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January 17, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 17, 2021, including disallowed words, 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 TACHLOP
Spelling Bee for January 17, 2021

words: 132
score: 853 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 13
C x 39
H x 16
L x 14
O x 5
P x 20
T x 25

5L x 51
6L x 35
7L x 22
8L x 15
9L x 5
10L x 3
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 7 3 2 1 - - - 13
C 13 11 8 6 1 - - 39
H 4 5 1 3 1 2 - 16
L 8 4 1 - - - 1 14
O 1 - 3 1 - - - 5
P 7 5 4 1 3 - - 20
T 11 7 3 3 - 1 - 25
tot 51 35 22 15 5 3 1 132

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 2 AH x 1 AL x 3 AP x 1 AT x 6
CA x 14 CH x 10 CL x 4 CO x 11
HA x 8 HO x 8
LA x 7 LO x 7
OC x 4 OP x 1
PA x 7 PH x 4 PL x 2 PO x 7
POT x 7
TA x 12 TH x 1 TL x 1 TO x 11

debut appearances 1

CATCHPOLL, PHOTOCALL, POTLACH, POTLATCH

word       length      
ACOCOTL 7
ACTOL 5
AHATA 5
ALLOPATH 8
ALLOT 5
ALTHO 5
APHTHA 6
ATALL 5
ATLATL 6
ATOLL 5
ATTACCA 7
ATTACH 6
ATTAP 5
CACHALOT 8
CAHOOT 6
CALTHA 6
CAPOT 5
CAPTCHA 7
CATALO 6
CATALPA 7
CATALPOL 8
CATCALL 7
CATCH 5
CATCHALL 8
CATCHPOLL 9 pangram
CATLAP 6
CATTALO 7
CHAAT 5
CHALLOT 7
CHALLOTH 8
CHALOT 6
CHALOTH 7
CHAPATA 7
CHATPATA 8
CHATTA 6
CHOTA 5
CHOTT 5
CLATCH 6
CLOOT 5
CLOTH 5
CLOTPOLL 8
COACT 5 disallowed elsewhere
COALPOT 7
COAPT 5
COATH 5
COOLTH 6
COOPT 5
COOTCH 6
COPLOT 6
COTCH 5
COTTA 5
COTTAH 6
HALACHOT 8
HALACHOTH 9
HALLOT 6
HALLOTH 7
HATCH 5
HATHA 5
HATTA 5
HATTAH 6
HOLOPHOTAL 10
HOOTCH 6
HOTCH 5
HOTCHA 6
HOTCHPOT 8
HOTCHPOTCH 10
HOTPATCH 8
HOTPOT 6
LACTOCOCCAL 11
LACTOL 6
LAPCAT 6
LAPTA 5
LAPTOP 6
LATAH 5
LATCH 5
LOATH 5
LOLCAT 6
LOLOT 5
LOOPTOP 7
LOTAH 5
LOTTA 5
LOTTO 5
OCTAL 5
OCTALOOP 8
OCTAPLA 7
OCTOPAL 7
OPHTHAL 7
PACTA 5
PALATAL 7
PATACA 6
PATCH 5
PATCHCOAT 9
PATOLA 6
PATOOT 6
PHOTO 5
PHOTOCALL 9 pangram
PHOTOCHOP 9
PHTHALO 7
PLACCAT 7
PLOAT 5
POTATO 6
POTCH 5
POTLACH 7 perfect pangram
POTLATCH 8 pangram, debut
POTOO 5
POTTAH 6
POTTO 5
TALLA 5
TALLAT 6
TALLOT 6
TAPACOLO 8
TAPALO 6
TAPAO 5
TAPPA 5
TATAC 5
TATHATA 7
TATOO 5
TATTA 5
TATTOO 6
THATCH 6
TLACO 5
TOCCATA 7
TOLAH 5
TOOLPATH 8
TOOTH 5
TOOTHPATCH 10
TOPATO 6
TOPCLOTH 8
TOPCOAT 7
TOPHAT 6
TOPPO 5
TOTAL 5

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