January 28, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

January 28, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 28, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with NI.

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Instructions

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Spelling Bee for January 28, 2021

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Center letter D: January 14, 2023

words: 205
score: 1,282 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 1
plurals: 11
bingo: yes

A x 61
C x 95
D x 10
G x 6
I x 14
N x 9
R x 10

4L x 24
5L x 36
6L x 52
7L x 46
8L x 30
9L x 11
10L x 5
13L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	13	tot
A	6	12	13	13	10	5	2	-	61
C	15	16	23	21	12	5	3	-	95
D	-	2	5	1	2	-	-	-	10
G	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	6
I	2	2	3	5	1	-	-	1	14
N	1	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	9
R	-	1	4	2	2	1	-	-	10
tot	24	36	52	46	30	11	5	1	205

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AC x 34	AD x 1	AG x 5	AI x 1	AN x 5	AR x 15
CA x 62	CI x 15	CN x 3	CR x 15
DA x 3	DI x 6	DR x 1
GA x 4	GR x 2
IC x 3	ID x 1	IN x 8	IR x 2
NA x 7	NI x 2
NIA x 1	NIC x 1
RA x 3	RI x 7

plu	4	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	1	-	1	1	1	1	5
C	-	2	1	1	1	-	5
I	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
tot	1	2	2	3	2	1	11

debut appearances	11
newly disallowed words	1	radicand

ARCADING, CANARDING, CARANGID, CARDIGAN, CARDING, INCARNADINING

word	length
ACACIA	6
ACACIIN	7
ACACIN	6
ACADA	5
ACAI	4
ACANA	5
ACARA	5
ACARDIA	7
ACARDIAC	8
ACARDIACI	^† 9
ACARI	5
ACARIAN	7
ACARID	6
ACARIDAN	8
ACARIDIAN	9
ACARINARIA	10
ACCA	4
ACCIDIA	7
ACCINGING	9
ACCRA	5
ACID	4
ACIDIC	6
ACINACI	^† 7
ACINAR	6
ACING	5
ACINI	5
ACINIC	6
ACRA	4
ACRANIA	7
ACRID	5
ACRIDAN	7
ACRIDIAN	8
ACRIDID	7
ACRIDIN	7
ADIC	4
AGARIC	6
AGARICIC	8
AGARICIID	9
AGARICINIC	10
AGGADIC	7
AIRCAR	6
ANACARDIC	9
ANACIDIC	8
ANDIC	5
ANICCA	6
ANIRIDIC	8
ARACA	5
ARACANID	8
ARACARI	7
ARANCINI	^† 8	allowed elsewhere
ARCADIA	7
ARCADIAN	8
ARCADING	8	pangram
ARCANA	^† 6
ARCI	^† 4
ARCID	5
ARCING	6	debut
ARGIC	5
ARIDIC	6
ARNICA	6	allowed elsewhere
ARNICIN	7
CAAING	6
CACA	4
CADDID	6
CADGING	7	debut
CADI	4
CADING	6
CAGING	6
CAID	4
CAINGIN	7
CAIR	4
CAIRD	5
CAIRING	7
CAIRN	5
CANACID	7
CANADA	6
CANARD	6
CANARDING	9	pangram
CANCAN	6
CANCANNING	10
CANCRID	7
CAND	4
CANDARIN	8
CANDICIDIN	10
CANDID	6
CANDIDA	7
CANDIDID	8
CANG	4
CANID	5
CANING	6
CANINI	6
CANN	4
CANNA	5
CANNING	7
CARAC	5
CARACARA	8
CARACCA	7
CARAGANA	8
CARANA	6
CARANDA	7
CARANGID	8	pangram
CARANGIN	8
CARANNA	7
CARCINID	8
CARD	4
CARDIA	6
CARDIAC	7
CARDICIAN	9
CARDIGAN	8	pangram, debut
CARDIID	7
CARDING	7	perfect pangram, debut
CARIAD	6
CARID	5
CARIGNAN	8
CARINA	6
CARINARIA	9
CARINARIID	10
CARING	6	debut
CARN	4
CARNID	6
CARNIN	6
CARR	4
CARRI	5
CICAD	5
CICADA	6
CICADID	7
CICINNI	^† 7
CIDARID	7
CIGAR	5
CIID	4
CINCINNI	^† 8
CIRANDA	7
CIRCA	5
CIRCADIAN	9
CIRCAR	6
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRRI	^† 5
CIRRID	6
CNIDA	5
CNIDARIAN	9
CNIDICIN	8
CRACID	6
CRAG	4
CRAIC	5
CRAIG	5
CRAN	4
CRANG	5
CRANIA	^† 6
CRANIAD	7
CRANIC	6
CRANIID	7
CRANING	7	debut
CRIA	4
CRIN	4
CRINGING	8	debut
CRINING	7
DANCING	7	debut
DARCIN	6
DARIC	5
DIACID	6
DIACIDIC	8
DIADIC	6
DIANDRIC	8
DICING	6
DINIC	5
DRACIN	6
GACACA	6
GADIC	5
GARANCIN	8
GARCINIA	8
GRACING	7	debut
GRICING	7
ICARIDIN	8
ICARIIN	7
ICING	5
IDIC	4
INCA	4
INCARN	6
INCARNADINING	13	pangram
INDIACA	7
INDICA	6
INDICAN	7
INDICIA	^† 7
INIAC	5
IRAGGIC	7
IRIDIC	6
NANCING	7
NANGCA	6
NARC	4
NARCING	7
NARCINID	8
NARIC	5
NARICA	6
NIACIN	6
NICAD	5
RACING	6	debut
RADICAND	8	newly disallowed
RANCID	6
RICANIID	8
RICCARDIN	9
RICIN	5
RICING	6	debut
RICINIA	7
RICINIC	7
RICRAC	6

† plural noun

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