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August 28, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 28, 2021, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter IDEFGNY
Spelling Bee for August 28, 2021

words: 63
score: 422 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 0
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

D x 26
E x 12
F x 12
G x 5
I x 5
N x 2
Y x 1

5L x 17
6L x 19
7L x 18
8L x 6
9L x 2
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
D 5 6 9 3 2 1 26
E 2 7 2 1 - - 12
F 4 3 4 1 - - 12
G 3 1 1 - - - 5
I 2 2 - 1 - - 5
N 1 - 1 - - - 2
Y - - 1 - - - 1
tot 17 19 18 6 2 1 63

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DE x 15 DI x 9 DY x 2
ED x 6 EF x 1 EG x 1 EN x 2 EY x 2
FE x 5 FI x 7
FIE x 1 FIF x 2 FIN x 4
GE x 2 GI x 3
IN x 5
NE x 1 NI x 1
YE x 1

plu 5 tot
G 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 33

DEFYING, DEIFYING, EDIFYING

word       length      
DEEDING 7 debut
DEFENDING 9 debut
DEFIED 6
DEFINE 6
DEFINED 7
DEFINING 8 debut
DEFYING 7 perfect pangram, debut
DEIFIED 7
DEIFY 5 debut
DEIFYING 8 pangram, debut
DEIGN 5 debut
DEIGNED 7 debut
DEIGNING 8 debut
DENIED 6
DENYING 7 debut
DIGGING 7
DIGNIFIED 9 debut
DIGNIFY 7 debut
DIGNIFYING 10 debut
DINED 5
DINGED 6 debut
DINGING 7
DINGY 5 debut
DINING 6
DYEING 6 debut
DYING 5 debut
EDDIED 6
EDDYING 7 debut
EDGING 6 debut
EDIFIED 7
EDIFY 5 debut
EDIFYING 8 pangram, debut
EFFIGY 6 debut
EGGING 6
ENDING 6 debut
ENGINE 6
EYEING 6 debut
EYING 5 debut
FEEDING 7 debut
FEIGN 5
FEIGNED 7 debut
FEIGNING 8
FENDING 7 debut
FIEND 5
FIFED 5
FIFING 6
FINDING 7 debut
FINED 5
FINING 6
FINNED 6
GENIE 5
GENII  5
GIDDY 5
GINNED 6 debut
GINNING 7
INDEED 6
INDIE 5
INDIGENE 8 debut
INNIE 5
INNING 6
NEEDING 7 debut
NINNY 5
YENNING 7 debut

† plural noun

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