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September 17, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 17, 2023, 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 LACNORT
Spelling Bee for September 17, 2023

words: 238
score: 1,300 pts
pangrams: 3
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 40
C x 80
L x 38
N x 25
O x 15
R x 12
T x 28

4L x 52
5L x 56
6L x 36
7L x 47
8L x 27
9L x 15
10L x 4
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 8 11 7 8 1 4 1 - 40
C 12 14 14 22 11 4 3 - 80
L 14 12 5 4 1 1 - 1 38
N 5 3 - 7 7 3 - - 25
O 3 3 2 4 1 2 - - 15
R 3 3 3 1 2 - - - 12
T 7 10 5 1 4 1 - - 28
tot 52 56 36 47 27 15 4 1 238

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 5 AL x 20 AN x 5 AO x 1 AR x 4 AT x 5
CA x 27 CL x 10 CO x 38 CR x 5
LA x 14 LL x 1 LO x 23
NA x 7 NO x 18
OC x 6 OL x 2 ON x 1 OR x 5 OT x 1
RA x 1 RO x 11
TA x 13 TL x 1 TO x 13 TR x 1

debut appearances 4

CANTORAL, COLORANT, CONTRALTO

word       length      
ACLONAL 7
ACOCOTL 7
ACRAL 5
ACRONAL 7
ACTOL 5
ALALA 5
ALAN 4
ALANNA 6
ALANT 5
ALANTOL 7
ALAR 4
ALCANNA 7
ALCANTARA 9
ALCO 4
ALCOOL 6
ALCORNOCO 9
ALLOCATOR 9
ALLOT 5
ALLOTON 7
ALOC 4
ALOLL 5
ALOO 4
ALTA 4
ALTAR 5
ALTO 4
ANAL 4
ANCAROLOL 9
ANCONAL 7
ANNAL 5
ANTRAL 6
AORTAL 6
ARNOLOL 7
AROLLA 6
ARROTOLATA 10
ARTAL 5
ATALL 5
ATLANTAL 8
ATLATL 6
ATOLL 5
ATONAL 6
CALALOO 7
CALCANT 7
CALCAR 6
CALL 4
CALLA 5
CALLALOO 8
CALLANT 7
CALLOO 6
CALO 4
CALORON 7
CANAL 5
CANNOLO 7
CANOLA 6
CANTAL 6
CANTALA 7
CANTONAL 8
CANTORAL 8 pangram
CARACAL 7
CARL 4
CARLOT 6
CARNAL 6
CAROL 5
CAROTOL 7
CATALO 6
CATARACTAL 10
CATCALL 7
CATTALO 7
CLAN 4
CLARO 5
CLART 5
CLAT 4
CLOACA 6
CLOACAL 7
CLONAL 6
CLOOT 5
CLORANOLOL 10
CLOT 4
COAL 4
COALA 5
COALTAR 7
COCAL 5
COCCAL 6
COLA 4
COLCANNON 9
COLL 4
COLLA 5
COLLAR 6
COLLATOR 8
COLLOCAL 8
COLLOCANT 9
COLLOCATOR 10
COLO 4
COLOANAL 8
COLOCOLO 8
COLON 5
COLOR 5
COLORANT 8 pangram, debut
COLORON 7
COLOROTO 8
COLT 4
COLTAN 6
CONAL 5
CONATAL 7
CONCOLOR 8
CONNATAL 8
CONTRALTO 9 pangram, debut
CONTROL 7 debut
COOL 4
COOLANT 7 debut
CORAL 5
CORALLA 7
CORALROOT 9
COROLLA 7
CORONAL 7
CORRAL 6
CROOL 5
CROTAL 6
CROTALA 7
CROTALO 7
CROTTAL 7
LACTANT 7
LACTATOR 8
LACTOCOCCAL 11
LACTOL 6
LALL 4
LALLAN 6
LALO 4
LANA 4
LANT 4
LANTANA 7
LARNT 5
LATA 4
LATON 5
LATRANT 7
LLANO 5
LOAN 4
LOCA 4
LOCAL 5
LOCANT 6
LOCAO 5
LOCATOR 7
LOCO 4
LOCON 5
LOLCAT 6
LOLL 4
LOLOT 5
LONA 4
LONCO 5
LONTAR 6
LOON 4
LOOT 4
LOOTOCRAT 9
LORAL 5
LORAN 5
LORN 4
LOTA 4
LOTTA 5
LOTTO 5
NALA 4
NALL 4
NALLA 5
NANOCANAL 9
NANOTOOL 8
NARANOL 7
NATAL 5
NOLA 4
NOLL 4
NOLO 4
NONACRAL 8
NONANAL 7
NONANOL 7
NONCALL 7
NONCANAL 8
NONCARNAL 9
NONCLONAL 9
NONCOAL 7
NONCOLA 7
NONCOLOR 8
NONCORAL 8
NONLOCAL 8
NONORAL 7
NONTONAL 8
NOTAL 5
OCTAL 5
OCTANAL 7
OCTANOL 7
OCTANTAL 8
OCTOCORAL 9
OCTONAL 7
OLLA 4
OLONA 5
ONLOAN 6
ORAL 4
ORLO 4
OROANTRAL 9
ORTOL 5
ORTOLAN 7
OTONAL 6
RATAL 5
ROLL 4
ROLLATOR 8
ROLLCALL 8
RONTAL 6
ROOL 4
RORAL 5
ROTAL 5
ROTL 4
ROTOLO 6
ROTTOL 6
ROTTOLO 7
TALA 4
TALANTON 8
TALAR 5
TALC 4
TALL 4
TALLA 5
TALLAT 6
TALLOT 6
TALON 5
TARLATAN 8
TARLATON 8
TARNAL 6
TARTROLON 9
TLACO 5
TOLA 4
TOLAN 5
TOLAR 5
TOLL 4
TOLLON 6
TOLT 4
TONAL 5
TOOL 4
TOORALOO 8
TORAL 5
TORNAL 6
TOTAL 5
TOTAROL 7
TROLL 5

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