
PLEYT	5
PLOOP	5
POLEY	5
POLLY	5
POLYP	5
PYELO	5
PYLON	5
TELLY	5
TELOP	5
TELYN	5
TETEL	5
TOLLY	5
TOLYL	5
YELPY	5
EELY	4
ENOL	4
ENYL	4
LEEP	4
LEET	4
LENE	4
LENO	4
LENT	4
LEYN	4
LLYN	4
LOLL	4
LONE	4
LOON	4
LOOP	4
LOOT	4
LOPE	4
LOTE	4
NOEL	4
NOLL	4
NOLO	4
OLEO	4
OLPE	4
ONLY	4
PEEL	4
PELL	4
PELT	4
PLOP	4
PLOT	4
PLOY	4
POLE	4
POLL	4
POLO	4
POLT	4
POLY	4
POOL	4
TEEL	4
TELE	4
TELL	4
TELT	4
TOLE	4
TOLL	4
TOLT	4
TOOL	4
TYLE	4
YELL	4
YELP	4
YNOL	4
YOLE	4
YOLO	4

* compound(ish) word

EE x 2	EL x 5	EN x 3	ET x 1	EY x 1
LE x 14	LL x 1	LO x 25	LY x 1
NE x 3	NO x 10	NY x 1
OL x 8	ON x 2	OP x 2	OY x 1
PE x 18	PL x 12	PO x 44	PY x 3
TE x 15	TO x 12	TY x 2
YE x 3	YN x 1	YO x 2

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