October 8, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

October 8, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 8, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for October 8, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter N: September 20, 2024
Center letter R: October 13, 2022
Center letter I: November 25, 2020
Center letter T: August 19, 2018

words: 171
score: 1,153 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

C x 47
F x 27
I x 17
N x 31
O x 14
R x 9
T x 26

5L x 45
6L x 50
7L x 29
8L x 25
9L x 12
10L x 7
11L x 3

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
C	10	16	7	8	3	3	-	47
F	5	10	7	4	1	-	-	27
I	5	4	2	3	1	2	-	17
N	6	6	7	3	6	1	2	31
O	4	5	1	2	-	1	1	14
R	4	3	1	1	-	-	-	9
T	11	6	4	4	1	-	-	26
tot	45	50	29	25	12	7	3	171

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	5	6	tot
C	2	1	3
T	1	-	1
tot	3	1	4

FRICTION, INFRICTION

word	length
NITROCOTTON	11
NONINTRONIC	11
ONIROCRITIC	11
CONCOCTION	10
CONTORTION	10
CONTRITION	10
INFRICTION	10	pangram
INTINCTION	10
NONFICTION	10
OCTONIONIC	10
CONCOCTOR	9
CORONITIC	9
CRIOCONIC	9
FORTITION	9
INTORTION	9
NICOTINIC	9
NONCITRIC	9
NONCOTTON	9
NONCRITIC	9
NONICONIC	9
NONIRONIC	9
TRICROTIC	9
CONFRONT	8
CONTORNO	8
CORNIFIC	8
COROCORO	8
CORONION	8
COROTRON	8
CROCONIC	8
CROTONIC	8
FOITITIC	8
FRICTION	8	pangram
FRONTOON	8
FROTTOIR	8
INOTOCIN	8
INTORTOR	8
INTRONIC	8
NITRONIC	8
NONIONIC	8
NONTONIC	8
OCTONION	8
OTOCONIN	8
RIRORIRO	8
TINCTION	8
TOCORORO	8
TRINITRO	8
TROTTOIR	8
COCRICO	7
COITION	7
CONCOCT	7
CONTORT	7
CORONIN	7
CRINION	7
CROTTIN	7
FICTION	7
FINFOOT	7
FIORINI	7
FIORINO	7
FOOTROT	7
FORTORN	7
FRONTON	7
INTRICO	7
INTROIT	7
NICOTIC	7
NICOTIN	7
NONIRON	7
NONROOF	7
NONROOT	7
NONTORT	7
NORITIC	7
ONCOTIC	7
ROOTROT	7
TORTONI	7
TRICORN	7
TRIONIC	7
TRITOON	7
CITRON	6
COCCIC	6
COCOON	6
COFFIN	6
COFOCI	^† 6
CONFIT	6
COOCOO	6
CORINO	6
CORNIC	6
CORNIN	6
CORRIN	6
CORTIN	6
CORTON	6
COTTON	6
CROCIN	6
CROTON	6
FICTOR	6
FINITO	6
FINNOC	6
FIORIN	6
FIROIN	6
FOOFOO	6
FORINT	6
FORRIT	6
FORTIN	6
FRICOT	6
ICONIC	6
INTORT	6
INTRON	6
IRONIC	6
NOCINO	6
NONFIT	6
NONION	6
NONTIN	6
NORRIN	6
NOTION	6
OCTOIC	6
OCTROI	6
ONONIN	6
OROTIC	6
OTITIC	6
ROCOCO	6
ROCOTO	6
ROTINI	6
TOCINO	6
TOITOI	6
TRICOT	6
TRIRON	6
TRITON	6
TROTRO	6
CIRIO	5
COCCI	^† 5
COION	5
CONIC	5
CONTO	5
CORNI	5
CORNO	5
CROCI	^† 5
CROFT	5
CROON	5
FONIO	5
FRICO	5
FROIN	5
FRONT	5
FROOT	5
INFON	5
INION	5
INTRO	5
IONIC	5
IRORI	5
NINON	5
NITON	5
NITRO	5
NONIC	5
NONNO	5
NOOIT	5
OCTIC	5
ONION	5
ONTIC	5
ORCIN	5
RONIN	5
RORIC	5
ROTON	5
ROTOR	5
TONIC	5
TONIR	5
TONOI	^† 5
TONTO	5
TORIC	5
TORII	5
TORNI	5
TRION	5
TRIOR	5
TROCO	5
TRONC	5

† plural noun

CI x 2	CO x 35	CR x 10
FI x 9	FO x 9	FR x 9
IC x 1	IN x 13	IO x 1	IR x 2
NI x 8	NO x 23
OC x 5	ON x 5	OR x 2	OT x 2
RI x 1	RO x 8
TI x 1	TO x 11	TR x 14

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