October 11, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

October 11, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 11, 2021, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

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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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Spelling Bee for October 11, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter I: May 6, 2023
Center letter A: August 4, 2020

words: 129
score: 616 pts
pangrams: 6
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 16
C x 21
F x 70
I x 1
L x 7
O x 6
R x 8

4L x 45
5L x 34
6L x 20
7L x 13
8L x 10
9L x 5
10L x 1
13L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	13	tot
A	3	4	4	3	-	1	1	-	16
C	7	5	2	2	2	2	-	1	21
F	23	23	13	7	4	-	-	-	70
I	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
L	5	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	7
O	1	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	6
R	5	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	8
tot	45	34	20	13	10	5	1	1	129

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	4	6	tot
C	-	1	1
F	2	1	3
tot	2	2	4

debut appearances

ACROFACIAL, CALORIFIC, COROLLIFLORAL, ORIFICAL, ORIFICIAL, OROFACIAL

word	length
ACROFACIAL	10	pangram
AFAR	4
AFARA	5
AFFAIR	6
AFOCAL	6
AFRO	4
AIRFALL	7
AIRFOIL	7
ALFAIA	6
ALFALFA	7
ALFIL	5
ALFILARIA	9
ALFOIL	6
ALIF	4
ALOOF	5
ARFAL	5
CAFF	4
CAFFILA	7
CAFILA	6
CALCIFIC	8
CALF	4
CALIF	5
CALORIFIC	9	pangram
CARF	4
CIFAL	5
CLIFF	5
CLOFF	5
CLOOF	5
COFACIAL	8
COFF	4
COFOCAL	7
COFOCI	^† 6
COIF	4
COLORIFIC	9
COOF	4
CORF	4
COROLLIFLORAL	13	pangram
FAAL	4
FACIA	5
FACIAL	6
FAFF	4
FAIL	4
FAIR	4
FALCIAL	7
FALL	4
FALLAL	6
FALLO	5
FALLOFF	7
FARARI	6
FARCICAL	8
FARFAL	6
FARFARA	7
FARIO	5
FARL	4
FARO	4
FAROFA	6
FAROFF	6
FARRO	5
FIAR	4
FICO	4
FIFI	4
FILA	4
FILAR	5
FILARIA	7
FILARIAL	8
FILIAL	6
FILICAL	7
FILICIC	7
FILL	4
FILLO	5
FILO	4
FLAFF	5
FLAIL	5
FLAIR	5
FLIC	4
FLICFLAC	8
FLOC	4
FLOCC	5
FLOCCI	^† 6
FLOOF	5
FLOOR	5
FLOR	4
FLORA	5
FLORAL	6
FOAL	4
FOCACCIA	8
FOCAL	5
FOCI	^† 4
FOIL	4
FOLAR	5
FOLIA	5
FOLIAL	6
FOLIAR	6
FOLIC	5
FOLIO	5
FOOF	4
FOOFOO	6
FOOL	4
FORA	^† 4
FORRILL	7
FRAC	4
FRAIL	5
FRIAR	5
FRICO	5
FRILL	5
FROLF	5
FROLIC	6
IFIL	4
LARF	4
LOAF	4
LOCOFOCO	8
LOFF	4
LOFI	4
LOOF	4
LOOFA	5
OFFAL	5
OFFICIAL	8
OOFF	4
ORIFICAL	8	pangram
ORIFICIAL	9	pangram
OROFACIAL	9	pangram
RAFF	4
RAFFIA	6
RARF	4
RIFF	4
RIFFRAFF	8
ROLF	4
ROLLOFF	7
ROOF	4

† plural noun

AC x 1	AF x 5	AI x 2	AL x 7	AR x 1
CA x 8	CI x 1	CL x 3	CO x 9
FA x 21	FI x 13	FL x 13	FO x 16	FR x 7
IF x 1
LA x 1	LO x 6
OF x 2	OO x 1	OR x 3
RA x 3	RI x 2	RO x 3

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