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December 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 December 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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center letter CDEHLNU
Spelling Bee for December 9, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter N: April 19, 2023

words: 77
score: 517 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

C x 20
D x 15
E x 9
H x 6
L x 9
N x 3
U x 15

5L x 21
6L x 26
7L x 18
8L x 7
9L x 4
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
C 3 11 4 2 - - 20
D 7 4 3 1 - - 15
E 3 3 2 1 - - 9
H 4 1 1 - - - 6
L 3 2 4 - - - 9
N - 2 1 - - - 3
U 1 3 3 3 4 1 15
tot 21 26 18 7 4 1 77

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 3 CH x 1 CL x 7 CU x 9
DE x 9 DH x 1 DU x 5
DUC x 1 DUL x 1 DUN x 3
EC x 3 ED x 2 EL x 1 EU x 3
HE x 3 HU x 3
LE x 5 LU x 4
NU x 3
UN x 15

debut appearances 4

CLUNCHED, LUNCHED, UNCLENCHED, UNLUNCHED

word       length      
CEDED 5
CELLED 6
CELLULE 7
CHECHE 6
CLECHE 6
CLENCH 6
CLENCHED 8
CLEUCH 6
CLUED 5
CLUNCH 6
CLUNCHED 8 pangram
CUDDED 6
CUDDEN 6
CUDDLE 6
CUDDLED 7
CUDDLEE 7
CULCH 5
CULCHED 7
CULLED 6
CUNNED 6
DECEL 5
DECENE 6
DEDUCE 6
DEDUCED 7
DEECH 5
DEECHED 7
DENCH 5
DEUCE 5
DEUCED 6
DHUNCHEE 8
DUCUNU 6
DULCE 5
DUNCE 5
DUNCH 5
DUNCHED 7
ECCLE 5
ECHELLE 7
ECUELLE 7
EDUCE 5
EDUCED 6
ELENCH 6
EUCHE 5
EUNUCH 6
EUNUCHED 8
HENCE 5
HENCH 5
HEUCH 5
HUCHEN 6
HUNCH 5
HUNCHED 7 debut
LECHED 6
LEECH 5
LEECHED 7
LEECHEE 7
LEUCH 5
LUCENCE 7
LUCULE 6
LUNCH 5
LUNCHED 7 perfect pangram, debut
NUCULE 6
NUNCLE 6
NUNCLED 7
UNCEDED 7 allowed elsewhere
UNCLE 5
UNCLED 6
UNCLENCH 8 debut
UNCLENCHED 10 pangram, debut
UNCLUE 6
UNCLUED 7
UNCUDDLED 9
UNCUED 6
UNCULLED 8
UNDECENE 8
UNDEDUCED 9
UNHUNCH 7
UNHUNCHED 9
UNLUNCHED 9 pangram

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