March 24, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from March 24, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IC.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Please note: The New York Times Spelling Bee suffered an outage for several hours on the morning of March 24, 2021. Before the official puzzle for that date finally went live, as shown below, an interim puzzle was released to bridge the gap.
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Center letter O: January 26, 2024Center letter N: November 22, 2021
Center letter U: September 21, 2020
words: 141
score: 763 pts
pangrams: 3
plurals: 13
bingo: yes
C x 26
F x 20
I x 19
N x 28
O x 14
T x 20
U x 14
4L x 31
5L x 36
6L x 33
7L x 15
8L x 14
9L x 5
10L x 6
11L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot | |
| C | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 26 |
| F | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 20 |
| I | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 19 |
| N | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| O | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 14 |
| T | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 20 |
| U | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 14 |
| tot | 31 | 36 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 141 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| CI x 4 | CO x 16 | CU x 6 | ||
| FI x 13 | FO x 4 | FU x 3 | ||
| IC x 3 | IN x 15 | IO x 1 | ||
| ICO x 2 | ICT x 1 | |||
| NI x 7 | NO x 17 | NU x 4 | ||
| OC x 4 | OI x 1 | ON x 5 | OT x 3 | OU x 1 |
| TI x 9 | TO x 6 | TU x 5 | ||
| UN x 14 |
| plu | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| C | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| N | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| U | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| tot | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| debut appearances | 0 |
COFUNCTION, FUNCTION, NONFUNCTION
| word | length | |||
| CICINNI | † 7 | |||
| CINCINNI | † 8 | |||
| CINCT | 5 | |||
| CION | 4 | |||
| COCCI | † 5 | |||
| COCCIC | 6 | |||
| COFFIN | 6 | |||
| COFOCI | † 6 | |||
| COFUNCTION | 10 | pangram | ||
| COIF | 4 | |||
| COIN | 4 | |||
| COION | 5 | |||
| COITION | 7 | |||
| CONCOCTION | 10 | |||
| CONFIT | 6 | |||
| CONI | 4 | |||
| CONIC | 5 | |||
| CONTINUO | 8 | |||
| COUNION | 7 | |||
| COUNIT | 6 | |||
| CUFFIN | 6 | |||
| CUIF | 4 | |||
| CUIT | 4 | |||
| CUIUI | 5 | |||
| CUTIN | 5 | |||
| CUTINITIC | 9 | |||
| FICIN | 5 | |||
| FICO | 4 | |||
| FICTION | 7 | |||
| FIFI | 4 | |||
| FINFOOT | 7 | |||
| FINIF | 5 | |||
| FINIFF | 6 | |||
| FINITO | 6 | |||
| FINNIF | 6 | |||
| FINNIFF | 7 | |||
| FINNOC | 6 | |||
| FINO | 4 | |||
| FITOUT | 6 | |||
| FOCI | † 4 | |||
| FOIN | 4 | |||
| FOITITIC | 8 | |||
| FONIO | 5 | |||
| FUCI | † 4 | |||
| FUNCTION | 8 | pangram | ||
| FUNIC | 5 | |||
| ICON | 4 | |||
| ICONIC | 6 | |||
| ICTIC | 5 | |||
| INCONNU | 7 | |||
| INCUT | 5 | |||
| INFIT | 5 | |||
| INFO | 4 | |||
| INFON | 5 | |||
| INION | 5 | |||
| INNIT | 5 | |||
| INOTOCIN | 8 | |||
| INTI | 4 | |||
| INTINCTION | 10 | |||
| INTO | 4 | |||
| INTUIT | 6 | |||
| INTUITION | 9 | |||
| INUNCT | 6 | |||
| INUNCTION | 9 | |||
| IONIC | 5 | |||
| NICOTIC | 7 | |||
| NICOTIN | 7 | |||
| NICOTINIC | 9 | |||
| NIFF | 4 | |||
| NINON | 5 | |||
| NITIC | 5 | |||
| NITON | 5 | |||
| NOCINO | 6 | |||
| NOIT | 4 | |||
| NONFICTION | 10 | |||
| NONFIT | 6 | |||
| NONFUNCTION | 11 | pangram | ||
| NONI | 4 | |||
| NONIC | 5 | |||
| NONICONIC | 9 | |||
| NONION | 6 | |||
| NONIONIC | 8 | |||
| NONTIN | 6 | |||
| NONTONIC | 8 | |||
| NONTUITION | 10 | |||
| NONUNION | 8 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| NONUNIT | 7 | |||
| NOOIT | 5 | |||
| NOTION | 6 | |||
| NUCIN | 5 | |||
| NUNCII | † 6 | |||
| NUNCIO | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| NUNTII | † 6 | |||
| OCTIC | 5 | |||
| OCTOIC | 6 | |||
| OCTONION | 8 | |||
| OCTONIONIC | 10 | |||
| OINT | 4 | |||
| ONCOTIC | 7 | |||
| ONION | 5 | |||
| ONOI | † 4 | |||
| ONONIN | 6 | |||
| ONTIC | 5 | |||
| OTIC | 4 | |||
| OTITIC | 6 | |||
| OTOCONIN | 8 | |||
| OUTFIT | 6 | |||
| TIFF | 4 | |||
| TIFFIN | 6 | |||
| TIFT | 4 | |||
| TINCT | 5 | |||
| TINCTION | 8 | |||
| TINNITIC | 8 | |||
| TINT | 4 | |||
| TITI | 4 | |||
| TITIN | 5 | |||
| TOCINO | 6 | |||
| TOIT | 4 | |||
| TOITOI | 6 | |||
| TONI | † 4 | |||
| TONIC | 5 | |||
| TONOI | † 5 | |||
| TUITION | 7 | |||
| TUNIC | 5 | |||
| TUNICIN | 7 | |||
| TUTIN | 5 | |||
| TUTTI | 5 | |||
| UNCI | † 4 | |||
| UNCINI | † 6 | |||
| UNCOFFIN | 8 | |||
| UNCOIF | 6 | |||
| UNCOIN | 6 | |||
| UNCTION | 7 | |||
| UNFIT | 5 | |||
| UNICONIC | 8 | |||
| UNIFIC | 6 | |||
| UNIO | 4 | |||
| UNION | 5 | |||
| UNIT | 4 | |||
| UNITION | 7 | |||
| UNTIN | 5 |
† plural noun