December 24, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

December 24, 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 24, 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.

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Spelling Bee for December 24, 2018

words: 188
score: 1,243 pts
pangrams: 4
compounds: 7
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 39
D x 20
I x 22
N x 11
R x 32
T x 55
Y x 9

5L x 68
6L x 40
7L x 38
8L x 23
9L x 12
10L x 4
11L x 2
15L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	15	tot
A	16	9	6	3	3	1	-	1	39
D	9	2	4	4	1	-	-	-	20
I	4	4	8	4	1	1	-	-	22
N	3	2	3	1	1	1	-	-	11
R	15	9	5	3	-	-	-	-	32
T	16	11	11	8	6	1	2	-	55
Y	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	9
tot	68	40	38	23	12	4	2	1	188

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	8	9	tot
A	1	-	-	-	1
D	-	-	1	-	1
I	1	1	-	-	2
R	-	1	-	-	1
T	-	1	-	1	2
tot	2	3	1	1	7

plu	5	7	8	tot
A	1	-	-	1
D	-	-	1	1
I	-	1	-	1
R	1	-	-	1
tot	2	1	1	4

debut appearances	3
newly disallowed words	1	yttria

ANTIDAIRY, INTRADAY, TRAINYARD, TYRANNID

word	length
AARTI	5
ADDRA	5
ADRAD	5
ADRIANITID	10
AIRAN	5
AIRDRY	* 6
ANANDRIA	8
ANIRIDIA	8
ANTIAIR	7
ANTIAR	6
ANTIARIN	8
ANTIART	7
ANTIDAIRY	9	pangram
ANTIRAD	7
ANTIRADAR	9
ANTIRAT	7
ANTITRAIN	9
ANTITRINITARIAN	15
ANTRA	5
ANTRIN	6
ARADID	6
ARARA	5
ARATDAR	7
ARATI	5
ARDIAN	6
ARDRI	5
ARIARY	6
ARIDITY	7
ARIID	5
ARITY	5
ARRANT	6
ARRAY	5
ARTIAD	6
ATARI	5
ATRAY	5
ATRIA	^† 5
ATTAR	5
ATTRIT	6
AYRAN	5
DAIRA	5
DAIRID	6
DAIRY	5
DARDARIN	8
DARDY	5
DATARATI	^† 8
DATARIA	7
DATARY	6
DIANDRIAN	9
DIANDRY	7
DIARIAN	7
DIARY	5
DINAR	5
DIRTY	5
DIRTYARD	* 8
DRAIN	5
DRANT	5
DRYAD	5
DRYANDRA	8
DRYINID	7
INARI	5
INDRI	5
INDRID	6
INDRIID	7
INNARD	6
INNYARD	* 7
INRADII	^† 7
INTRAARRAY	10
INTRADA	7
INTRADAY	8	pangram, debut
INTRANT	7
INTRATA	7
INTRAY	* 6
IRIAN	5
IRIDIAN	7
IRIDIN	6
IRIDINID	8
IRRADIANT	9
IRRITANT	8
ITARDAN	7
ITTAR	5
ITTARDAN	8
NADIR	5
NAIRA	5
NANNANDRIA	10
NARRA	5
NATRIAN	7
NIDARY	6
NITRARY	7
NITRATIAN	9
NITRIAN	7
NITRIARY	8
NRITTA	6
RAATRANI	8
RADAR	5
RADIAD	6
RADIAN	6
RADIANT	7
RADIATA	7
RADII	^† 5
RAIAT	5
RAINY	5	debut
RAITA	5	allowed elsewhere
RAIYAT	6
RANARIAN	8
RANDAN	6
RANDY	5
RANID	5
RANINID	7
RANNY	5
RANTY	5
RARITY	6
RATAN	5
RATANY	6
RATARDID	8
RATATAT	* 7
RATTAN	6
RATTANY	7
RATTY	5
RIANT	5	disallowed elsewhere
RIATA	5
RINDY	5
RITARD	6
RIYAD	5
RYTINA	6
TAIRA	5
TAIRN	5
TANADAR	7
TANDAR	6
TANNADAR	8
TANTARA	7
TANTRA	6
TANYARD	* 7
TARADA	6
TARAI	5
TARAIRI	7
TARAN	5
TARANTARA	9
TARATANTARA	11
TARDITY	7
TARDY	5
TARIN	5
TARRY	5
TARTAN	6
TARTANRY	8
TARTAR	6
TARTARYN	8
TARTY	5
TATARA	6
TATARARA	8
TATTARARA	9
TAYRA	5
TIARA	5
TIATR	5
TINDARID	8
TINDARIID	9
TITRANT	7
TITYRA	6
TRAIN	5
TRAINY	6
TRAINYARD	* 9	pangram
TRAIT	5
TRANT	5
TRANTY	6
TRATT	5
TRIAD	5
TRIANDRIAN	10
TRIARII	7
TRIDARN	7
TRINARY	7
TRINITARIAN	11
TRINITARY	9
TRINITRIN	9
TRINITY	7	debut
TRIRADII	8
TRITAN	6
TYRANNID	8	pangram
TYRANNY	7
TYRANT	6
TYRANTRY	8
YANTRA	6
YARAY	5
YARNY	5
YARRAN	6
YARRI	5
YATRA	5
YATRI	5
YTTRIA	6	newly disallowed
YTTRIAN	7

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AD x 3	AI x 2	AN x 14	AR x 13	AT x 5	AY x 1
DA x 8	DI x 7	DR x 5
IN x 13	IR x 6	IT x 3
NA x 5	NI x 5	NR x 1
RA x 26	RI x 5	RY x 1
TA x 27	TI x 6	TR x 18	TY x 4
YA x 7	YT x 2

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