171 SPELLATHON

 1. L T E [D] T T A= Date, dale, deal, dealt, delta, lade, lead, tatted, TATTLED- [9 words]

2. R E W [H] I T H= Heir, hire, hither, their, thew, whet, whit, white, whiter, whither, with, wither, writhe [13 words]

3. T S I [L] I E T=ELITIST, Isle, islet, lest, list, silt, slit, stile, stilt, tile, tilt, title [12] words

4. TTD [L] EES= eldest, else, lest, settled, sled, sleet, steel [ 7 words]

5. T [A]BLE= tea, able, tale, lab, let, eat, bet, tab, bale, bat, bel, ale, beat, lea, leat, teal, bleat [17 words]

6. CHAI[R]= car, hair, rich, chir, air, arc, arch, chair, RIA, CHA 10

7. IEB [G] NLO= begin, bling, being, belong, bilge, binge, bingo, gibe, glen, glib, globe, goblin, gone, legion, ling, lingo, loge, long, oblige, ogle, IGNOBLE 21

8. RON [S]OEH=  horse, hose, noose, nose, ONSHORE, rose, shoe, shone, shoo, shore, shorn, snore, soon, sooner, sore.

9. TAE [C] ERR=  acre, care, career, cart, cater, CATERER, crate, crater, create, erect, race, racer, react, RETRACE, TERRACE, trace, tracer.

10. BYR[H] AET= bath, bathe, bather, berth, breath, breathy, earth, earthy, hare,hart,hate, hater, hear, heart,, hearty, heat, herb, rhea, they

11. GEA [L] PPR= apple, earl, gale, glare, GRAPPLE, large, l pale,  lager, large, leap, pale, paler, peal, pearl, plea, real, regal.

12. SAR [H] CTC= arch, cash, catch, char, chart, chat, crash, hart, rash, SCRATCH, starch, trash