Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
December 20, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 20, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter LACHIRV
Spelling Bee for December 20, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter I: February 10, 2024
Center letter R: November 4, 2020
Center letter H: February 7, 2020
Center letter R: July 15, 2019

words: 125
score: 812 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 2
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

cmp 7 9 tot
A - 1 1
R 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2

plu 5 6 tot
C 1 - 1
I - 1 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 4

ARCHIVAL, ARCHRIVAL, CHIVALRIC

word       length      
CALICIVIRAL 11
CALCIVIRAL 10
CARLAVIRAL 10
CHACHALACA 10
ARCHRIVAL * 9 pangram, debut
CAILLIACH 9
CALVARIAL 9
CHILIARCH 9
CHIVALRIC 9 pangram, debut
ILARVIRAL 9
RHACHILLA 9
ALCAVALA 8
ARCHIVAL 8 pangram, debut
CAILLACH 8
CALCARIA 8
CALCARIC 8
CALVARIA 8
CHILARIA 8
CHIRALIC 8
HALACHIC 8
HALLICAL 8
LAVALAVA 8
RACHILLA 8
VAALHAAI 8
VICARIAL 8
ACHIRAL 7
ALLARIC 7
ARACIAL 7
ARRIVAL 7
CARACAL 7
CAVALLA 7
CHALARA 7
CHALLAH 7
CHILACA 7
HALACHA 7
HALALAH 7
HALAVAH 7
HALLALI 7
ILIACAL 7
ILLICIA 7
RACHIAL 7
RAILCAR * 7
VIRILIA 7
ACHILL 6
ALAIHI 6
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALCAIC 6
ARALIA 6
ARCHIL 6
ARILLI 6
ARVILL 6
CALCAR 6
CALCIC 6
CHALAH 6
CHALLA 6
CHILLA 6
CHILLI 6
CHIRAL 6
CICALA 6
CILIAL 6
CIRRAL 6
CLAVAL 6
CLIVAL 6
CLIVIA 6
HALALA 6
HALAVA 6
HALLAH 6
HALLAL 6
HALVAH 6
ILIACI  6
LACCIC 6
LAHARA 6
LAICAL 6
LARAHA 6
LARVAL 6
RACIAL 6
VALIHA 6
VALVAL 6
VARIAL 6
VILLAR 6
VIRIAL 6
AALII 5
ACRAL 5
ALALA 5
ALVAR 5
ARVAL 5
ARVIL 5
AVAIL 5
CALLA 5
CALLI 5
CALVA 5
CAVAL 5
CAVIL 5
CHILI 5
CHILL 5
CHIRL 5
CILIA  5
CIVIL 5
CLAVA 5
CLAVI 5
CLIVI 5
HALAL 5
HALVA 5
HILAL 5
HILAR 5
HILCH 5
ILALA 5
ILIAC 5
ILIAL 5
LAARI 5
LAHAR 5
LAICH 5
LARCH 5 debut
LARVA 5
LAVIC 5
LAVRA 5
LICHI 5
LILAC 5
RIVAL 5
VALLA 5
VALVA 5
VILLA 5
VILLI 5
VIRAL 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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