December 28, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 28, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 28, 2020, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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Spelling Bee for December 28, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter H: January 3, 2024
Center letter G: June 15, 2022
Center letter N: May 23, 2018

words: 191
score: 920 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 8
bingo: yes

A x 37
C x 45
E x 26
G x 33
H x 22
L x 24
N x 4

4L x 52
5L x 43
6L x 56
7L x 23
8L x 12
9L x 4
10L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	7	10	13	5	2	-	-	37
C	9	8	16	5	3	3	1	45
E	4	5	7	4	5	1	-	26
G	13	8	10	2	-	-	-	33
H	9	7	5	1	-	-	-	22
L	8	5	4	5	2	-	-	24
N	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	4
tot	52	43	56	23	12	4	1	191

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	4	5	6	7	8	tot
A	1	1	-	-	-	2
C	-	-	2	-	-	2
G	-	1	1	-	-	2
L	-	-	-	1	1	2
tot	1	2	3	1	1	8

CHALLENGE, CHALLENGEE

word	length
ACENE	5
ACHAGE	6
ACHE	4
ACHENE	6
ACLE	4
ACNE	4
AENACH	6
AGEE	4
AGENE	5
AGLEE	5
AGNEL	5
ALAE	^† 4
ALANE	5
ALEC	4
ALEE	4
ALEGAL	6
ALGAE	^† 5
ALLEE	5
ALLEGE	6
ALLELE	6
ALLENE	6
ALLHEAL	7
ALNAGE	6
ANAGEN	6
ANALGEN	7
ANALGENE	8
ANANGEA	7
ANCLE	5
ANELACE	7
ANGEL	5
ANGELAGE	8
ANGELL	6
ANGLE	5
ANLACE	6
ANLAGE	6
ANLAGEN	7
ANNEAL	6
CACHE	5
CAECA	5
CAECAL	6
CAGE	4
CALCANEA	8
CALCANEAL	9
CALCANEAN	9
CALE	4
CALEAN	6
CALECHE	7
CALLEE	6
CANALAGE	8
CANCEL	6
CANE	4
CANELLA	7
CANGLE	6
CANNAE	6
CANNEL	6
CECA	4
CECAL	5
CEGA	4
CELL	4
CELLA	5
CELLAE	^† 6
CENACLE	7
CENE	4
CHALANCE	8
CHALLENGE	9	pangram
CHALLENGEE	10	pangram
CHANCE	6
CHANCEL	7
CHANGE	6
CHANNEL	7
CHECHE	6
CHEE	4
CHELA	5
CHELAE	^† 6
CHENG	5
CHENNA	6
CHHENA	6
CLEAN	5
CLECHE	6
CLEG	4
CLEGG	5
CLENCH	6
EACH	4
EAGLE	5
ECCE	4
ECCLE	5
ECHAGE	6
ECHELLE	7
EGENCE	6
EGGAH	5
ELAN	4
ELEGANCE	8
ELENCH	6
ELLEN	5
ENAL	4
ENALLAGE	8
ENALLENE	8
ENCAGE	6
ENCHANNEL	9
ENECLANN	8
ENGAGE	6
ENGAGEE	7
ENGELANG	8
ENGLE	5
ENHANCE	7
ENLACE	6
ENLEACH	7
ENNAGE	6
GAGE	4
GAGGEE	6
GAGGLE	6
GALAGE	6
GALE	4
GALEA	5
GALEAE	^† 6
GALEAL	6
GALENA	6	disallowed elsewhere
GALLANE	7
GANACHE	7
GANE	4
GANGE	5
GANGLE	6
GEACH	5
GEAL	4
GEAN	4
GEGG	4
GELEE	5
GELL	4
GELLAN	6
GENA	4
GENAE	^† 5
GENAL	5
GENE	4
GENNEL	6
GHEE	4
GLACE	5
GLANCE	6
GLEAN	5
GLEE	4
GLEG	4
GLEN	4
HAEN	4
HAGGLE	6
HALE	4
HALLEL	6
HANCE	5
HANGE	5
HANGEE	6
HANGLE	6
HEAL	4
HEALALL	7
HEALEE	6
HECH	4
HEEL	4
HEHE	4
HELE	4
HELL	4
HELLA	5
HENCE	5
HENCH	5
HENG	4
HENGE	5
HENNA	5
LACE	4
LAGAENA	7
LAGAENAE	^† 8
LAGENA	6
LAGENAE	^† 7
LAGGEN	6
LANCE	5
LANE	4
LEACH	5
LEAG	4
LEAL	4
LEAN	4
LECH	4
LEEANGLE	8
LEECH	5
LEECHEE	7
LEGAL	5
LEGLEN	6
LEHANGA	7
LEHENGA	7
LEHNGA	6
LENE	4
LENG	4
LENGA	5
NACELLE	7	allowed elsewhere
NAGGLE	6
NEAL	4
NENE	4

† plural noun

AC x 6	AE x 1	AG x 4	AL x 12	AN x 14
CA x 18	CE x 8	CH x 14	CL x 5
EA x 2	EC x 4	EG x 2	EL x 4	EN x 14
GA x 14	GE x 12	GH x 1	GL x 6
HA x 8	HE x 14
LA x 8	LE x 16
NA x 2	NE x 2

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