March 18, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

March 18, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from March 18, 2023, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.

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 March 18, 2023

words: 275
score: 2,094 pts
pangrams: 28
perfect: 4
compounds: 10
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	8	tot
A	1	1	-	2
P	1	2	-	3
T	3	1	1	5
tot	5	4	1	10

APOTROPAIC, APRICOT, APROTIC, CAPACITATOR, CAPACITOR, CATOPTRIC, COPATRIOT, CORPOCRATIC, CORPORATOCRATIC, IATROPIC, IATROTROPIC, PARAAORTIC, PARAORTIC, PARAPTOTIC, PARATOPIC, PAROTIC, PAROTITIC, PARTICIPATOR, PARTITOCRATIC, PARTOCRATIC, PATRICO, PATRIOTIC, PRACTICO, PROAPOPTOTIC, PROCATARCTIC, PROTACTIC, PROTATIC, TROPOTACTIC

word	length
AARTI	5
ACACIA	6
ACACIO	6
ACARI	5
ACOPIA	6
ACOPIC	6
ACOPTIC	7
ACRATIA	7
ACRATIC	7
ACROATIC	8
ACROTIC	7
ACTARIT	7
AIRCAR	* 6
AIRPORT	* 7
AORTIC	6
APATITIC	8
APITPAT	7
APOCOPIC	8
APOPTOTIC	9
APORIA	6
APORIC	6
APOTROPAIA	10
APOTROPAIC	10	pangram
APPARATI	8
APPARITOR	9
APPROPRIATOR	12
APRACTIC	8
APRICOT	7	perfect pangram
APROTIC	7	perfect pangram
APTOTIC	7
ARACARI	7
ARATI	5
ARCTIC	6
ARIOT	5
ARRICCIO	8
ARTIC	5
ARTOI	5
ATACTIC	7
ATARACTIC	9
ATARI	5
ATOCIA	6
ATOPIC	6
ATRIA	5
ATRIP	5
ATROPIA	7
ATTIC	5
ATTRIT	6
ATTRITOR	8
CAAPI	5
CACCIATORA	10
CACOTOPIA	9
CACTI	5
CAICCO	6
CAPACITATOR	11	pangram
CAPACITOR	9	pangram
CAPITA	6
CAPITATA	8
CAPRI	5
CAPRIC	6
CAPRICCI	8
CAPRICCIO	9
CAPROIC	7
CARAIPI	7
CARIOCA	7
CAROTIC	7
CARPACCIO	9
CARPI	5
CARRI	5
CARROCCI	8
CARROCCIO	9
CARROCIO	8
CATACROTIC	10
CATARACTIC	10
CATIO	5
CATOPTRIC	9	pangram
CIPPI	5
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRCI	5
CIRIO	5
CIRRI	5
CITATOR	7
CITRI	5
CITRIC	6
COAITA	6
COATI	5
COCCI	5
COCCIC	6
COCRICO	7
COPATRIOT	9	pangram
CORCAIR	7
CORIA	5
CORPOCRATIC	11	pangram
CORPORATOCRATIC	15	pangram
CORTICOTROPIC	13
CRAIC	5
CRATIC	6
CRITIC	6
CRITOCRATIC	11
CROCI	5
IATROPIC	8	pangram
IATROTROPIC	11	pangram
ICACO	5
ICTIC	5
IRITIC	6
IRORI	5
IRRITATOR	9
ITTAR	5
OCCIPITA	8
OCICAT	6
OCTIC	5
OCTOIC	6
OCTOPI	6
OCTOPIC	7
OCTROI	6
OITICICA	8
OORARI	6
OPPARI	6
OPTIC	5
ORARIA	6
ORATORIO	8
OROTIC	6
OTIATRIC	8
OTITIC	6
PAIPO	5
PAOCAI	6
PAPAIA	6
PAPPI	5
PAPRI	5
PARAAORTIC	10	pangram
PARACOCCI	9
PARAORTIC	9	pangram
PARAPATRIC	10
PARAPTOTIC	10	pangram
PARATACTIC	10
PARATOPIC	9	pangram
PARICA	6
PARITOR	7
PAROTIC	7	perfect pangram
PAROTITIC	9	pangram
PARTI	5
PARTICIPATOR	12	pangram
PARTITA	7
PARTITOCRATIC	13	pangram
PARTOCRATIC	11	pangram
PATIA	5
PATIO	5
PATRICO	7	perfect pangram
PATRIOT	7
PATRIOTIC	9	pangram
PIAPIAC	7
PICARO	6
PICCATA	7
PICOT	5
PICOTA	6
PICOTITIC	9
PICOTTA	7
PICRA	5
PICRIC	6
PICRITIC	8
PICTORIC	8
PIOPIO	6
PIPIPI	6
PIPIRI	6
PIPIT	5
PIPRA	5
PIRAI	5
PIRATIC	7
PIRITA	6
PIROOT	6
PITAPAT	* 7
PITARA	6
PITIRRI	7
PITOT	5
PITPAT	6
PITPROP	* 7
PITTA	5
POORI	5
POPPIT	6
PORIA	5
POROTIC	7
PORPITA	7
PORTICO	7
PORTRAIT	8
POTICA	6
PRACTIC	7
PRACTICA	8
PRACTICO	8	pangram
PRATIC	6
PRIAPI	6
PRIAPIC	7
PRIOR	5
PROAPOPTOTIC	12	pangram
PROCATARCTIC	12	pangram
PROOTIC	7
PROPITIATOR	11
PROPRIA	7
PROPTOTIC	9
PROTACTIC	9	pangram
PROTATIC	8	pangram
PROTIC	6
PROTIP	* 6
PROTOTROPIC	11
PTOTIC	6
RAIAT	5
RAITA	5
RARIORA	7
RATIO	5
RIATA	5
RICOTTA	7
RICRAC	6
RIPRAP	6
RIRORIRO	8
ROOPIT	6
RORIC	5
TACIT	5
TACTIC	6
TACTITIC	8
TAIPO	5
TAIRA	5
TAOTAI	6
TAPAI	5
TAPIOCA	7
TAPIR	5
TAPPIT	6
TARAI	5
TARAIRI	7
TARICTIC	8
TAROTIC	7
TARPIT	* 6
TARTARIC	8
TIARA	5
TIATR	5
TICTAC	6
TIPCART	* 7
TIPCAT	* 6
TIPITI	6
TIPTOP	* 6
TIROPITA	8
TITRATOR	8
TOITOI	6
TOPIA	5
TOPIC	5
TOPOI	5
TOPOTACTIC	10
TORIC	5
TORII	5
TOTTARI	7
TRACIATOR	9
TRAIT	5
TRAITOR	7
TRATTORIA	9
TRIAC	5
TRIACT	6
TRIARII	7
TRIATIC	7
TRICA	5
TRICAR	6
TRICOT	6
TRICROTIC	9
TRICTRAC	8
TRIOR	5
TRIPARA	7
TRIPART	7
TRIPIT	6
TRIPROTIC	9
TRIPTOTIC	9
TRIPTRAP	* 8
TRITACTIC	9
TROPAIA	7
TROPARIA	8
TROPIA	6
TROPIC	6
TROPOTACTIC	11	pangram
TROTTOIR	8

* compound(ish) word

AA x 1	AC x 11	AI x 2	AO x 1	AP x 15	AR x 7	AT x 11
CA x 27	CI x 9	CO x 11	CR x 5
IA x 2	IC x 2	IR x 3	IT x 1
			ITT x 1
OC x 7	OI x 1	OO x 1	OP x 2	OR x 3	OT x 2
PA x 26	PI x 27	PO x 8	PR x 18	PT x 1
RA x 4	RI x 5	RO x 2
TA x 16	TI x 9	TO x 8	TR x 27

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