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December 9, 2022 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 9, 2022, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter GAELMNT
Spelling Bee for December 9, 2022

words: 50
score: 339 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 4
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AG x 4 AL x 3 AM x 2 AN x 2
EA x 2 EL x 1 EN x 4
GA x 7 GE x 5 GL x 2
LE x 3
MA x 9 ME x 1
NA x 1 NE x 1
TA x 2 TE x 1

cmp 7 9 tot
G - 2 2
N 1 - 1
T 1 - 1
tot 2 2 4

plu 5 9 tot
A 1 - 1
G - 1 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 12
previously disallowed debuts 2
newly disallowed words 3 legman, legmen, menage

ENTANGLEMENT, GENTLEMAN

word       length      
AGATE 5
AGENT 5
AGLEAM 6
AGLET 5
ALGAE  5
ALGAL 5
ALLEGE 6
AMALGAM 7
AMALGAMATE 10 debut
ANGEL 5
ANGLE 5
EAGLE 5
EAGLET 6
ELEGANT 7
ENGAGE 6
ENGAGEMENT 10 debut
ENTANGLE 8
ENTANGLEMENT 12 pangram, debut
GAGGLE 6
GALANGAL 8
GALETTE 7
GALLANT 7
GAMELAN 7 debut, previously disallowed
GAMETE 6
GAMMA 5
GELEE 5
GENTEEL 7
GENTLE 6
GENTLEMAN * 9 pangram, debut
GENTLEMEN *  9 debut
GLEAM 5
GLEAN 5
LEGAL 5
LEGATE 6
LEGATEE 7 debut, previously disallowed
MAGENTA 7 debut
MAGMA 5
MAGNATE 7 debut
MAGNET 6 debut
MANAGE 6
MANAGEMENT 10 debut
MANGA 5
MANGE 5
MANGLE 6
MELANGE 7
NAMETAG * 7 debut
NEGATE 6
TANGENT 7
TANGLE 6
TEENAGE * 7

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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