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December 29, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 29, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with RI.


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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: 141
score: 615 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 1 CL x 4 CO x 25 CR x 4
IL x 2 IR x 1
LI x 5 LO x 11
OC x 8 OL x 2 OO x 1 OR x 3 OT x 4 OV x 4
RI x 2 RO x 19
RIO x 1 RIR x 1
TI x 3 TO x 20 TR x 13
VI x 6 VO x 2 VR x 1

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

plu 4 5 8 tot
C - 2 - 2
L 1 - - 1
O - - 1 1
T 1 - - 1
tot 2 2 1 5

debut appearances 8
previously disallowed debuts 1

VITRIOLIC

word       length      
CIRIO 5
CLITORIC 8
CLOIT 5
CLOOT 5
CLOT 4
COCCI  5 debut, previously disallowed
COCCIC 6
COCO 4
COCRICO 7
COIL 4
COIR 4 allowed elsewhere
COLI 4
COLIC 5
COLICROOT * 9
COLITIC 7
COLL 4
COLO 4
COLOCOLIC 9
COLOCOLO 8
COLOR 5
COLOROTO 8
COLT 4
COOCOO 6
COOL 4
COOLIO 6
COOT 4
COROCORO 8
CORTILI 7
CORVI 5
COTT 4
CRIOLLO 7
CROC 4
CROCI  5
CROOL 5
ILLO 4
ILOT 4
IRORI 5
LICTOR 6
LILO 4
LIROT 5
LITOTIC 7
LIVOR 5
LOCI  4
LOCO 4
LOIR 4
LOLL 4
LOLOT 5
LOOT 4
LORIOT 6
LOTI 4
LOTIC 5
LOTTO 5
LOVO 4
OCOTILLO 8 debut, disallowed elsewhere
OCTIC 5
OCTITOL 7
OCTLI 5
OCTOIC 6
OCTOVIR 7
OCTOVIRI 8
OCTROI 6
OLIO 4
OLIVIL 6
OOLITIC 7
ORLO 4
OROTIC 6
ORTOL 5
OTIC 4
OTITIC 6
OTOLITIC 8
OTTO 4
OVOCOCCI  8
OVOLI 5
OVOLO 5
OVOO 4
RIOT 4
RIRORIRO 8
ROCOCO 6
ROCOTO 6
ROIL 4
ROLL 4
ROOL 4
ROOT 4
ROOTROT * 7
RORIC 5
RORT 4
ROTI 4
ROTL 4
ROTO 4 disallowed elsewhere
ROTOLI 6
ROTOLO 6
ROTOR 5
ROTOTILL 8
ROTTOL 6
ROTTOLI 7
ROTTOLO 7
TILTROTOR * 9
TIRO 4
TITLO 5
TOCO 4
TOCORORO 8
TOIL 4
TOIT 4
TOITOI 6
TOLL 4
TOLT 4
TOOL 4
TOOT 4
TORC 4
TORI  4
TORIC 5
TORII 5
TORIL 5
TORO 4
TORR 4
TORRIL 6
TORT 4
TORTICOLLIC 11
TOTO 4
TRICOLOR 8 debut
TRICOT 6
TRICROTIC 9
TRILLO 6
TRIO 4
TRIOL 5
TRIOR 5
TROCO 5
TROCTOLITIC 11
TROLL 5
TROT 4
TROTRO 6
TROTTOIR 8
VICRIVIROC 10
VICTOR 6 debut
VIOL 4 debut
VIROTIC 7
VITRIOL 7 debut
VITRIOLIC 9 pangram, debut
VOLT 4 debut
VOLTI 5
VROT 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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