January 15, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

January 15, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 15, 2021, 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 January 15, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter A: September 14, 2024
Center letter E: August 15, 2022

words: 168
score: 773 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 38
E x 15
I x 9
J x 12
L x 44
N x 11
V x 39

4L x 50
5L x 47
6L x 43
7L x 14
8L x 10
9L x 2
10L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	6	12	10	5	4	1	-	38
E	4	3	5	1	2	-	-	15
I	2	4	3	-	-	-	-	9
J	5	1	2	3	1	-	-	12
L	16	14	13	-	1	-	-	44
N	5	5	1	-	-	-	-	11
V	12	8	9	5	2	1	2	39
tot	50	47	43	14	10	2	2	168

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	4	6	tot
A	1	-	1
I	2	-	2
L	-	1	1
V	-	2	2
tot	3	3	6

JAVELIN, JAVELINA

word	length
VILLANELLA	10
VILLANELLE	10
AVENALINE	9
VAINILLAL	9
ANELLINI	8
AVELLANE	8
AVENALIN	8
AVIALIAN	8
ELEVENIE	8
ENALLENE	8
JAVELINA	8	pangram, allowed elsewhere
LAVALAVA	8
VANILLIN	8
VENVILLE	8
ALANINE	7
ALIENEE	7
ANILINE	7
ANILLIN	7
AVIALAN	7
ENLIVEN	7
JAVELIN	7	perfect pangram
JINJALL	7
JINJILI	7
VANILLA	7
VELELLA	7
VILLAIN	7
VILLEIN	7
VILLIAN	7
ALALIA	6
ALANNA	6
ALEVIN	6
ALIENE	6
ALIEVE	6
ALLELE	6
ALLENE	6
ALLIIN	6
ALVINE	6
ANNEAL	6
ELEVEN	6
ELININ	6
ENJAIL	6
ENLIVE	6
ENVEIL	6
INLANE	6
INLINE	6
INVEIL	6
JAILEE	6
JELLIA	6
LAANIE	6
LAELIA	6
LALLAN	6
LAVANI	6
LAVVIE	6
LEAVEE	6
LEAVEN	6
LEVAIN	6
LIENAL	6
LIENEE	6
LINEAE	^† 6
LINEAL	6
LINEAN	6
NIELLI	6
VALINE	6
VALVAE	^† 6
VALVAL	6
VEINAL	6
VENIAL	6
VIELLE	6
VILLAE	^† 6
VILLAN	6
VINEAL	6
AALII	5
ALALA	5
ALANE	5
ALIEN	5
ALINE	5
ALIVE	5
ALLEE	5
ALVEI	5
ANILE	5
ANNAL	5
ANVIL	5
AVAIL	5
ELLEN	5
ELVAN	5
ELVEN	5
ILALA	5
ILEAL	5
ILIAL	5
INIAL	5
JAALI	5
LAINE	5
LANAI	5
LEAVE	5
LEVAN	5
LEVEE	5
LEVEL	5
LEVIN	5
LIANA	5
LIANE	5
LINEA	5
LINEN	5
LININ	5
LIVEN	5
LIVIN	5
NALLA	5
NAVAL	5
NAVEL	5
NEVEL	5
NIVAL	5
VALLA	5
VALVA	5
VALVE	5
VELAL	5
VENAL	5
VILLA	5
VILLI	5
VINAL	5
ALAE	^† 4
ALAN	4
ALEE	4
ANAL	4
ANIL	4
AVAL	4
ELAN	4
ELVE	4
ENAL	4
EVIL	4
ILEA	^† 4
ILIA	^† 4
JAIL	4
JALI	4
JEEL	4
JELL	4
JILL	4
LAIN	4
LALL	4
LANA	4
LANE	4
LAVA	4
LAVE	4
LEAL	4
LEAN	4
LENE	4
LEVA	4
LIEN	4
LILA	4
LILL	4
LINE	4
LINN	4
LIVE	4
NAIL	4
NALA	4
NALL	4
NEAL	4
NILL	4
VAIL	4
VALE	4
VALI	4
VEAL	4
VEIL	4
VELA	4
VELL	4
VIAL	4
VILA	4
VILE	4
VILL	4
VLEI	4

† plural noun

AA x 1	AL x 21	AN x 9	AV x 7
EL x 8	EN x 6	EV x 1
IL x 5	IN x 4
JA x 6	JE x 3	JI x 3
LA x 14	LE x 12	LI x 18
NA x 6	NE x 2	NI x 3
VA x 12	VE x 10	VI x 16	VL x 1

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