Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
December 8, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 8, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LA.


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center letter HADGILN
Spelling Bee for December 8, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter L: August 6, 2023

words: 101
score: 590 pts
pangrams: 4
bingo: yes

A x 11
D x 6
G x 7
H x 65
I x 3
L x 3
N x 6

4L x 20
5L x 21
6L x 17
7L x 23
8L x 13
9L x 2
10L x 3
11L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 2 4 2 2 1 - - - 11
D 3 1 2 - - - - - 6
G - 3 - 1 2 - - 1 7
H 14 9 10 17 9 2 3 1 65
I - 2 - - 1 - - - 3
L - 1 1 1 - - - - 3
N 1 1 2 2 - - - - 6
tot 20 21 17 23 13 2 3 2 101

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AD x 2 AG x 1 AH x 3 AL x 1 AN x 3
DA x 3 DH x 3
GA x 1 GH x 3 GI x 1 GL x 2
HA x 49 HI x 16
ID x 2 IN x 1
LA x 3
LAH x 1 LAI x 1 LAN x 1
NA x 1 NI x 5

debut appearances 9

GLADHANDING, HANDLING, HANDLINING, HIGHLAND

word       length      
GLADHANDING 11 pangram
HANDGAGGING 11
HALLALLING 10
HANDLINING 10 pangram
HIGHLINING 10
HALALLING 9
HALLALING 9
ANHINGID 8
GILDHALL 8
GLADHAND 8
HAGGADAH 8
HAGGLING 8 debut
HALALING 8
HALLIGAN 8
HANDLAID 8
HANDLING 8 pangram, debut
HANGNAIL 8 debut
HIGGLING 8
HIGHLAND 8 pangram, debut
INHALING 8 debut
AHAAINA 7
ANHINGA 7
GHILGAI 7
HAGGADA 7
HAGGING 7
HAGIGAH 7
HAHNIID 7
HAILING 7 debut
HAINING 7
HALALAH 7
HALLALI 7
HALLING 7
HANDGAG 7
HANDING 7 debut
HANGING 7
HIDALGA 7
HIGHING 7
HILDING 7
HILLING 7 debut
HINGING 7
LANGAHA 7
NIGHING 7
NILGHAI 7
AAHING 6
ALAIHI 6
DAHLIA 6
DHANIA 6
HAANGI 6
HADADA 6
HADING 6
HAGLIN 6
HALALA 6
HALING 6
HALLAH 6
HALLAL 6
HALLAN 6
HIDING 6 debut
LAHNGA 6
NALLAH 6
NIDDAH 6
ADHAN 5
AHIND 5
AHING 5
ANIGH 5
DHAAL 5
GALAH 5
GHANA 5
GHANI 5
HADAL 5
HADNA 5
HALAL 5
HALDI 5
HALID 5
HANAI 5
HANDI 5
HANGI 5
HILAL 5
IDDAH 5
IDGAH 5
LAIGH 5
NIHIL 5
ADAH 4
AGHA 4
DAHI 4
DAHL 4
DHAL 4
HADD 4
HAHA 4
HAIL 4
HAIN 4
HALA 4
HALL 4
HAND 4
HANG 4
HIGH 4
HILA 4
HILI 4
HILL 4
HIND 4
HING 4
NIGH 4

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