February 16, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

February 16, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 16, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LI.

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Spelling Bee for February 16, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter L: November 12, 2023
Center letter M: September 30, 2021
Center letter B: August 30, 2020

words: 197
score: 1,109 pts
pangrams: 3
plurals: 15
bingo: yes

B x 36
E x 23
I x 23
L x 31
M x 31
N x 26
T x 27

4L x 38
5L x 35
6L x 52
7L x 33
8L x 29
9L x 4
10L x 3
11L x 2
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
B	8	6	6	7	4	2	1	1	1	36
E	-	6	5	7	3	1	-	1	-	23
I	3	7	5	2	4	-	2	-	-	23
L	7	7	7	6	3	1	-	-	-	31
M	5	3	8	7	8	-	-	-	-	31
N	10	3	11	-	2	-	-	-	-	26
T	5	3	10	4	5	-	-	-	-	27
tot	38	35	52	33	29	4	3	2	1	197

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

BE x 19	BI x 14	BL x 3
EB x 1	EL x 6	EM x 6	EN x 9	ET x 1
IL x 3	IM x 5	IN x 15
LE x 10	LI x 21
LIE x 3	LIM x 5	LIN x 12	LIT x 1
ME x 12	MI x 18	MN x 1
NE x 14	NI x 12
TE x 16	TI x 11

plu	5	6	7	tot
B	-	1	3	4
L	-	-	2	2
M	-	1	2	3
N	1	1	-	2
T	-	3	1	4
tot	1	6	8	15

debut appearances	1
previously disallowed debuts	1

BELEMNITE, BELITTLEMENT, BILIMENT

word	length
BELITTLEMENT	12	pangram
BINIMETINIB	11
ENTITLEMENT	11
BENNETTITE	10
ILMENITITE	10
IMBIBEMENT	10
BELEMNITE	9	pangram
BEMENTITE	9
EMBLEMENT	9
LINENETTE	9
BELTLINE	8
BENETTLE	8
BILIMENT	8	pangram
BILINITE	8
ELIMINEE	8
EMITTENT	8
ENTITLEE	8
ILLBIENT	8
ILMENITE	8
IMMINENT	8
INNELITE	8
LIMBLINE	8
LIMETTIN	8
LINIMENT	8
MELENITE	8
MELINITE	8
MELITTIN	8
MENILITE	8
MILLINET	8
MIMETENE	8
MINIBITE	8
MINIMILL	8
NELENITE	8
NINETEEN	8
TEINEITE	8
TENEMENT	8
TIMELINE	8
TIMENTIN	8
TINNIENT	8
BEELINE	7
BELLINI	7
BELLMEN	^† 7
BELTMEN	^† 7
BILLMEN	^† 7
BINNITE	7
BITLINE	7
ELEMENT	7
EMBELIN	7
EMETINE	7
EMINENT	7
ENIMINE	7
ENTENTE	7
ENTITLE	7
INTIMIN	7
INTITLE	7
LEETMEN	^† 7
LENIENT	7
LIEMENT	7
LIMNITE	7
LINELET	7
LINEMEN	^† 7
MEBENIL	7
MELETIN	7
MILLINE	7
MILLMEN	^† 7
MINETTE	7
MINIMIN	7
MINTMEN	^† 7
TELEMEN	^† 7
TENIBLE	7
TINMINE	7
TITLENE	7
BENBEN	6
BENNET	6
BENNIE	6
BIMINI	6
BINMEN	^† 6
BITTEN	6
ELEMIN	6
ELININ	6
EMETIN	6
ENLIMN	6
ENMEIN	6
INBENT	6
INLINE	6
INTEIN	6
INTENT	6
INTINE	6
LENITE	6
LENTIL	6
LIENEE	6
LINNET	6	debut, previously disallowed
LINTEL	6
LINTIE	6
LITTEN	6
MEETEN	6
MEINIE	6
MELENE	6
MELINE	6
MENTEE	6
MINIMI	^† 6
MINNIE	6
MITTEN	6
NEINEI	6
NEMBIE	6
NETMEN	^† 6
NETTIE	6
NETTLE	6
NIBBLE	6
NIBLET	6
NIELLI	6
NIMBLE	6
NIMITE	6
NINEIN	6
TEENIE	6
TELLEN	6
TELLIN	6
TELNET	6	disallowed elsewhere
TEMENE	^† 6
TENTEN	6
TENTIE	6
TINMEN	^† 6
TINNIE	6
TITMEN	^† 6
BENET	5
BENNE	5
BILIN	5
BINIT	5
BLENT	5
BLINI	5
EBENE	5
ELLEN	5
ELMEN	5
ENLIT	5
ENNET	5
ETTEN	5
IMENE	5
IMINE	5
INLET	5
INNIE	5
INNIT	5
INTEL	5
INTIL	5
LEBEN	5
LEBNI	5
LEINT	5
LENTE	5
LIMEN	5
LINEN	5
LININ	5
MINIM	5
MINMI	5
MNEME	5
NEBEL	5
NEEMB	5
NIMBI	^† 5
TENET	5
TENNE	5
TITIN	5
BEEN	4
BEIN	4
BENE	4
BENT	4
BIEN	4
BINE	4
BINT	4
BLIN	4
IMIN	4
INEE	4
INTI	4
LENE	4
LENT	4
LIEN	4
LIMN	4
LINE	4
LINN	4
LINT	4
MENE	4
MIEN	4
MINE	4
MINI	4
MINT	4
NEEB	4
NEEM	4
NEET	4
NENE	4
NETI	4
NETT	4
NILL	4
NIMB	4
NINE	4
NITE	4
TEEN	4
TEIN	4
TENT	4
TINE	4
TINT	4

† plural noun

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