Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
December 16, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 16, 2022, 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 PAIORTY
Spelling Bee for December 16, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter I: April 24, 2024
Center letter O: July 13, 2021

words: 167
score: 1,069 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
plurals: 2

A x 22
O x 4
P x 95
R x 7
T x 37
Y x 2

5L x 64
6L x 51
7L x 25
8L x 14
9L x 7
10L x 3
11L x 1
12L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 7 5 4 1 3 1 - 1 22
O 2 2 - - - - - - 4
P 38 28 14 8 3 2 1 1 95
R 1 3 2 - 1 - - - 7
T 14 13 5 5 - - - - 37
Y 2 - - - - - - - 2
tot 64 51 25 14 7 3 1 2 167

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AI x 1 AP x 15 AT x 6
OO x 1 OP x 2 OT x 1
PA x 35 PI x 18 PO x 24 PR x 17 PY x 1
RA x 4 RI x 1 RO x 2
TA x 10 TI x 4 TO x 7 TR x 15 TY x 1
TIP x 3 TIR x 1
YA x 1 YI x 1

plu 6 8 tot
A - 1 1
P 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2

APRIORITY, PROPITIATORY, TOPIARY, TYROPITA

word       length      
AIRPORT 7
APART 5
APIARY 6
APITPAT 7
APOOP 5
APORIA 6
APORT 5
APOTROPAIA 10
APPARAT 7
APPARATI  8
APPARATOR 9
APPARITOR 9
APPORT 6
APPRO 5
APPROPRIATOR 12
APRIORITY 9 pangram
ATOPY 5
ATRIP 5
ATROPIA 7
ATTAP 5
ATTRAP 6
ATYPIA 6
OOPART 6
OPARA 5
OPPARI 6
OTOPY 5
PAIPO 5
PAOPAO 6
PAPAIA 6
PAPAYA 6
PAPPI 5
PAPPY 5
PAPRI 5
PAPYRI  6
PARAPARA 8
PARAPATRY 9
PARATROOP 9
PARITOR 7
PARITY 6
PAROTTA 7
PARRO 5
PARROT 6
PARROTRY 8
PARROTY 7
PARRY 5
PARTAY 6
PARTI 5
PARTITA 7
PARTY 5
PATIA 5
PATIO 5
PATOOT 6
PATOOTY 7
PATOTARA 8
PATRAO 6
PATRIOT 7
PATTY 5
PAYAO 5
PAYARA 6
PAYOR 5
PAYOT 5
PIOPIO 6
PIPIPI 6
PIPIRI 6
PIPIT 5
PIPPY 5
PIPRA 5
PIRAI 5
PIRITA 6
PIROOT 6
PITAPAT 7
PITARA 6
PITAYA 6
PITIRRI 7
PITOT 5
PITPAT 6
PITPROP 7
PITTA 5
PITTY 5
POOPOO 6
POOPY 5
POORI 5
POORT 5
POPPA 5
POPPIT 6
POPPY 5
PORIA 5
POROPORO 8
PORPITA 7
PORRAY 6
PORTA 5
PORTAPOTTY 10
PORTATO 7
PORTO 5
PORTRAIT 8
PORTRAY 7
PORTY 5
POTATO 6
POTATORY 8
POTOO 5
POTOROO 7
POTTO 5
POTTY 5
PRATA 5
PRATT 5
PRATTY 6
PRATY 5
PRAYA 5
PRIAPI 6
PRIOR 5
PRIORITY 8
PRIORY 6
PROPITIATOR 11
PROPITIATORY 12 pangram
PROPPY 6
PROPRIA 7
PROPROTOR 9
PROTIP 6
PROTORAP 8
PROTOTROPY 10
PYRITY 6
RAPPORT 7
RAPTATORY 9
RAPTOR 6
RATTRAP 7
RIPRAP 6
ROOPIT 6
ROOPY 5
TAIPO 5
TAPAI 5
TAPAO 5
TAPIR 5
TAPPA 5
TAPPIT 6
TAPPY 5
TAPROOT 7
TARPIT 6
TARPOT 6
TIPITI 6
TIPPY 5
TIPTOP 6
TIROPITA 8
TOPATO 6
TOPIA 5
TOPIARY 7 perfect pangram
TOPOI 5
TOPPO 5
TOPPY 5
TORPOR 6
TRAPP 5
TRAPPY 6
TRIPARA 7
TRIPART 7
TRIPARTY 8
TRIPIT 6
TRIPPY 6
TRIPTRAP 8
TROOP 5
TROPAIA 7
TROPARIA 8
TROPIA 6
TROPO 5
TROPPO 6
TRYPOT 6
TYROPITA 8 pangram
YAPPY 5
YIPPY 5

† plural noun

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