December 16, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the
New York Times Spelling Bee from December 16, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CI.
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Instructions
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from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee
and click redo hints .
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Spelling Bee for December 16, 2023
words: 146
score: 923 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 1
bingo: yes
C x 22
E x 12
G x 40
H x 23
I x 9
L x 23
N x 17
4L x 20
5L x 21
6L x 33
7L x 35
8L x 23
9L x 11
10L x 3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
tot
C
2
4
3
3
6
4
-
22
E
-
2
5
1
1
3
-
12
G
11
6
9
10
3
-
1
40
H
3
3
4
7
5
-
1
23
I
1
2
3
2
-
1
-
9
L
2
3
7
7
2
2
-
23
N
1
1
2
5
6
1
1
17
tot
20
21
33
35
23
11
3
146
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CLENCHING, CLICHEING, GELECHIINE, LECHING , LEECHING, LICHENING
G ELECHIINE
10
pangram
HIG HLINING
10
NEG LIG ENCE
10
CINEG ENIC
9
CLENCHING
9
pangram, debut
CLICHEING
9
pangram
CLINCHING
9
EIG ENG ENE
9
EIG ENLINE
9
ENNICHING
9
INCLINING
9
LICENCING
9
LICHENING
9
pangram
NIG ELLINE
9
CHIG G ING
8
CHILLING
8
CHING ING
8
CHINNING
8
CINCHING
8
CLING ING
8
ENG INING
8
G IG G LING
8
G ING LING
8
G LEG G ING
8
HENCHING
8
HIG G LING
8
HIG HLINE
8
HILCHING
8
HING EING
8
LEECHING
8
pangram, debut
LICELING
8
NEG LIG EE
8
NEIG HING
8
NICELING
8
NICENING
8
NIG G LING
8
NINELING
8
CEILING
7
CELLING
7
CHINING
7
EG G LING
7
G EG G ING
7
G ELLING
7
G ENNING
7
G HILLIE
7
G IG G ING
7
G ILLING
7
G ING ING
7
G INNING
7
G LEEING
7
G LEIING
7
HEELING
7
HELLING
7
HENNING
7
HIG HING
7
HIG HLEG
7
HILLING
7
HING ING
7
ICENING
7
INCHING
7
LECHING
7
perfect pangram
LEG G ING
7
LIG G ING
7
LIG NINE
7
LILLING
7
LING CHI
7
LINNING
7
NEG G ING
7
NEG LIG E
7
NICHING
7
NIG HING
7
NILLING
7
CHHING
6
CIG G IE
6
CING LE
6
EELING
6
EG ENCE
6
EG G ING
6
EG LING
6
ENG INE
6
G EEING
6
G ENNEL
6
G ICLEE
6
G IEING
6
G IG G LE
6
G ILG IE
6
G ILLIE
6
G ING LE
6
G INNEL
6
HELING
6
HIEING
6
HIG G LE
6
HIG HEN
6
IG G ING
6
ING INE
6
INNING
6
LEG G IE
6
LEG G IN
6
LEG LEN
6
LEG LIN
6
LIG NEL
6
LIG NIN
6
LINING
6
NIG G LE
6
NIG HEN
6
CHENG
5
CHING
5
CLEG G
5
CLING
5
EIG NE
5
ENG LE
5
G ELEE
5
G ENIC
5
G ENIE
5
G ENII
5
G ENIN
5
G INCH
5
HEIG H
5
HENG E
5
HING E
5
ICING
5
ING LE
5
LIEG E
5
LIG NE
5
LING E
5
NEIG H
5
CHIG
4
CLEG
4
G EG G
4
G EIC
4
G EIN
4
G ELL
4
G ENE
4
G HEE
4
G ILL
4
G LEE
4
G LEG
4
G LEI
4
G LEN
4
HENG
4
HIG H
4
HING
4
IG IL
4
LENG
4
LING
4
NIG H
4