August 1, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 1, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 1, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IL.

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Instructions

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Spelling Bee for August 1, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter C: October 22, 2022
Center letter L: December 14, 2020

words: 241
score: 1,105 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

A x 59
C x 70
I x 12
L x 32
M x 50
O x 9
Y x 9

4L x 76
5L x 65
6L x 49
7L x 24
8L x 15
9L x 7
10L x 3
11L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	17	12	18	3	3	3	1	2	59
C	18	16	17	8	6	3	2	-	70
I	2	6	2	2	-	-	-	-	12
L	12	11	4	4	1	-	-	-	32
M	19	15	5	6	4	1	-	-	50
O	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	9
Y	5	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	9
tot	76	65	49	24	15	7	3	2	241

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AC x 15	AI x 2	AL x 26	AM x 15
CA x 28	CC x 1	CI x 6	CL x 10	CO x 19	CY x 6
IC x 1	IL x 8	IM x 3
ILA x 2	ILI x 5	ILL x 1
LA x 14	LI x 6	LL x 1	LO x 11
MA x 35	MI x 5	MO x 6	MY x 4
OC x 1	OL x 5	OM x 1	OO x 2
YA x 7	YO x 2

plu	4	5	6	7	tot
A	-	1	-	-	1
C	-	1	-	1	2
I	1	-	1	-	2
tot	1	2	1	1	5

debut appearances

COMICALLY

word	length
AALII	5
ACACIA	6
ACACIO	6
ACAI	4
ACALYCAL	8
ACCA	4
ACCLAIM	7
ACCOMA	6
ACMIC	5
ACOCIL	6
ACOMIA	6
ACYCLIC	7
ACYCLICAL	9
ACYCLICALLY	11
ACYL	4
ACYLAL	6
AIOLI	5
AIYO	4
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALAMO	5
ALCAIC	6
ALCO	4
ALCOOL	6
ALICYCLIC	9
ALIM	4
ALIYA	5
ALLAY	5
ALLIACOL	8
ALLOCYCLIC	10
ALLOIC	6
ALLOLALIA	9
ALLOY	5
ALLY	4
ALLYL	5
ALLYLIC	7
ALLYLICALLY	11
ALMA	4
ALMAMI	6
ALMAMY	6
ALOC	4
ALOLL	5
ALOO	4
AMALA	5
AMIA	4
AMIC	4
AMICAL	6
AMICI	^† 5
AMIL	4
AMIMIA	6
AMIMIC	6
AMLA	4
AMMA	4
AMMIOL	6
AMMO	4
AMOLILLA	8
AMYL	4
AMYLIC	6
CACA	4
CACAO	5
CAICCO	6
CAIMAC	6
CAIMACAM	8
CALALOO	7
CALAMI	6
CALCIC	6
CALCIOL	7
CALICO	6
CALL	4
CALLA	5
CALLALOO	8
CALLI	5
CALLIMICO	9
CALLOO	6
CALM	4
CALMLY	6
CALMY	5
CALO	4
CAMA	4
CAMACA	6
CAMAIL	6
CAMI	4
CAMIA	5
CAMO	4
CAYCAY	6
CAYO	4
CCOYA	5
CIAO	4
CICALA	6
CILIA	^† 5
CILIAL	6
CILIOLA	7
CIMA	4
CLAIM	5
CLAM	4
CLAMMILY	8
CLAMMY	6
CLAY	4
CLIMACI	^† 7
CLOACA	6
CLOACAL	7
CLOACALLY	9
CLOAM	5
COAL	4
COALA	5
COALLY	6
COALY	5
COCA	4
COCAL	5
COCCAL	6
COCOA	5
COCOYAM	7
COLA	4
COLICAL	7
COLLA	5
COLLOCAL	8
COMA	4
COMAL	5
COMICAL	7
COMICALLY	9	pangram
COMMA	5
COYA	4
CYCLAM	6
CYCLAMIC	8
CYCLICAL	8
CYCLICALLY	10
CYCLOALLYL	10
CYMA	4
ICACO	5
ILALA	5
ILAMA	5
ILIA	^† 4
ILIAC	5
ILIACAL	7
ILIACI	^† 6
ILIAL	5
ILLICIA	7
IMALA	5
IMAM	4
IMAMIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACILY	6
LACY	4
LAIC	4
LAICAL	6
LAICALLY	8
LALL	4
LALLY	5
LALO	4
LAMA	4
LAMIA	5
LAMMY	5
LAOYA	5
LAYA	4
LIAO	4
LILA	4
LILAC	5
LIMA	4
LIMAIL	6
LIMMA	5
LLAMA	5
LOAM	4
LOAMILY	7
LOAMY	5
LOCA	4
LOCAL	5
LOCALIC	7
LOCALLY	7
LOCAO	5
LOMA	4
LOYAL	5
LOYALLY	7
MACA	4
MACACO	6
MACCO	5
MACO	4
MAIL	4
MAILO	5
MAILY	5
MAIM	4
MAIOLICA	8
MALA	4
MALACCA	7
MALACIA	7
MALACIC	7
MALAI	5
MALI	4
MALIA	5
MALIC	5
MALL	4
MALLAM	6
MALM	4
MALMY	5
MALO	4
MALOCA	6
MAMA	4
MAMALOI	7
MAMI	4
MAMILLA	7
MAMMA	5
MAMMAL	6
MAMMILLA	8
MAMO	4
MAOLI	5
MAOMAO	6
MAYA	4
MAYO	4
MIAI	4
MICA	4
MILIA	5
MIMICAL	7
MIMICALLY	9
MOAI	4
MOLA	4
MOLAL	5
MOMMA	5
MOOLA	5
MOYAMOYA	8
MYAL	4
MYALL	5
MYOCOMMA	8
MYOMA	5
OCCAMY	6
OLAY	4
OLLA	4
OLLAM	5
OLLAY	5
OLOMAO	6
OMIAI	5
OOAA	4
OOMIAC	6
YACAL	5
YACCA	5
YALI	4
YAMAIMO	7
YAMAMOMO	8
YAYA	4
YAYO	4
YOAL	4
YOLA	4

† plural noun

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