December 16, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 16, 2021, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CA.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
words: 68
score: 453 pts
pangrams: 8
perfect: 1
compounds: 0
plurals: 3
bingo: yes
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AC x 4 | AL x 2 | AN x 2 | |
| CA x 16 | CE x 4 | CI x 1 | CL x 10 |
| CAG x 2 | CAL x 3 | CAN x 11 | |
| EL x 2 | EN x 4 | ||
| GL x 4 | |||
| IC x 2 | IL x 1 | IN x 3 | |
| LA x 6 | LE x 1 | LI x 2 | |
| NE x 1 | NI x 3 |
| plu | 4 | 5 | tot |
| C | - | 2 | 2 |
| L | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 2 | 3 |
ALLEGIANCE, ANGELIC, ANGELICA, CANCELING, CANCELLING, CLEANING, ENLACING, INELEGANCE
| word | length | |||
| ACACIA | 6 | |||
| ACAI | 4 | |||
| ACING | 5 | |||
| ACNE | 4 | |||
| ALLEGIANCE | 10 | pangram | ||
| ALLIANCE | 8 | |||
| ANGELIC | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| ANGELICA | 8 | pangram | ||
| CAGE | 4 | |||
| CAGING | 6 | |||
| CALL | 4 | |||
| CALLA | 5 | |||
| CALLING | 7 | |||
| CANAL | 5 | |||
| CANCAN | 6 | |||
| CANCEL | 6 | |||
| CANCELING | 9 | pangram | ||
| CANCELLING | 10 | pangram | ||
| CANE | 4 | |||
| CANINE | 6 | |||
| CANING | 6 | |||
| CANNA | 5 | |||
| CANNELLINI | 10 | |||
| CANNING | 7 | |||
| CEILING | 7 | |||
| CELIAC | 6 | |||
| CELL | 4 | |||
| CELLI | † 5 | |||
| CILIA | † 5 | |||
| CLAN | 4 | |||
| CLANG | 5 | |||
| CLANGING | 8 | |||
| CLEAN | 5 | |||
| CLEANING | 8 | pangram | ||
| CLING | 5 | |||
| CLINGING | 8 | |||
| CLINIC | 6 | |||
| CLINICAL | 8 | |||
| CLINICIAN | 9 | |||
| ELEGANCE | 8 | |||
| ELEGIAC | 7 | |||
| ENCAGE | 6 | |||
| ENCAGING | 8 | |||
| ENLACE | 6 | |||
| ENLACING | 8 | pangram | ||
| GLACE | 5 | |||
| GLACIAL | 7 | |||
| GLANCE | 6 | |||
| GLANCING | 8 | |||
| ICICLE | 6 | |||
| ICING | 5 | |||
| ILIAC | 5 | |||
| INCLINE | 7 | |||
| INCLINING | 9 | |||
| INELEGANCE | 10 | pangram | ||
| LACE | 4 | |||
| LACING | 6 | |||
| LAIC | 4 | |||
| LAICAL | 6 | |||
| LANCE | 5 | |||
| LANCING | 7 | |||
| LENIENCE | 8 | |||
| LICE | † 4 | |||
| LILAC | 5 | |||
| NEGLIGENCE | 10 | |||
| NIACIN | 6 | |||
| NICE | 4 | |||
| NIECE | 5 |
† plural noun