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December 14, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 14, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AC.


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center letter LACIMOY
Spelling Bee for December 14, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter C: October 22, 2022
Center letter A: August 1, 2021

words: 234
score: 1,084 pts
pangrams: 1
bingo: yes

A x 44
C x 73
I x 13
L x 44
M x 46
O x 8
Y x 6

4L x 72
5L x 67
6L x 43
7L x 24
8L x 15
9L x 8
10L x 3
11L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 10 10 12 3 3 3 1 2 44
C 15 20 17 7 8 4 2 - 73
I 3 7 1 2 - - - - 13
L 21 12 5 4 2 - - - 44
M 14 15 6 8 2 1 - - 46
O 4 2 2 - - - - - 8
Y 5 1 - - - - - - 6
tot 72 67 43 24 15 8 3 2 234

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AC x 8 AI x 1 AL x 26 AM x 8
ACA x 1 ACC x 1 ACO x 1 ACY x 5
CA x 16 CI x 6 CL x 11 CO x 29 CY x 11
IC x 1 IL x 11 IM x 1
LA x 14 LI x 11 LL x 1 LO x 18
MA x 23 MI x 6 MO x 13 MY x 4
OI x 2 OL x 6
YA x 2 YI x 1 YO x 3

debut appearances 2
newly disallowed words 1 laically

COMICALLY

word       length      
ACYCLICALLY 11
ALLYLICALLY 11
ALLOCYCLIC 10
CYCLICALLY 10
CYCLOALLYL 10
ACYCLICAL 9
ALICYCLIC 9
ALLOLALIA 9
CALLIMICO 9
CLOACALLY 9
COLOCOLIC 9
COMICALLY 9 pangram, debut
MIMICALLY 9
ACALYCAL 8
ALLIACOL 8
AMOLILLA 8
CALLALOO 8
CLAMMILY 8
COCYCLIC 8
COLLOCAL 8
COLOCOLO 8
CYCLAMIC 8
CYCLICAL 8
CYCLICLY 8
LAICALLY 8 newly disallowed
LOMILOMI 8
MAIOLICA 8
MAMMILLA 8
ACCLAIM 7
ACYCLIC 7
ALLYLIC 7
CALALOO 7
CALCIOL 7
CILIOLA 7
CLIMACI 7
CLOACAL 7
COLICAL 7
COMICAL 7 debut
ILIACAL 7
ILLICIA 7
LOAMILY 7
LOCALIC 7
LOCALLY 7
LOYALLY 7
MALACCA 7
MALACIA 7
MALACIC 7
MAMALOI 7
MAMILLA 7
MIMICAL 7
MYCOLIC 7
MYCOLYL 7
ACOCIL 6
ACYLAL 6
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALCAIC 6
ALCOOL 6
ALLOIC 6
ALMAMI 6
ALMAMY 6
AMICAL 6
AMMIOL 6
AMYLIC 6
CALAMI 6
CALCIC 6
CALICO 6
CALLOO 6
CALMLY 6
CAMAIL 6
CICALA 6
CILIAL 6
CLAMMY 6
CLOACA 6
COALLY 6
COCCAL 6
COOLIO 6
COOLLY 6
CYCLAM 6
CYCLIC 6
CYCLOL 6
ILIACI 6
LACCIC 6
LACILY 6
LAICAL 6
LIMAIL 6
LOIMIC 6
MALLAM 6
MALOCA 6
MAMMAL 6
MILLIM 6
MOLIMO 6
MOLLIC 6
OILILY 6
OLOMAO 6
AALII 5
AIOLI 5
ALALA 5
ALAMO 5
ALIYA 5
ALLAY 5
ALLOY 5
ALLYL 5
ALOLL 5
AMALA 5
CALLA 5
CALLI 5
CALMY 5
CILIA 5
CILLY 5
CLAIM 5
CLOAM 5
COALA 5
COALY 5
COCAL 5
COILY 5
COLIC 5
COLLA 5
COLLY 5
COMAL 5
COYLY 5
COYOL 5
CYCLI 5
CYCLO 5
CYMOL 5
ICILY 5
ILALA 5
ILAMA 5
ILIAC 5
ILIAL 5
ILOOY 5
IMALA 5
LALLY 5
LAMIA 5
LAMMY 5
LAOYA 5
LILAC 5
LIMMA 5
LLAMA 5
LOAMY 5
LOCAL 5
LOCAO 5
LOLLY 5
LOYAL 5
MAILO 5
MAILY 5
MALAI 5
MALIA 5
MALIC 5
MALMY 5
MAOLI 5
MILIA 5
MOLAL 5
MOLLY 5 allowed elsewhere
MOLOI 5
MOMLY 5
MOOLA 5
MOOLI 5
MYALL 5
OLLAM 5
OLLAY 5
YACAL 5
ACYL 4
ALCO 4
ALIM 4
ALLY 4
ALMA 4
ALOC 4
ALOO 4
AMIL 4
AMLA 4
AMYL 4
CALL 4
CALM 4
CALO 4
CILL 4
CLAM 4
CLAY 4
CLOY 4
COAL 4
COIL 4
COLA 4
COLI 4
COLL 4
COLO 4
COLY 4
COOL 4
ILIA 4
ILLO 4
ILLY 4
LACY 4
LAIC 4
LALL 4
LALO 4
LAMA 4
LAYA 4
LIAO 4
LILA 4
LILL 4
LILO 4
LILY 4
LIMA 4
LIMO 4
LIMY 4
LOAM 4
LOCA 4
LOCI 4
LOCO 4
LOLL 4
LOMA 4
LOOM 4
MAIL 4
MALA 4
MALI 4
MALL 4
MALM 4
MALO 4
MILL 4
MILO 4
MOIL 4
MOLA 4
MOLL 4
MOLY 4
MOOL 4
MYAL 4
OILY 4
OLAY 4
OLIO 4
OLLA 4
YALI 4
YILL 4
YOAL 4
YOLA 4
YOLO 4

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