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December 17, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 17, 2021, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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 VDEIOPT
Spelling Bee for December 17, 2021

words: 77
score: 392 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

D x 27
E x 5
I x 1
O x 2
P x 7
T x 3
V x 32

4L x 18
5L x 15
6L x 24
7L x 13
8L x 6
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
D 6 5 8 6 1 1 27
E 1 1 2 1 - - 5
I - 1 - - - - 1
O 1 1 - - - - 2
P - 3 2 1 1 - 7
T - - 1 - 2 - 3
V 10 4 11 5 2 - 32
tot 18 15 24 13 6 1 77

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DE x 13 DI x 13 DO x 1
EV x 5
IV x 1
OV x 2
PE x 4 PI x 2 PO x 1
TE x 1 TO x 1 TV x 1
VE x 9 VI x 11 VO x 12

debut appearances 16

PIVOTED

word       length      
DEEV 4
DEEVE 5
DEEVED 6
DEVITOITE 9
DEVIVE 6
DEVIVED 7
DEVO 4
DEVOID 6 debut
DEVOT 5
DEVOTE 6 debut
DEVOTED 7 debut
DEVOTEE 7 debut
DEVOTO 6
DIVE 4
DIVED 5
DIVET 5
DIVI 4
DIVIDE 6
DIVIDED 7
DIVIDIVI 8
DIVIED 6
DIVO 4
DIVOT 5 debut
DIVOTED 7
DIVVIE 6
DIVVIED 7
DOVE 4
EVEITE 6
EVET 4
EVETIDE 7
EVITE 5
EVITED 6
IVIED 5
OVOID 5 debut
OVOO 4
PEEVE 5
PEEVED 6 debut
PEEVIT 6
PETITIVE 8
PIVOT 5 debut
PIVOTED 7 perfect pangram, debut
POVVO 5
TEEVEE 6
TOTITIVE 8
TVEITITE 8
VEDETTE 7
VEED 4
VEEP 4
VEEPEE 6
VETITIVE 8
VETO 4
VETOED 6 debut
VETTED 6
VEVE 4
VIDDIED 7
VIDE 4
VIDED 5
VIDEO 5 debut
VIDEOED 7 debut
VIDETE 6
VIDETTE 7
VIDIOT 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
VIED 4
VITE 4
VIVID 5
VODDIE 6
VOID 4 debut
VOIDED 6 debut
VOIDEE 6
VOIVOD 6
VOIVODE 7
VOODOO 6
VOODOOED 8
VOOP 4
VOTE 4
VOTED 5 debut
VOTIVE 6

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