Friday · December 11, 2020

7 Little Words December 11, 2020 Answers

All 14 Clues Solved

14 answers for the December 11, 2020 puzzle, 6–11 letters each — above the archive average of 10.3 per day.

14 answers 6–11 letters 117 letters total ← Dec 10 Dec 12 →
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About this puzzle

December 11, 2020 — Complete Answer Guide

This page has every answer to the 7 Little Words puzzle published on December 11, 2020, a Friday. There are 14 answers in total, running from 6 to 11 letters and 117 letters combined. That puts this date above the archive-wide average of 10.3 answers per day.

The longest answer is HAIRSTYLIST at 11 letters, and the shortest is CHILLY at 6. Placing the longest tile groups first usually cuts the puzzle open, because the remaining fragments are then far easier to match. Each clue below is paired with its verified answer and letter count.

Across the 14 answers there are 6 different answer lengths, and 9 letters is the most common at 3 of them — useful when you are matching tile groups, because the length rules out most combinations before you try any. The answers use 42 vowels in total out of 117 letters, so vowel-heavy fragments are worth placing early on this board.

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All answers

14 Answers for December 11, 2020

#ClueAnswerLettersCopy
#1 Confused the issue OBFUSCATED 10
#2 Cut into fours QUARTERED 9
#3 Fed NOURISHED 9
#4 First in line perhaps EARLIEST 8
#5 Like a crisp fall morning CHILLY 6
#6 One doing 'dos HAIRSTYLIST 11
#7 Out of date EXPIRED 7
#8 Pianist & composer Fr\xE9d\xE9ric CHOPIN 6
#9 Pin targeter BOWLER 6
#10 Small memory holders MICROCHIPS 10
#11 Stripped bare DENUDED 7
#12 Thrashing helplessly FLOUNDERING 11
#13 Tripping and nearly falling STUMBLING 9
#14 Used up DEPLETED 8
Clue breakdown

Clue-by-Clue Breakdown

#1 OBFUSCATED

Confused the issue — 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.

#2 QUARTERED

Cut into fours — 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants. Contains a repeated letter, which narrows the tile groups that can fit.

#3 NOURISHED

Fed — 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.

#4 EARLIEST

First in line perhaps — 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants. Contains a repeated letter, which narrows the tile groups that can fit.

#5 CHILLY

Like a crisp fall morning — 6 letters, 1 vowel and 5 consonants. One of the shortest answers on this date.

#6 HAIRSTYLIST

One doing 'dos — 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants. The longest answer here — worth placing first, since it consumes the most tile groups.

#7 EXPIRED

Out of date — 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Contains a repeated letter, which narrows the tile groups that can fit.

#8 CHOPIN

Pianist & composer Fr\xE9d\xE9ric — 6 letters, 2 vowels and 4 consonants. One of the shortest answers on this date.

#9 BOWLER

Pin targeter — 6 letters, 2 vowels and 4 consonants. One of the shortest answers on this date.

#10 MICROCHIPS

Small memory holders — 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants. Contains a repeated letter, which narrows the tile groups that can fit.

#11 DENUDED

Stripped bare — 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Contains a repeated letter, which narrows the tile groups that can fit.

#12 FLOUNDERING

Thrashing helplessly — 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants. The longest answer here — worth placing first, since it consumes the most tile groups.

#13 STUMBLING

Tripping and nearly falling — 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.

#14 DEPLETED

Used up — 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants. Contains a repeated letter, which narrows the tile groups that can fit.

FAQ

December 11, 2020 — Questions

What are the 7 Little Words answers for December 11, 2020?
The December 11, 2020 puzzle has 14 answers: OBFUSCATED, QUARTERED, NOURISHED, EARLIEST, CHILLY, HAIRSTYLIST, EXPIRED, CHOPIN, BOWLER, MICROCHIPS, DENUDED, FLOUNDERING, STUMBLING, DEPLETED.
How many answers are in the December 11, 2020 puzzle?
There are 14 answers published for this date, above the archive average of 10.3 per day. Answer lengths run from 6 to 11 letters, 117 letters in total.
What is the longest answer on December 11, 2020?
The longest answer is HAIRSTYLIST at 11 letters, and the shortest is CHILLY at 6.
Is this the newest 7 Little Words puzzle?
No. The newest puzzle on record is August 26, 2026. Browse every date in the daily archive.
Pro tips

3 Tips for 7 Little Words

01

The board is the whole puzzle

Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.

02

Place the longest answer first

Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.

03

Neighbouring levels are the best hint

Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.

How to play

How to Solve a 7 Little Words Level

The order that clears a board fastest.

STEP 01

Read what you are given

Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.

STEP 02

Anchor with the answers you are sure of

Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.

STEP 03

Work outwards

Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.

How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify these answers

Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.

Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.

Last checked — Aug 26, 2026
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