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December 17, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 17, 2021, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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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center letter VDEIOPT
Spelling Bee for December 17, 2021

words: 25
score: 154 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 0

D x 9
I x 1
O x 1
P x 4
V x 10

5L x 9
6L x 10
7L x 6

  5 6 7 tot
D 2 3 4 9
I 1 - - 1
O 1 - - 1
P 2 1 1 4
V 3 6 1 10
tot 9 10 6 25

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DE x 4 DI x 5
IV x 1
OV x 1
PE x 2 PI x 2
VE x 2 VI x 4 VO x 4

debut appearances 16

PIVOTED

word       length      
DEVOID 6 debut
DEVOTE 6 debut
DEVOTED 7 debut
DEVOTEE 7 debut
DIVED 5
DIVIDE 6
DIVIDED 7
DIVOT 5 debut
DIVVIED 7
IVIED 5
OVOID 5 debut
PEEVE 5
PEEVED 6 debut
PIVOT 5 debut
PIVOTED 7 perfect pangram, debut
VETOED 6 debut
VETTED 6
VIDEO 5 debut
VIDEOED 7 debut
VIDIOT 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
VIVID 5
VOIDED 6 debut
VOODOO 6
VOTED 5 debut
VOTIVE 6

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