January 9, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

January 9, 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 9, 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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Spelling Bee for January 9, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter O: November 2, 2023
Center letter I: September 13, 2022
Center letter K: October 5, 2021

words: 181
score: 1,181 pts
pangrams: 3
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

A x 34
C x 51
I x 11
K x 15
L x 36
O x 10
T x 24

5L x 62
6L x 46
7L x 37
8L x 20
9L x 9
10L x 4
11L x 2
12L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
A	11	11	5	2	4	-	-	1	34
C	15	17	10	6	2	-	1	-	51
I	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	11
K	6	-	4	4	1	-	-	-	15
L	13	8	8	3	1	2	1	-	36
O	3	1	3	2	-	1	-	-	10
T	10	6	3	3	1	1	-	-	24
tot	62	46	37	20	9	4	2	1	181

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	5	6	10	tot
C	1	-	-	1
I	-	1	-	1
L	-	-	1	1
tot	1	1	1	3

debut appearances

ALKALOTIC, COCKTAIL, LOCKTAIL

word	length
ACATALLACTIC	12
CATALLACTIC	11
LACTOCOCCAL	11
LACCOLITIC	10
LACTOCOCCI	^† 10
OIKOCLITIC	10
TACALCITOL	10
ALKALOTIC	9	pangram
ALLOLALIA	9
ATTOCLOCK	9
ATTOKATAL	9
CATALATIC	9
COLOCOLIC	9
KILOKATAL	9
LITOTICAL	9
TALAIOTIC	9
ALCOLOCK	8
ALLIACOL	8
CALCITIC	8
CALLALOO	8
COATTAIL	8	debut
COCKTAIL	8	pangram, debut
COLLOCAL	8
COLOCOLO	8
KALLALOO	8
KICKTAIL	8
KILIKIKI	8
KILIKITI	8
LACTICOL	8
LACTITOL	8
LOCKTAIL	8	pangram
OCOTILLO	8	disallowed elsewhere
OTOLITIC	8
TACTICAL	8
TAILCOAT	8	debut
TALLITOT	8
ACOCOTL	7
AKIALOA	7
ALACTIC	7
ALKALIC	7
ALTILIK	7
CALALOO	7
CALCIOL	7
CATCALL	7
CATTAIL	7
CATTALO	7
CILIOLA	7
CLOACAL	7
COALTIT	7
COLICAL	7
COLITIC	7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
ILLICIT	7
ILLITIC	7
KALOOKI	7
KILLICK	7
KILLOCK	7
KILOCAL	7
LACKALL	7
LAKATOI	7
LATAKIA	7
LATITAT	7
LATITIC	7
LILIKOI	7
LITOTIC	7
LOCALIC	7
OCTITOL	7
OILCOAT	7
OOLITIC	7
TALAIOT	7
TALOOKA	7
TOOLKIT	7
ACOCIL	6
AKALAT	6
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALCOOL	6
ALKALI	6
ALLOIC	6
ATLATL	6
ATOKAL	6
ATTILA	6
CALCIC	6
CALICO	6
CALLOO	6
CATALO	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CITOLA	6
CLACKA	6
CLICKA	6
CLICKO	6
CLITIC	6
CLOACA	6
COCCAL	6
COCKAL	6
COITAL	6	debut
COLITA	6
COOLIO	6
ILIACI	^† 6
ILLLIT	6
ITALIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACTIC	6
LACTOL	6
LAICAL	6
LOLCAT	6
LOLITA	6
LOOKIT	6
LOTOKO	6
OLLOCK	6
TALLAT	6
TALLIT	6	allowed elsewhere
TALLOT	6
TALOOK	6
TATKAL	6
TILAKA	6
AALII	5
ACTOL	5
AILLT	5
AIOLI	5
ALACK	5
ALALA	5
ALLOT	5
ALOLL	5
ATALL	5
ATILT	5
ATOLL	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CILIA	^† 5
CITAL	5
CLACK	5
CLAIK	5
CLICK	5
CLOAK	5
CLOCK	5
CLOIT	5
CLOOT	5
COALA	5
COCAL	5
COLIC	5
COLLA	5
ICTAL	5
ILALA	5
ILIAC	5
ILIAL	5
KATAL	5
KILIL	5
KLICK	5
KOALA	5
KOLAK	5
KOLOA	5
LAIKA	5
LATIK	5
LATKA	5
LICIT	5
LILAC	5
LITAI	5
LOCAL	5
LOCAO	5
LOKAO	5
LOLOT	5
LOTIC	5
LOTTA	5
LOTTO	5
OCTAL	5
OCTLI	5
OOLAK	5
TALAK	5
TALIK	5
TALLA	5
TICAL	5
TILAK	5
TILIA	5
TILKA	5
TITLO	5
TLACO	5
TOTAL	5

† plural noun

AA x 1	AC x 4	AI x 2	AK x 2	AL x 17	AT x 8
CA x 15	CI x 6	CL x 13	CO x 17
IC x 1	IL x 9	IT x 1
KA x 3	KI x 8	KL x 1	KO x 3
LA x 17	LI x 6	LO x 13
OC x 4	OI x 2	OL x 1	OO x 2	OT x 1
TA x 15	TI x 6	TL x 1	TO x 2

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