December 28, 2020 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 28, 2020, 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 H: January 3, 2024Center letter G: June 15, 2022
Center letter N: May 23, 2018
words: 58
score: 238 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 0
plurals: 1
bingo: yes
A x 8
C x 12
E x 8
G x 13
H x 8
L x 8
N x 1
4L x 22
5L x 16
6L x 14
7L x 4
8L x 1
9L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 8 |
| C | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 12 |
| E | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 |
| G | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
| H | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 8 |
| L | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| N | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 22 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| plu | 5 | tot |
| A | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 |
| debut appearances | 1 |
CHALLENGE
| word | length | |||
| ACHE | 4 | |||
| ACNE | 4 | |||
| ALGAE | † 5 | |||
| ALLEGE | 6 | |||
| ALLELE | 6 | |||
| ANGEL | 5 | |||
| ANGLE | 5 | |||
| ANNEAL | 6 | |||
| CACHE | 5 | |||
| CAGE | 4 | |||
| CANCEL | 6 | |||
| CANE | 4 | |||
| CELL | 4 | |||
| CHALLENGE | 9 | pangram | ||
| CHANCE | 6 | |||
| CHANCEL | 7 | |||
| CHANGE | 6 | |||
| CHANNEL | 7 | |||
| CLEAN | 5 | |||
| CLENCH | 6 | |||
| EACH | 4 | |||
| EAGLE | 5 | |||
| ELAN | 4 | |||
| ELEGANCE | 8 | |||
| ENCAGE | 6 | |||
| ENGAGE | 6 | |||
| ENHANCE | 7 | |||
| ENLACE | 6 | |||
| GAGE | 4 | |||
| GAGGLE | 6 | |||
| GALE | 4 | |||
| GALENA | 6 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| GANACHE | 7 | |||
| GELEE | 5 | |||
| GENE | 4 | |||
| GHEE | 4 | |||
| GLACE | 5 | |||
| GLANCE | 6 | |||
| GLEAN | 5 | |||
| GLEE | 4 | |||
| GLEN | 4 | |||
| HAGGLE | 6 | debut | ||
| HALE | 4 | |||
| HEAL | 4 | |||
| HEEL | 4 | |||
| HELL | 4 | |||
| HENCE | 5 | |||
| HENGE | 5 | |||
| HENNA | 5 | |||
| LACE | 4 | |||
| LANCE | 5 | |||
| LANE | 4 | |||
| LEACH | 5 | |||
| LEAN | 4 | |||
| LECH | 4 | |||
| LEECH | 5 | |||
| LEGAL | 5 | |||
| NENE | 4 |
† plural noun