December 9, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 9, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 9, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with TE.

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Spelling Bee for December 9, 2022

words: 285
score: 1,704 pts
pangrams: 7
plurals: 17
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AG x 15	AL x 11	AM x 3	AN x 12	AT x 1
EA x 3	EG x 4	EL x 2	EM x 1	EN x 11
GA x 54	GE x 36	GL x 11	GN x 4
LA x 11	LE x 12
MA x 28	ME x 22	MG x 1
NA x 8	NE x 4
TA x 21	TE x 10
TEA x 1	TEE x 1	TEG x 5	TEL x 1	TEN x 2

plu	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	1	-	-	-	-	1
E	-	1	-	-	-	1
G	1	3	3	-	1	8
L	-	1	1	1	-	3
M	-	-	2	-	-	2
T	-	-	1	1	-	2
tot	2	5	7	2	1	17

debut appearances	12
previously disallowed debuts	2
newly disallowed words	3	legman, legmen, menage

ALLEGEMENT, ENTANGLEMENT, GENTLEMAN, MALMANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENTAL, TANGLEMENT, TEGMENTAL

word	length
AGAL	4
AGAMA	5
AGAMETE	7
AGATE	5
AGEE	4
AGEMATE	7
AGENE	5
AGENT	5
AGLEAM	6
AGLEE	5
AGLET	5
AGMA	4
AGNAME	6
AGNATE	6
AGNEL	5
ALANG	5
ALEGAL	6
ALGA	4
ALGAE	^† 5
ALGAL	5
ALGENATE	8
ALLEGATE	8
ALLEGE	6
ALLEGEMENT	10	pangram
ALMAGATE	8
ALNAGE	6
AMALGAM	7
AMALGAMA	8
AMALGAMATE	10	debut
ANAGEN	6
ANALGEN	7
ANALGENE	8
ANANGEA	7
ANGEL	5
ANGELAGE	8
ANGELATE	8
ANGELET	7
ANGELL	6
ANGLE	5
ANLAGE	6
ANLAGEN	7
ATTAGAL	7
EAGLE	5
EAGLET	6
EATAGE	6
EGGETTE	7
EGGMAN	6
EGGMEN	^† 6
EGGNANT	7
ELEGANT	7
ELEGANTE	8
EMGALLA	7
ENALLAGE	8
ENGAGE	6
ENGAGEANTE	10
ENGAGEE	7
ENGAGEMENT	10	debut
ENGELANG	8
ENGLE	5
ENGMA	5
ENNAGE	6
ENTANGLE	8
ENTANGLEMENT	12	pangram, debut
GAGA	4
GAGE	4
GAGGEE	6
GAGGLE	6
GAGMAN	6
GAGMEN	^† 6
GALA	4
GALAGE	6
GALANGA	7
GALANGAL	8
GALANT	6
GALATEA	7
GALE	4
GALEA	5
GALEAE	^† 6
GALEAL	6
GALEATE	7
GALENA	6
GALET	5
GALETTE	7
GALL	4
GALLANE	7
GALLANT	7
GALLATE	7
GALLET	6
GALLETA	7
GAMA	4
GAME	4
GAMELAN	7	debut, previously disallowed
GAMETAL	7
GAMETE	6
GAMGEE	6
GAMMA	5
GAMME	5
GANE	4
GANG	4
GANGA	5
GANGE	5
GANGLE	6
GANGMAN	7
GANGMATE	8
GANGMEN	^† 7
GANNA	5
GANNET	6
GANT	4
GANTA	5
GANTANG	7
GANTLET	7
GATA	4
GATE	4
GATELEG	7
GATEMAN	7
GATEMEN	^† 7
GATTA	5
GEAL	4
GEAN	4
GEAT	4
GEET	4
GEGG	4
GELANT	6
GELATE	6
GELEE	5
GELL	4
GELLAN	6
GELLANT	7
GELT	4
GEMEL	5
GEMELL	6
GEMELLE	7
GEMMA	5
GEMMAE	^† 6
GEMMAL	6
GEMMATE	7
GENA	4
GENAE	^† 5
GENAL	5
GENE	4
GENEAT	6
GENELET	7
GENET	5
GENETTE	7
GENNEL	6
GENNET	6
GENT	4
GENTEEL	7
GENTLE	6
GENTLEMAN	9	pangram, debut
GENTLEMEN	^† 9	debut
GETA	4
GETT	4
GLAM	4
GLATT	5
GLEAM	5
GLEAN	5
GLEE	4
GLEEMAN	7
GLEEMEN	^† 7
GLEET	5
GLEG	4
GLEN	4
GLENT	5
GNAG	4
GNAMMA	6
GNAT	4
GNETALEAN	9
LAGAENA	7
LAGAENAE	^† 8
LAGAN	5
LAGENA	6
LAGENAE	^† 7
LAGGEN	6
LAGTANG	7
LALANG	6
LANG	4
LANGATE	7
LANGET	6
LEAG	4
LEEANGLE	8
LEGAL	5
LEGATE	6
LEGATEE	7	debut, previously disallowed
LEGLEN	6
LEGLET	6
LEGMAN	6	newly disallowed
LEGMEN	^† 6	newly disallowed
LEMANG	6
LENG	4
LENGA	5
MAGATAMA	8
MAGE	4
MAGENTA	7	debut
MAGMA	5
MAGMATA	^† 7
MAGNA	5
MAGNATE	7	debut
MAGNET	6	debut
MALAGAN	7
MALANGA	7
MALANGAN	8
MALANGGAN	9
MALATANG	8
MALMAG	6
MALMANAGEMENT	13	pangram
MANAGE	6
MANAGEE	7
MANAGEMENT	10	debut
MANAGEMENTAL	12	pangram
MANEGE	6
MANG	4
MANGA	5
MANGAL	6
MANGANATE	9
MANGE	5
MANGEL	6
MANGEMANGE	10
MANGLE	6
MEGA	4
MEGAGAME	8
MEGAGAMETE	10
MEGAMALL	8
MEGAMAMMAL	10
MEGAMAN	7
MEGAMEN	^† 7
MEGATEAM	8
MELANGE	7
MELTAGE	7
MENAGE	6	newly disallowed
MENG	4
METAGALLATE	11
METAGAME	8
METAGE	6
METAGEE	7
METAGENE	8
METALEGAL	9
METAMAGNET	10
METATAG	7
METEG	5
METEMGEE	8
MGANGA	6
NAGA	4
NAGANA	6
NAGGLE	6
NAGMAAL	7
NAMETAG	7	debut
NANG	4
NANGA	5
NATLANG	7
NEGATA	6
NEGATE	6
NETGAME	7
NETLAG	6
TAGET	5
TAGETE	6
TAGETTE	7
TAGGANT	7
TAGGEE	6
TAGLET	6
TAGMA	5
TAGMATA	^† 7
TAGMEME	7
TAGMENT	7
TALEGALLA	9
TALLAGE	7
TALLEGALANE	11
TANG	4
TANGA	5
TANGENA	7
TANGENT	7
TANGENTAL	9
TANGLE	6
TANGLEMENT	10	pangram
TANNAGE	7
TEAGLE	6
TEENAGE	7
TEGATANA	8
TEGG	4
TEGMEN	6
TEGMENTA	^† 8
TEGMENTAL	9	pangram
TELEGA	6
TENGE	5
TENTAGE	7

† plural noun

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