December 16, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers

December 16, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 16, 2023, including disallowed words.

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 16, 2023

words: 146
score: 923 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

C x 22
E x 12
G x 40
H x 23
I x 9
L x 23
N x 17

4L x 20
5L x 21
6L x 33
7L x 35
8L x 23
9L x 11
10L x 3

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
C	2	4	3	3	6	4	-	22
E	-	2	5	1	1	3	-	12
G	11	6	9	10	3	-	1	40
H	3	3	4	7	5	-	1	23
I	1	2	3	2	-	1	-	9
L	2	3	7	7	2	2	-	23
N	1	1	2	5	6	1	1	17
tot	20	21	33	35	23	11	3	146

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

CLENCHING, CLICHEING, GELECHIINE, LECHING, LEECHING, LICHENING

word	length
GELECHIINE	10	pangram
HIGHLINING	10
NEGLIGENCE	10
CINEGENIC	9
CLENCHING	9	pangram
CLICHEING	9	pangram
CLINCHING	9
EIGENGENE	9
EIGENLINE	9
ENNICHING	9
INCLINING	9
LICENCING	9
LICHENING	9	pangram
NIGELLINE	9
CHIGGING	8
CHILLING	8
CHINGING	8
CHINNING	8
CINCHING	8
CLINGING	8
ENGINING	8
GIGGLING	8
GINGLING	8
GLEGGING	8
HENCHING	8
HIGGLING	8
HIGHLINE	8
HILCHING	8
HINGEING	8
LEECHING	8	pangram
LICELING	8
NEGLIGEE	8
NEIGHING	8
NICELING	8
NICENING	8
NIGGLING	8
NINELING	8
CEILING	7
CELLING	7
CHINING	7
EGGLING	7
GEGGING	7
GELLING	7
GENNING	7
GHILLIE	7
GIGGING	7
GILLING	7
GINGING	7
GINNING	7
GLEEING	7
GLEIING	7
HEELING	7
HELLING	7
HENNING	7
HIGHING	7
HIGHLEG	7
HILLING	7
HINGING	7
ICENING	7
INCHING	7
LECHING	7	perfect pangram
LEGGING	7
LIGGING	7
LIGNINE	7
LILLING	7
LINGCHI	7
LINNING	7
NEGGING	7
NEGLIGE	7
NICHING	7
NIGHING	7
NILLING	7
CHHING	6
CIGGIE	6
CINGLE	6
EELING	6
EGENCE	6
EGGING	6
EGLING	6
ENGINE	6
GEEING	6
GENNEL	6
GICLEE	6
GIEING	6
GIGGLE	6
GILGIE	6
GILLIE	6
GINGLE	6
GINNEL	6
HELING	6
HIEING	6
HIGGLE	6
HIGHEN	6
IGGING	6
INGINE	6
INNING	6
LEGGIE	6
LEGGIN	6
LEGLEN	6
LEGLIN	6
LIGNEL	6
LIGNIN	6
LINING	6
NIGGLE	6
NIGHEN	6
CHENG	5
CHING	5
CLEGG	5
CLING	5
EIGNE	5
ENGLE	5
GELEE	5
GENIC	5
GENIE	5
GENII	5
GENIN	5
GINCH	5
HEIGH	5
HENGE	5
HINGE	5
ICING	5
INGLE	5
LIEGE	5
LIGNE	5
LINGE	5
NEIGH	5
CHIG	4
CLEG	4
GEGG	4
GEIC	4
GEIN	4
GELL	4
GENE	4
GHEE	4
GILL	4
GLEE	4
GLEG	4
GLEI	4
GLEN	4
HENG	4
HIGH	4
HING	4
IGIL	4
LENG	4
LING	4
NIGH	4

CE x 2	CH x 9	CI x 4	CL x 7
EE x 1	EG x 4	EI x 3	EN x 4
GE x 16	GH x 2	GI x 15	GL x 7
HE x 8	HI x 15
IC x 2	IG x 2	IN x 5
LE x 8	LI x 15
NE x 6	NI x 11

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