September 5, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

September 5, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 5, 2018, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for September 5, 2018

words: 191
score: 1,361 pts
pangrams: 8
perfect: 1
compounds: 6
plurals: 7
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AC x 20	AD x 1	AI x 1	AL x 9	AR x 10	AT x 7
CA x 36	CI x 20	CL x 9	CR x 6
DA x 4	DI x 13
IA x 1	IC x 2	IL x 6	IR x 2	IT x 1
	ILI x 3	ILL x 3
LA x 5	LI x 2
RA x 5	RI x 2
TA x 8	TI x 3	TR x 18

cmp	6	7	8	tot
A	1	-	-	1
C	-	2	-	2
D	-	-	1	1
R	-	1	1	2
tot	1	3	2	6

plu	5	6	9	tot
A	-	-	1	1
C	4	-	-	4
D	1	-	-	1
I	-	1	-	1
tot	5	1	1	7

debut appearances

ATTRACTICIDAL, CIRCATIDAL, DIACRITICAL, LACTARIID, RATICIDAL, TRICLAD, TRICLADID, TRIRADICAL

word	length
ACACIA	6
ACADA	5
ACARA	5
ACARDIA	7
ACARDIAC	8
ACARDIACI	^† 9
ACARI	5
ACARICIDAL	10
ACARID	6
ACATALLACTIC	12
ACCIDIA	7
ACCRA	5
ACIDIC	6
ACRAL	5
ACRATIA	7
ACRATIC	7
ACRID	5
ACRIDID	7
ACRITICAL	9
ACTARIT	7
ADDICT	6
AIRCAR	* 6
ALACTIC	7
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALCAID	6
ALCID	5
ALDARIC	7
ALLARIC	7
ALTRICAL	8
ALTRICIAL	9
ARACA	5
ARACARI	7
ARACIAL	7
ARCADIA	7
ARCID	5
ARCTIC	6
ARCTICID	8
ARCTIID	7
ARIDIC	6
ARTIC	5
ATACTIC	7
ATARACTIC	9
ATRACID	7
ATTACCA	7
ATTIC	5
ATTRACT	7
ATTRACTICIDAL	13	pangram
CACTI	^† 5
CADDID	6
CAIRD	5
CALCAR	6
CALCARIA	8
CALCARIC	8
CALCIC	6
CALCITIC	8
CALDARIA	8
CALIDRID	8
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CALLID	6
CARAC	5
CARACAL	7
CARACARA	8
CARACCA	7
CARAT	5
CARDIA	6
CARDIAC	7
CARDIACAL	9
CARDIAL	7
CARDIID	7
CARDITA	7
CARDITIC	8
CARDITID	8
CARIAD	6
CARID	5
CARRI	5
CATALATIC	9
CATALLACTIC	11
CATARACT	8
CATARACTAL	10
CATARACTIC	10
CATCALL	* 7
CATTAIL	* 7
CICAD	5
CICADA	6
CICADID	7
CICALA	6
CICATRICAL	10
CICATRICIAL	11
CIDARID	7
CILIA	^† 5
CILIAL	6
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRCATIDAL	10	pangram
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRRAL	6
CIRRI	^† 5
CIRRID	6
CITAL	5
CITRAL	6
CITRI	5
CITRIC	6
CLADAL	6
CLADI	5
CLADIC	6
CLAIRT	6
CLARIID	7
CLART	5
CLIDAL	6
CLITAR	6
CLITIC	6
CRACID	6
CRACTICID	9
CRAIC	5
CRATIC	6
CRITIC	6
CRITICAL	8	debut
DACITIC	7
DALCA	5
DARIC	5
DATACARD	* 8
DIACID	6
DIACIDIC	8
DIACRITIC	9	debut
DIACRITICAL	11	pangram, debut
DIACT	5
DIADIC	6
DICALCIC	8
DICTA	^† 5
DIDACT	6
DIDACTIC	8
DIDACTICAL	10
DIRADICAL	9
DITACTIC	8
IATRICAL	8
ICTAL	5
ICTIC	5
ILIAC	5
ILIACAL	7
ILIACI	^† 6
ILLICIA	7
ILLICIT	7
ILLITIC	7
IRIDIC	6
IRITIC	6
ITALIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACTARIID	9	pangram
LACTIC	6
LAICAL	6
LATITIC	7
LICIT	5
LILAC	5
RACIAL	6
RADICAL	7
RAILCAR	* 7
RAILCARD	* 8
RATICIDAL	9	pangram
RICRAC	6
RICTAL	6
TACIT	5
TACTIC	6
TACTICAL	8
TACTITIC	8
TALARIC	7
TARICTIC	8
TARTARIC	8
TATAC	5
TICAL	5
TICTAC	6
TIDIACIC	8
TRACIAL	7
TRACT	5
TRIAC	5
TRIACID	7
TRIACIDIC	9
TRIACT	6
TRIADIC	7
TRIATIC	7
TRICA	5
TRICALCIC	9
TRICAR	6
TRICLAD	7	perfect pangram
TRICLADID	9	pangram
TRICRITICAL	11
TRICTRAC	8
TRIRACIAL	9
TRIRADICAL	10	pangram
TRITACTIC	9

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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