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 29, 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 29, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter OCILRTV
Spelling Bee for December 29, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter L: December 21, 2023
Center letter I: May 7, 2021
Center letter R: April 11, 2020

words: 86
score: 560 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

C x 22
I x 1
L x 8
O x 17
R x 12
T x 20
V x 6

5L x 31
6L x 21
7L x 13
8L x 13
9L x 5
10L x 1
11L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
C 9 3 4 4 2 - - 22
I 1 - - - - - - 1
L 5 2 1 - - - - 8
O 5 5 3 4 - - - 17
R 2 5 3 2 - - - 12
T 8 5 - 3 2 - 2 20
V 1 1 2 - 1 1 - 6
tot 31 21 13 13 5 1 2 86

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 1 CL x 3 CO x 15 CR x 3
IR x 1
LI x 4 LO x 4
OC x 8 OL x 1 OO x 1 OR x 2 OT x 2 OV x 3
OCO x 1 OCT x 7
RI x 1 RO x 11
TI x 2 TO x 7 TR x 11
VI x 5 VO x 1

cmp 7 9 tot
C - 1 1
R 1 - 1
T - 1 1
tot 1 2 3

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

VITRIOLIC

word       length      
CIRIO 5
CLITORIC 8
CLOIT 5
CLOOT 5
COCCI  5
COCCIC 6
COCRICO 7
COLIC 5
COLICROOT * 9
COLITIC 7
COLOCOLIC 9
COLOCOLO 8
COLOR 5
COLOROTO 8
COOCOO 6
COOLIO 6
COROCORO 8
CORTILI 7
CORVI 5
CRIOLLO 7
CROCI  5
CROOL 5
IRORI 5
LICTOR 6
LIROT 5
LITOTIC 7
LIVOR 5
LOLOT 5
LORIOT 6
LOTIC 5
LOTTO 5
OCOTILLO 8 disallowed elsewhere
OCTIC 5
OCTITOL 7
OCTLI 5
OCTOIC 6
OCTOVIR 7
OCTOVIRI 8
OCTROI 6
OLIVIL 6
OOLITIC 7
OROTIC 6
ORTOL 5
OTITIC 6
OTOLITIC 8
OVOCOCCI  8
OVOLI 5
OVOLO 5
RIRORIRO 8
ROCOCO 6
ROCOTO 6
ROOTROT * 7
RORIC 5
ROTOLI 6
ROTOLO 6
ROTOR 5
ROTOTILL 8
ROTTOL 6
ROTTOLI 7
ROTTOLO 7
TILTROTOR * 9
TITLO 5
TOCORORO 8
TOITOI 6
TORIC 5
TORII 5
TORIL 5
TORRIL 6
TORTICOLLIC 11
TRICOLOR 8
TRICOT 6
TRICROTIC 9
TRILLO 6
TRIOL 5
TRIOR 5
TROCO 5
TROCTOLITIC 11
TROLL 5
TROTRO 6
TROTTOIR 8
VICRIVIROC 10
VICTOR 6
VIROTIC 7
VITRIOL 7
VITRIOLIC 9 pangram
VOLTI 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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