December 2, 2023 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 2, 2023, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with MA.
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.
Please note: On December 2, 2023, the New York Times Spelling Bee’s in-house hints page listed a word count and point total that could not be achieved given the words accepted in the Web version of the morning’s puzzle. (The totals published here were accurate.) Later in the day, an inadvertently omitted debut word was added back into the puzzle. As a result, the totals listed here became, for a period of time, incorrect. The mismatch has been noted and corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion.
Related puzzles
Center letter M: June 19, 2021words: 43
score: 249 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 1
plurals: 0
A x 4
C x 24
H x 1
I x 3
M x 10
N x 1
4L x 8
5L x 10
6L x 10
7L x 7
8L x 6
9L x 1
11L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | tot | |
| A | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| C | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | 24 |
| H | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| I | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| M | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 |
| N | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AC x 4 | ||
| CA x 8 | CH x 14 | CI x 2 |
| HA x 1 | ||
| IC x 1 | IN x 2 | |
| MA x 6 | MI x 4 | |
| MAC x 2 | MAG x 2 | MAN x 2 |
| NI x 1 |
| cmp | 7 | tot |
| M | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 |
| debut appearances | 1 |
| previously disallowed debuts | 1 |
CHIMICHANGA, MACHINING
| word | length | |||
| ACACIA | 6 | |||
| ACAI | 4 | |||
| ACHING | 6 | |||
| ACING | 5 | |||
| CACHING | 7 | |||
| CAGING | 6 | |||
| CAIMAN | 6 | |||
| CAMI | 4 | |||
| CANCAN | 6 | |||
| CANING | 6 | |||
| CANNA | 5 | |||
| CANNING | 7 | |||
| CHAI | 4 | |||
| CHAIN | 5 | |||
| CHAINING | 8 | |||
| CHANCING | 8 | |||
| CHANGING | 8 | |||
| CHIA | 4 | |||
| CHIC | 4 | |||
| CHICA | 5 | |||
| CHICHI | 6 | |||
| CHIMICHANGA | 11 | pangram | ||
| CHIMING | 7 | |||
| CHIN | 4 | |||
| CHINA | 5 | |||
| CHINNING | 8 | |||
| CINCH | 5 | |||
| CINCHING | 8 | |||
| HAMACHI | 7 | debut, previously disallowed | ||
| ICING | 5 | |||
| INCH | 4 | |||
| INCHING | 7 | |||
| MACHINING | 9 | pangram | ||
| MACING | 6 | |||
| MAGIC | 5 | |||
| MAGICIAN | 8 | |||
| MANIAC | 6 | |||
| MANIC | 5 | |||
| MICA | 4 | |||
| MIMIC | 5 | |||
| MINCING | 7 | |||
| MINICAM | * 7 | |||
| NIACIN | 6 |
* compound(ish) word