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December 13, 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 13, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter PACILNR
Spelling Bee for December 13, 2018

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Center letter L: June 21, 2019

words: 142
score: 985 pts
pangrams: 6
compounds: 1
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

A x 16
C x 20
I x 4
L x 8
N x 1
P x 87
R x 6

5L x 45
6L x 36
7L x 22
8L x 18
9L x 10
10L x 8
11L x 2
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 6 3 4 2 - 1 - - 16
C 6 6 3 3 - 2 - - 20
I 2 - 1 - 1 - - - 4
L 4 - 2 2 - - - - 8
N 1 - - - - - - - 1
P 26 25 10 9 9 5 2 1 87
R - 2 2 2 - - - - 6
tot 45 36 22 18 10 8 2 1 142

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 3 AL x 4 AP x 9
CA x 18 CI x 2
IC x 2 IL x 1 IN x 1
LA x 5 LI x 3
NA x 1
PA x 43 PI x 25 PL x 9 PR x 10
RA x 3 RI x 3

cmp 7 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

plu 5 8 tot
C 1 1 2
P - 1 1
tot 1 2 3

debut appearances 11

PARACLINICAL, PARACRANIAL, PARACRINAL, PIPRACILLIN, PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPIAL

word       length      
PARACLINICAL 12 pangram
PARACRANIAL 11 pangram
PIPRACILLIN 11 pangram
APALCILLIN 10
CALLICARPA 10
CARAPACIAL 10
PARACRANIA 10
PARACRINAL 10 pangram
PARNAPARIN 10
PICCALILLI 10
PRINCIPIAL 10 pangram
ILIPARCIL 9
PALILALIA 9
PALILALIC 9
PANACINAR 9
PARALALIA 9
PARINARIC 9
PICALILLI 9
PLANARIAN 9 debut
PRINCIPAL 9 pangram, debut
PRINCIPIA 9
ACAPNIAL 8
APIARIAN 8
CAPRICCI  8
CAPRINIC 8
CARPALIA 8
LAPALAPA 8
LAPILLAR 8
PACARANA 8
PANNARIN 8
PAPILLAR 8
PARALIAN 8
PARAPARA 8
PARILLIN 8
PARRILLA 8
PICARIAN 8
PLANARIA  8 debut
RIPARIAL 8
RIPARIAN 8
ACAPNIA 7
ACAPNIC 7
ALAPANA 7
APALLIC 7
CALPAIN 7
CARAIPI 7
CIRCLIP 7
ICPALLI 7
LAPILLI 7
LIPINIC 7
PALINAL 7
PALLIAL 7
PAPILLA 7 debut
PARALIC 7
PARANAL 7
PIANICA 7
PIAPIAC 7
PINRAIL * 7
PIPPIAN 7
PRIAPIC 7 allowed elsewhere
RAPILLI 7
RAPPINI 7
ALPACA 6
APICAL 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
APPALL 6
CALPAC 6
CAPLIN 6
CAPRIC 6
CAPRIN 6
CARNAP 6
CARPAL 6 debut
PACARA 6
PACCAN 6
PALAPA 6 allowed elsewhere
PALLIA 6
PALPAL 6
PANINI 6
PAPAIA 6
PAPAIN 6
PARIAN 6
PARICA 6
PARRAL 6
PICNIC 6
PICRAL 6
PICRIC 6
PILLAR 6 debut
PINNAL 6
PIPIPI 6
PIPIRI 6
PIPPIN 6 allowed elsewhere
PIRANA 6
PLANAL 6
PLANAR 6 debut
PLICAL 6
PRANIC 6
PRIAPI 6
RAPINI 6
RIPRAP 6
ALAAP 5
ALAPA 5
APALA 5
APIAN 5
APIIN 5
APPAL 5
CAAPI 5
CAPPA 5
CAPRI 5
CARAP 5
CARPI  5
CIPPI 5
ICPAL 5
INCAP 5
LAPIN 5
LAPPA 5
LIPIC 5
LIPIN 5
NAPPA 5
PAILA 5
PALLA 5
PALPI 5
PANIC 5
PANIN 5
PANIR 5
PANNI 5
PAPAL 5
PAPPI 5
PAPRI 5
PICRA 5
PILAR 5
PILIN 5
PININ 5
PINNA 5
PIPAL 5
PIPRA 5
PIRAI 5
PLAIN 5 debut
PLANA 5
PLARN 5
PLICA 5
PRANA 5
PRIAL 5
PRIAN 5
PRILL 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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