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December 17, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 17, 2022, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter CAHILNR
Spelling Bee for December 17, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter H: February 24, 2021

words: 225
score: 1,474 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 4
plurals: 10
bingo: yes

A x 56
C x 113
H x 12
I x 11
L x 17
N x 4
R x 12

5L x 51
6L x 78
7L x 51
8L x 24
9L x 16
10L x 4
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 8 20 18 5 3 2 - 56
C 26 40 21 12 11 2 1 113
H 3 3 2 3 1 - - 12
I 3 5 3 - - - - 11
L 7 5 2 3 - - - 17
N 1 2 1 - - - - 4
R 3 3 4 1 1 - - 12
tot 51 78 51 24 16 4 1 225

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 26 AI x 1 AL x 5 AN x 10 AR x 14
CA x 37 CH x 42 CI x 15 CL x 10 CR x 9
CIC x 3 CIL x 2 CIN x 3 CIR x 7
HA x 7 HI x 5
IC x 1 IL x 5 IN x 5
LA x 11 LI x 6
NA x 3 NI x 1
RA x 5 RH x 2 RI x 5

cmp 5 6 7 tot
A - 1 - 1
I - 1 - 1
L 1 - - 1
R - - 1 1
tot 1 2 1 4

plu 5 6 7 8 tot
A - 1 1 1 3
C 3 1 1 1 6
I - 1 - - 1
tot 3 3 2 2 10

ANARCHICAL

word       length      
ACACIA 6
ACACIIN 7
ACACIN 6
ACANA 5
ACARA 5
ACARI 5
ACARIAN 7
ACARINARIA 10
ACCRA 5
ACHAAR 6
ACHAR 5
ACHARI 6
ACHILL 6
ACHIRA 6
ACHIRAL 7
ACINACI  7
ACINAR 6
ACINI 5
ACINIC 6
ACLINAL 7
ACLINIC 7
ACLINICAL 9
ACRAL 5
ACRANIA 7
ACRANIAL 8
ACRICHIN 8
AIRCAR * 6
ALALIC 6
ALCAIC 6
ALCANNA 7
ALLARIC 7
ALLICIN 7
ANACLINAL 9
ANARCH 6
ANARCHIC 8
ANARCHICAL 10 pangram
ANCHAL 6
ANCILIA 7
ANCILLA 7
ANICCA 6
ANILIC 6
ANILINIC 8
ARACA 5
ARACARI 7
ARACHIC 7
ARACHIN 7
ARACIAL 7
ARANCINI  8 allowed elsewhere
ARCANA  6
ARCHAIC 7
ARCHIL 6
ARCHIN 6
ARNICA 6
ARNICIN 7
ARRACACHA 9
ARRACH 6
CACHACA 7
CACHIRI 7
CAHINCA 7
CAILLACH 8
CAILLIACH 9
CAIRN 5
CALCAR 6
CALCARIA 8
CALCARIC 8
CALCARINA 9
CALCIAN 7
CALCIC 6
CALCIN 6
CALIN 5
CALLA 5
CALLI 5
CANAL 5
CANCAN 6
CANCHA 6
CANINI 6
CANNA 5
CANNACH 7
CARAC 5
CARACAL 7
CARACARA 8
CARACCA 7
CARANA 6
CARANCHA 8
CARANNA 7
CARINA 6
CARINAL 7
CARINARIA 9
CARLIN 6
CARNAL 6
CARNIN 6
CARRANCHA 9
CARRI 5
CHACHA 6
CHACHACHA 9
CHACHALACA 10
CHAIN 5
CHAIR 5
CHALAH 6
CHALAN 6
CHALARA 7
CHALLA 6
CHALLAH 7
CHALLAN 7
CHANA 5
CHANAR 6
CHANCLA 7
CHANNA 6
CHARA 5
CHARACIN 8
CHARCHARI 9
CHARR 5
CHHANA 6
CHICA 5
CHICH 5
CHICHA 6
CHICHI 6
CHILACA 7
CHILARIA 8
CHILI 5
CHILIAN 7
CHILIARCH 9
CHILL 5
CHILLA 6
CHILLI 6
CHINA 5
CHINACRIN 9
CHINAR 6
CHINCH 6
CHINCHILLA 10
CHIRAL 6
CHIRALIC 8
CHIRL 5
CHIRR 5
CHRAIN 6
CICALA 6
CICINNI  7
CICLACILLIN 11
CILIA  5
CILIAL 6
CINCH 5
CINCINNAL 9
CINCINNI  8
CIRCA 5
CIRCAR 6
CIRCI  5
CIRCINAL 8
CIRRAL 6
CIRRHI 6
CIRRI  5
CLACHAN 7
CLAIRIN 7
CLARAIN 7
CLARINI 7
CLINAL 6
CLINCH 6
CLINIA 6
CLINIC 6
CLINICAL 8
CLINICIAN 9
CRACHACH 8
CRAIC 5
CRANACHAN 9
CRANCH 6
CRANIA  6
CRANIAL 7
CRANIC 6
CRINAL 6
CRINCH 6
HAINCH 6
HALACHA 7
HALACHIC 8
HALICIN 7
HALLICAL 8
HANCH 5
HARCH 5
HILCH 5
HIRCARRA 8
HIRCARRAH 9
HIRCIC 6
HIRCIN 6
ICARIIN 7
ILIAC 5
ILIACAL 7
ILIACI  6
ILICIN 6
ILLICIA 7
INARCH 6
INCALL * 6
INCARN 6
INCHI 5
INIAC 5
LACCIC 6
LACCIN 6
LACINIA 7
LACINIAL 8
LACINIAR 8
LAICAL 6
LAICH 5
LANCH 5
LANCIN 6
LANCININ 8
LARCH 5
LICHI 5
LILAC 5
LILACIN 7
LINAC * 5
LINCH 5
LINCHI 6
NACHANI 7
NARIC 5
NARICA 6
NIACIN 6
RACHIAL 7
RACHILLA 8
RACIAL 6
RAILCAR * 7
RANCH 5
RHACHILLA 9
RHINIC 6
RICIN 5
RICINIA 7
RICINIC 7
RICRAC 6
RINCH 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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