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January 5, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 5, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IO.


Instructions

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center letter ICLNORY
Spelling Bee for January 5, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter Y: May 13, 2024
Center letter R: November 18, 2022

words: 146
score: 745 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
plurals: 8
bingo: yes

C x 59
I x 17
L x 18
N x 25
O x 12
R x 11
Y x 4

4L x 41
5L x 36
6L x 26
7L x 17
8L x 12
9L x 10
10L x 2
11L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
C 9 15 13 9 7 5 - 1 59
I 7 6 3 - - - 1 - 17
L 10 4 2 1 1 - - - 18
N 5 4 5 3 2 4 1 1 25
O 3 2 3 3 1 - - - 12
R 4 4 - 1 1 1 - - 11
Y 3 1 - - - - - - 4
tot 41 36 26 17 12 10 2 2 146

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 9 CL x 2 CO x 32 CR x 10 CY x 6
IC x 3 IL x 5 IN x 4 IO x 1 IR x 4
ION x 1
LI x 10 LO x 7 LY x 1
NI x 3 NO x 22
OI x 2 OL x 1 ON x 5 OR x 4
RI x 7 RO x 4
YI x 2 YO x 2

plu 4 5 7 8 tot
C - 4 1 1 6
L 1 - - - 1
O 1 - - - 1
tot 2 4 1 1 8

CORNICYLL, CORNILY, NONLYRIC

word       length      
CICINNI  7
CILL 4
CILLY 5
CINCINNI  8
CION 4
CIRCI  5
CIRIO 5
CIRL 4
CIRRI  5
CLINIC 6
CLONIC 6
COCCI  5
COCCIC 6
COCRICO 7
COCYCLIC 8
COIL 4
COILIN 6
COILY 5
COIN 4
COION 5
COIR 4 allowed elsewhere
COLI 4
COLIC 5
COLICIN 7
COLIN 5
COLOCOLIC 9
COLOCOLONIC 11
COLONI 6
COLONIC 7
CONCYCLIC 9
CONI 4
CONIC 5
COOLIO 6
CORINO 6
CORNI 5
CORNIC 6
CORNICYLL 9 pangram
CORNILY 7 perfect pangram
CORNIN 6
CORONILLO 9
CORONIN 7
CORONION 8
CORRIN 6
CRIN 4
CRINION 7
CRIOCONIC 9
CRIOLLO 7
CROCI  5
CROCIN 6
CROCONIC 8
CRYIC 5
CRYOCOIL 8
CRYONIC 7
CYCLI 5
CYCLIC 6
CYCLICLY 8
CYCLIN 6
CYCLONIC 8
CYNIC 5
ICILY 5
ICON 4
ICONIC 6
ILICICOLIN 10
ILICIN 6
ILLO 4
ILLY 4
ILOOY 5
INION 5
INLY 4
INNY 4
INRO 4
IONIC 5
IRON 4
IRONIC 6
IRONY 5
IRORI 5
LILL 4
LILO 4
LILY 4
LININ 5
LINN 4
LINNY 5
LINO 4
LINY 4
LION 4
LIONLY 6
LOCI  4
LOCIN 5
LOIN 4
LOIR 4
LONNIN 6
LOONILY 7
LORICRIN 8
LYRIC 5
NILL 4
NINNY 5
NINON 5
NOCINO 6
NOIL 4
NOILY 5
NOIR 4
NONCOLONIC 10
NONCYCLIC 9
NONCYCLONIC 11
NONI 4
NONIC 5
NONICONIC 9
NONILL 6
NONILLION 9
NONION 6
NONIONIC 8
NONIRON 7
NONIRONIC 9
NONLYRIC 8 pangram
NONOIL 6
NONOILY 7
NONYLIC 7
NORI 4 allowed elsewhere
NORRIN 6
OILILY 6
OILY 4
OLIO 4
ONICOLO 7
ONION 5
ONIONY 6
ONOI  4
ONONIN 6
ORCIN 5
ORCINOL 7
ORILLION 8
ORILLON 7
RICIN 5
RICINIC 7
RICINOLIC 9
RILL 4
RILY 4
RIRORIRO 8
RIYO 4
ROIL 4
ROILY 5 disallowed elsewhere
RONIN 5
RORIC 5
YILL 4
YIRR 4
YONI 4
YONIC 5

† plural noun

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