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December 31, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 31, 2020, 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 IEHLNOT
Spelling Bee for December 31, 2020

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Center letter H: May 22, 2023

words: 216
score: 1,477 pts
pangrams: 9
perfect: 4
bingo: yes

E x 18
H x 24
I x 24
L x 38
N x 38
O x 16
T x 58

5L x 46
6L x 86
7L x 37
8L x 24
9L x 14
10L x 8
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
E 2 9 2 4 1 - - 18
H 6 9 6 1 1 1 - 24
I 7 11 2 1 2 1 - 24
L 7 18 6 4 3 - - 38
N 5 14 6 7 3 2 1 38
O 4 7 4 - 1 - - 16
T 15 18 11 7 3 4 - 58
tot 46 86 37 24 14 8 1 216

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
EH x 1 EI x 1 EL x 2 EN x 4 EO x 2 ET x 8
HE x 12 HI x 5 HO x 7
IH x 1 IL x 4 IN x 15 IO x 3 IT x 1
LE x 9 LI x 23 LO x 6
NE x 6 NI x 11 NO x 21
OE x 2 OI x 2 OL x 3 ON x 4 OO x 2 OT x 3
TE x 6 TH x 26 TI x 12 TO x 14

debut appearances 5

HELIOTHINE, HOTLINE, NEOLITH, TELETHONIN, THELION, THEOLIN, THINOLITE, THIONOLINE, THIOTOLENE

word       length      
NONILLIONTH 11 disallowed elsewhere
HELIOTHINE 10 pangram
ILLINITION 10
NINETEENTH 10
NONTOTIENT 10
TELETHONIN 10 pangram
THIONOLINE 10 pangram
THIOTOLENE 10 pangram
TOILINETTE 10
ETHIONINE 9
HELIOLITE 9
INOTILONE 9
INTENTION 9
LINENETTE 9
LINTONITE 9
LITHOTINT 9
NINETIETH 9
NONILLION 9
NONTOILET 9
ONEILLITE 9
THINOLITE 9 pangram
THOLEIITE 9
TOOELEITE 9
EITELITE 8
ENTITLEE 8
EOLIENNE 8
ETHOTOIN 8
HELENITE 8
INNELITE 8
LEITEITE 8
LENITION 8
LINOLEIN 8
LIOTTITE 8
NELENITE 8
NEOTENIN 8
NINETEEN 8
NOLITION 8
NONELITE 8
NONLINEN 8
NONTITLE 8
TEINEITE 8
THIENONE 8
THINLINE 8
THIONINE 8
TINNIENT 8
TOILETTE 8
TOILINET 8
ENTITLE 7
ETIOLIN 7
HELENIN 7
HELLION 7 debut
HILLITE 7
HOELITE 7
HOLTITE 7
HOTLINE 7 perfect pangram, debut
IHLEITE 7
INTITLE 7
LENIENT 7
LEONINE 7
LEONITE 7
LINELET 7
LITHITE 7
LITTLIE 7
NEOLITE 7
NEOLITH 7 perfect pangram, debut
NITINOL 7
NONETTI 7
NONITOL 7
NONTHIN 7
OILHOLE 7
OLENITE 7
OTOLITE 7
OTOLITH 7
THEELIN 7
THELION 7 perfect pangram
THEOLIN 7 perfect pangram
THETINE 7
THINNET 7
THIONIN 7
THIONOL 7
TILLITE 7
TITLENE 7
TONTINE 7
TOTIENT 7
EHLITE 6
ELININ 6
ENTOIL 6
EOLITH 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
ETHINE 6
ETHION 6
ETHNIE 6
ETOILE 6
ETOLIN 6
HEELIE 6
HEINIE 6
HELION 6
HENNIN 6
HETTIE 6
HILITE 6
HITTEE 6
HOOLIE 6
HOTTIE 6 debut
ILLITE 6
ILLLIT 6
INLINE 6
INTEIN 6
INTENT 6
INTINE 6
INTONE 6
IOLITE 6
IONENE 6
IONONE 6
ITOITE 6
LENITE 6
LENTIL 6
LIENEE 6
LILITH 6
LINNET 6 allowed elsewhere
LINTEL 6
LINTIE 6
LINTOL 6
LIONEL 6
LIONET 6
LITHEN 6
LITTEN 6
LITTLE 6
LOLINE 6
LONNIN 6
LOONIE 6
LOOTIE 6
LOTION 6
NEINEI 6
NETTIE 6
NIELLI 6
NIELLO 6
NINEIN 6
NOLLIE 6
NONHIT 6
NONILL 6
NONION 6
NONNIE 6
NONOIL 6
NONTIN 6
NOONIE 6
NOTION 6
OENITE 6
OILLET 6
ONLINE 6
ONONIN 6
OOLITE 6
OOLITH 6
OTOLIN 6
TEENIE 6
TELLIN 6
TENTIE 6
THEINE 6
THIENO 6
THIETE 6
THIONE 6
THOLIN 6
THOLOI 6
TILLET 6
TINNIE 6
TITTLE 6
TOILET 6
TOITOI 6
TOLLIE 6
TONITE 6
TOOLIE 6
TOONIE 6
ELITE 5
ENLIT 5
HEITI 5
HELIO 5
HILOT 5
HITHE 5
HOIHO 5
HOLIN 5
ILLTH 5
INION 5
INLET 5
INNIE 5
INNIT 5
INTEL 5
INTIL 5
LEINT 5
LENOI 5
LINEN 5
LININ 5
LITHE 5
LITHO 5
LOOIE 5
NIHIL 5
NINON 5
NINTH 5
NITON 5
NOOIT 5
OENIN 5
OLEIN 5
OLLIE 5
ONION 5
TELOI 5
THEIN 5
THILL 5
THINE 5
THIOL 5
THOIL 5
THOLI 5
TILTH 5
TITHE 5
TITHI 5
TITIN 5
TITLE 5
TITLO 5
TOILE 5
TONOI 5

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