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February 9, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 9, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with HE.


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center letter KCEHINT
Spelling Bee for February 9, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter E: August 10, 2024
Center letter T: August 24, 2022
Center letter N: July 21, 2018

words: 107
score: 589 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 2
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

C x 11
E x 5
H x 6
I x 2
K x 56
N x 7
T x 20

4L x 26
5L x 24
6L x 27
7L x 17
8L x 6
9L x 3
10L x 1
11L x 1
12L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
C 1 4 2 3 - - 1 - - 11
E 1 1 3 - - - - - - 5
H 3 - 1 1 - 1 - - - 6
I - 1 1 - - - - - - 2
K 16 13 12 8 4 1 - 1 1 56
N 2 - 2 1 - 1 - - 1 7
T 3 5 6 4 2 - - - - 20
tot 26 24 27 17 6 3 1 1 2 107

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CH x 11
EC x 1 EK x 2 EN x 2
HE x 2 HI x 4
HEC x 1 HEI x 1
IN x 2
KE x 17 KH x 5 KI x 27 KN x 6 KT x 1
NE x 4 NI x 3
TC x 1 TE x 6 TH x 7 TI x 6

plu 4 9 10 tot
C - - 1 1
K 1 - - 1
N - 1 - 1
tot 1 1 1 3

debut appearances 3

KITCHEN, KITCHENET, KITCHENETTE, NICKENICHITE, THICKEN, THICKNET

word       length      
CHECK 5
CHEEK 5
CHEEKE 6
CHEEKTEETH  10
CHEKI 5
CHICK 5
CHICKEE 7
CHICKEN 7
CHICKIE 7
CHIK 4
CHIKEE 6
ECKIE 5
EKKI 4
EKTENE 6
ENKNIT 6
ENTEKI 6
HECK 4
HEITIKI 7
HICK 4
HICKIE 6
HIKE 4
HITCHHIKE 9 debut
INKEN 5
INKNIT 6
KECK 4
KECKITE 7
KEECH 5
KEEK 4
KEEN 4
KEET 4
KEIKI 5
KENCH 5
KENKE 5
KENNET 6
KENNETIC 8
KENNICK 7
KENT 4
KENTE 5 allowed elsewhere
KETCH 5
KETENE 6
KETINE 6
KHEN 4
KHENE 5
KHET 4
KHETH 5
KHINITE 7
KICK 4
KICKEE 6
KIEKIE 6
KIKI 4
KINCHIN 7
KINE  4
KINECTIN 8
KINETIC 7
KINETIN 7
KINETINE 8
KINETITE 8
KINHIN 6
KINIC 5
KININ 5
KINK 4
KINNIKINNICK 12
KITCHEN 7 perfect pangram
KITCHENET 9 pangram
KITCHENETTE 11 pangram
KITE 4
KITH 4
KITHE 5
KITT 4
KITTEE 6
KITTEH 6
KITTEN 6
KITTIE 6
KNECK 5
KNEE 4
KNICK 5
KNIT 4
KNITCH 6
KNITTEN 7
KTETIC 6
NECK 4
NECKTEETH  9
NECKTIE 7
NEKTIC 6
NICK 4
NICKENICHITE 12 pangram
NIKKEI 6
TCHICK 6
TEIKEI 6
TEKKE 5
TEKKIE 6
TEKTIN 6
TEKTITE 7
TEKTITIC 8
THEEK 5
THICK 5
THICKEN 7 perfect pangram
THICKET 7 debut
THICKIE 7
THICKNET 8 pangram
THINK 5
TICK 4
TICKEN 6
TICKET 6 debut
TIKE 4
TIKI 4
TIKKI 5

† plural noun

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