December 12, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 12, 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 . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter U: July 26, 2022Center letter R: June 9, 2020
Center letter T: August 7, 2019
words: 181
score: 1,116 pts
pangrams: 4
compounds: 2
bingo: yes
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AL x 12 | AN x 17 | AR x 8 | AT x 6 | AU x 5 | AY x 2 |
| LA x 12 | LL x 1 | LU x 7 | LY x 3 | ||
| LAL x 2 | LAN x 2 | LAR x 2 | LAT x 1 | LAU x 4 | LAY x 1 |
| NA x 15 | NU x 7 | NY x 2 | |||
| RA x 13 | RU x 3 | ||||
| TA x 36 | TR x 6 | TU x 3 | TY x 3 | ||
| UL x 4 | UN x 5 | UR x 1 | |||
| YA x 7 | YU x 3 |
| cmp | 7 | 8 | tot |
| R | 1 | - | 1 |
| U | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
NATURALLY, NURTURALLY, TRUANTLY, UNNATURALLY
| word | length | |||
| ALALA | 5 | |||
| ALANNA | 6 | |||
| ALANT | 5 | |||
| ALANYL | 6 | |||
| ALARY | 5 | |||
| ALAUNT | 6 | |||
| ALLAY | 5 | |||
| ALLYL | 5 | |||
| ALTAR | 5 | |||
| ALTYN | 5 | |||
| ALULA | 5 | |||
| ALULAR | 6 | |||
| ANALLY | 6 | |||
| ANANA | 5 | |||
| ANATTA | 6 | |||
| ANLAUT | 6 | |||
| ANNAL | 5 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| ANNUAL | 6 | |||
| ANNUALLY | 8 | |||
| ANNUARY | 7 | |||
| ANNUL | 5 | |||
| ANNULAR | 7 | |||
| ANNULARLY | 9 | |||
| ANNULARY | 8 | |||
| ANTLY | 5 | |||
| ANTRA | 5 | |||
| ANTRAL | 6 | |||
| ANURAN | 6 | |||
| ANURY | 5 | |||
| ARARA | 5 | |||
| ARNUT | 5 | |||
| ARRANT | 6 | |||
| ARRANTLY | 8 | |||
| ARRAY | 5 | |||
| ARRAYAL | 7 | |||
| ARTAL | 5 | |||
| ARURA | 5 | |||
| ATALL | 5 | |||
| ATAUNT | 6 | |||
| ATLANTAL | 8 | |||
| ATLATL | 6 | |||
| ATRAY | 5 | |||
| ATTAR | 5 | |||
| AUNTLY | 6 | |||
| AUNTY | 5 | |||
| AURAL | 5 | |||
| AURALLY | 7 | |||
| AURAR | 5 | |||
| AYLLU | 5 | |||
| AYRAN | 5 | |||
| LALLAN | 6 | |||
| LALLY | 5 | |||
| LANARY | 6 | |||
| LANTANA | 7 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| LARNT | 5 | |||
| LARRY | 5 | |||
| LATRANT | 7 | |||
| LAUAN | 5 | |||
| LAULAU | 6 | |||
| LAURA | 5 | |||
| LAURYL | 6 | |||
| LAYAN | 5 | |||
| LLAUTU | 6 | |||
| LUNANAUT | 8 | |||
| LUNAR | 5 | |||
| LUNARNAUT | 9 | |||
| LUNARY | 6 | |||
| LUNULA | 6 | |||
| LUNULAR | 7 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| LUTAR | 5 | |||
| LYART | 5 | |||
| LYRATYL | 7 | |||
| LYTTA | 5 | |||
| NALLA | 5 | |||
| NANNA | 5 | |||
| NANNAN | 6 | |||
| NANNY | 5 | |||
| NANTY | 5 | |||
| NARRA | 5 | |||
| NATAL | 5 | |||
| NATALLY | 7 | |||
| NATANT | 6 | |||
| NATANTLY | 8 | |||
| NATTY | 5 | |||
| NATURAL | 7 | |||
| NATURALLY | 9 | pangram | ||
| NATYA | 5 | |||
| NAUNT | 5 | |||
| NULLA | 5 | |||
| NULLAR | 6 | |||
| NULLARY | 7 | |||
| NURTURAL | 8 | |||
| NURTURALLY | 10 | pangram | ||
| NURTURANT | 9 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| NUTANT | 6 | |||
| NYALA | 5 | |||
| NYULA | 5 | |||
| RALLY | 5 | |||
| RANNY | 5 | |||
| RANTY | 5 | |||
| RANULA | 6 | |||
| RATAL | 5 | |||
| RATAN | 5 | |||
| RATANY | 6 | |||
| RATATAT | * 7 | |||
| RATLY | 5 | |||
| RATTAN | 6 | |||
| RATTANY | 7 | |||
| RATTLY | 6 | |||
| RATTY | 5 | |||
| RUANA | 5 | |||
| RURAL | 5 | |||
| RURALLY | 7 | |||
| TALAR | 5 | |||
| TALLA | 5 | |||
| TALLAT | 6 | |||
| TALLY | 5 | |||
| TANNA | 5 | |||
| TANNUR | 6 | |||
| TANRU | 5 | |||
| TANTARA | 7 | |||
| TANTRA | 6 | |||
| TANTY | 5 | |||
| TANYA | 5 | |||
| TANYAN | 6 | |||
| TARAN | 5 | |||
| TARANTARA | 9 | |||
| TARANTULA | 9 | |||
| TARATANTARA | 11 | |||
| TARLATAN | 8 | |||
| TARNAL | 6 | |||
| TARNALLY | 8 | |||
| TARRY | 5 | |||
| TARTAN | 6 | |||
| TARTANRY | 8 | |||
| TARTAR | 6 | |||
| TARTARLY | 8 | |||
| TARTARYN | 8 | |||
| TARTLY | 6 | |||
| TARTY | 5 | |||
| TATARA | 6 | |||
| TATARARA | 8 | |||
| TATTA | 5 | |||
| TATTARARA | 9 | |||
| TATTY | 5 | |||
| TAULA | 5 | |||
| TAUNT | 5 | |||
| TAUTLY | 6 | |||
| TAYRA | 5 | |||
| TRANT | 5 | |||
| TRANTY | 6 | |||
| TRATT | 5 | |||
| TRUANT | 6 | |||
| TRUANTLY | 8 | pangram | ||
| TRUANTRY | 8 | |||
| TUART | 5 | |||
| TUATARA | 7 | |||
| TURRA | 5 | |||
| TYRANNY | 7 | |||
| TYRANT | 6 | |||
| TYRANTRY | 8 | |||
| ULNAR | 5 | |||
| ULTRA | 5 | |||
| ULTRARUN | * 8 | |||
| ULULANT | 7 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| UNARY | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| UNLAY | 5 | |||
| UNNATURAL | 9 | |||
| UNNATURALLY | 11 | pangram | ||
| UNTAUT | 6 | |||
| URANYL | 6 | |||
| YANTRA | 6 | |||
| YARAY | 5 | |||
| YARNUT | 6 | |||
| YARNY | 5 | |||
| YARRAN | 6 | |||
| YATRA | 5 | |||
| YATTA | 5 | |||
| YULAN | 5 | |||
| YURLA | 5 | |||
| YURTA | 5 |
* compound(ish) word