April 27, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from April 27, 2021, alongside other analysis.
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.
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Center letter P: January 4, 2024Center letter T: July 21, 2022
words: 66
score: 256 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
A x 10
I x 3
L x 7
M x 12
O x 3
P x 19
T x 12
4L x 30
5L x 14
6L x 11
7L x 7
8L x 2
9L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 |
| I | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| L | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| M | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| O | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| P | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| T | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| tot | 30 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 66 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AI x 1 | AL x 3 | AM x 1 | AP x 1 | AT x 4 |
| IM x 2 | IO x 1 | |||
| LA x 3 | LI x 2 | LL x 1 | LO x 1 | |
| MA x 8 | MI x 1 | MO x 3 | ||
| OP x 3 | ||||
| PA x 13 | PI x 2 | PL x 2 | PO x 2 | |
| TA x 8 | TI x 1 | TO x 3 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| L | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| P | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| T | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| plu | 4 | 6 | tot |
| O | - | 1 | 1 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 5 | |
| previously disallowed debuts | 1 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | apollo |
OPTIMAL
| word | length | |||
| PAPILLOMA | 9 | debut | ||
| TOMATILLO | 9 | |||
| PALATIAL | 8 | |||
| TAILLAMP | * 8 | |||
| MAILLOT | 7 | |||
| MILITIA | 7 | |||
| OPTIMAL | 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| PALATAL | 7 | |||
| PAPILLA | 7 | |||
| PITAPAT | * 7 | |||
| TILAPIA | 7 | |||
| APPALL | 6 | |||
| IMPALA | 6 | |||
| LAPTOP | * 6 | |||
| LIPOMA | 6 | debut | ||
| MAMMAL | 6 | |||
| OPTIMA | † 6 | debut | ||
| PALAPA | 6 | debut, previously disallowed | ||
| POTATO | 6 | |||
| TATAMI | 6 | |||
| TATTOO | 6 | |||
| TOMATO | 6 | |||
| AIOLI | 5 | |||
| ALLOT | 5 | |||
| ATILT | 5 | |||
| ATOLL | 5 | |||
| LLAMA | 5 | |||
| MAMMA | 5 | |||
| MOMMA | 5 | |||
| MOOLA | 5 | |||
| PAMPA | 5 | |||
| PAPAL | 5 | |||
| PATIO | 5 | |||
| PLAIT | 5 | |||
| POPPA | 5 | |||
| TOTAL | 5 | |||
| ALIT | 4 | |||
| ALTO | 4 | |||
| AMMO | 4 | |||
| ATOM | 4 | |||
| ATOP | 4 | |||
| IMAM | 4 | |||
| IOTA | 4 | |||
| LAMA | 4 | |||
| LAMP | 4 | |||
| LIMA | 4 | |||
| LOAM | 4 | |||
| 4 | ||||
| MAIM | 4 | |||
| MALL | 4 | |||
| MALT | 4 | |||
| MAMA | 4 | |||
| MOAT | 4 | |||
| OPAL | 4 | |||
| PAIL | 4 | |||
| PALL | 4 | |||
| PALM | 4 | |||
| PALP | 4 | |||
| PAPA | 4 | |||
| PITA | 4 | |||
| PLAT | 4 | |||
| TAIL | 4 | |||
| TALI | † 4 | |||
| TALL | 4 | |||
| TAMP | 4 | |||
| TAPA | 4 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun