December 12, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 12, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 12, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with TY.

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Instructions

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Spelling Bee for December 12, 2018

Related puzzles

Center letter U: July 26, 2022
Center letter R: June 9, 2020
Center letter T: August 7, 2019

words: 256
score: 1,191 pts
pangrams: 4
compounds: 2
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AL x 16	AN x 23	AR x 11	AT x 9	AU x 8	AY x 3
LA x 19	LL x 1	LU x 10	LY x 4
NA x 21	NU x 7	NY x 2
RA x 19	RU x 4	RY x 1
TA x 47	TR x 7	TU x 6	TY x 4
		TYA x 1	TYR x 3
UL x 6	UN x 7	UR x 2
YA x 15	YU x 4

cmp	7	8	tot
R	1	-	1
U	-	1	1
tot	1	1	2

debut appearances

NATURALLY, NURTURALLY, TRUANTLY, UNNATURALLY

word	length
ALALA	5
ALAN	4
ALANNA	6
ALANT	5
ALANYL	6
ALAR	4
ALARY	5
ALAUNT	6
ALLAY	5
ALLY	4
ALLYL	5
ALTA	4
ALTAR	5
ALTYN	5
ALULA	5
ALULAR	6
ANAL	4
ANALLY	6
ANAN	4
ANANA	5
ANATTA	6
ANLAUT	6
ANNA	4
ANNAL	5	allowed elsewhere
ANNUAL	6
ANNUALLY	8
ANNUARY	7
ANNUL	5
ANNULAR	7	debut
ANNULARLY	9	debut
ANNULARY	8
ANTA	4
ANTLY	5
ANTRA	5
ANTRAL	6
ANTY	4
ANURAN	6
ANURY	5
ANYU	4
ARARA	5
ARNA	4
ARNUT	5
ARRANT	6
ARRANTLY	8	debut
ARRAY	5
ARRAYAL	7
ARTAL	5
ARTY	4
ARURA	5
ARYL	4
ATALL	5
ATAR	4
ATAUNT	6
ATLANTAL	8
ATLATL	6
ATRAY	5
ATTA	4
ATTAR	5
ATUA	4
AULA	4
AUNT	4
AUNTLY	6
AUNTY	5
AURA	4
AURAL	5
AURALLY	7
AURAR	5
AYAT	4
AYLLU	5
AYRAN	5
LALL	4
LALLAN	6
LALLY	5
LANA	4
LANARY	6
LANT	4
LANTANA	7	allowed elsewhere
LARNT	5
LARRY	5
LATA	4
LATRANT	7
LATU	4
LAUAN	5
LAULAU	6
LAURA	5
LAURYL	6
LAYA	4
LAYAN	5
LAYN	4
LLAUTU	6
LUAN	4
LUAU	4
LUNA	4
LUNANAUT	8
LUNAR	5	debut
LUNARNAUT	9
LUNARY	6
LUNULA	6
LUNULAR	7	debut, disallowed elsewhere
LUTAR	5
LYART	5
LYRA	4
LYRATYL	7
LYTTA	5
NAAN	4
NAAT	4
NALA	4
NALL	4
NALLA	5
NANA	4
NANNA	5
NANNAN	6
NANNY	5
NANTY	5
NARRA	5
NARY	4
NATAL	5	debut
NATALLY	7
NATANT	6
NATANTLY	8
NATTY	5
NATURAL	7	debut
NATURALLY	9	pangram, debut
NATYA	5
NAUNT	5
NULLA	5
NULLAR	6
NULLARY	7
NURTURAL	8
NURTURALLY	10	pangram
NURTURANT	9	disallowed elsewhere
NUTANT	6
NYALA	5
NYULA	5
RALLY	5
RANN	4
RANNY	5
RANT	4
RANTY	5
RANULA	6
RATA	4
RATAL	5
RATAN	5
RATANY	6
RATATAT	* 7
RATLY	5
RATTAN	6
RATTANY	7
RATTLY	6
RATTY	5
RATU	4
RAUN	4
RAYA	4
RUAN	4
RUANA	5
RURAL	5
RURALLY	7
RYAL	4
TAAN	4
TALA	4
TALAR	5
TALL	4
TALLA	5
TALLAT	6
TALLY	5
TANA	4
TANNA	5
TANNUR	6
TANRU	5
TANTARA	7
TANTRA	6
TANTY	5
TANYA	5
TANYAN	6
TARAN	5
TARANTARA	9
TARANTULA	9	debut
TARATANTARA	11
TARLATAN	8
TARN	4
TARNAL	6
TARNALLY	8
TARRY	5
TART	4
TARTAN	6
TARTANRY	8
TARTAR	6
TARTARLY	8
TARTARYN	8
TARTLY	6
TARTY	5
TATA	4
TATARA	6
TATARARA	8
TATT	4
TATTA	5
TATTARARA	9
TATTY	5
TATU	4
TAUA	4
TAULA	5
TAUNT	5
TAUT	4
TAUTLY	6
TAYRA	5
TRANT	5
TRANTY	6
TRATT	5
TRAY	4
TRUANT	6
TRUANTLY	8	pangram
TRUANTRY	8
TUAN	4
TUART	5
TUATARA	7
TUNA	4
TURRA	5
TUYA	4
TYAN	4
TYRANNY	7
TYRANT	6
TYRANTRY	8
ULAN	4
ULNA	4
ULNAR	5	debut
ULTRA	5
ULTRARUN	* 8
ULULANT	7	debut, disallowed elsewhere
UNAL	4
UNARY	5	debut, disallowed elsewhere
UNAU	4
UNLAY	5
UNNATURAL	9	debut
UNNATURALLY	11	pangram, debut
UNTAUT	6
URANYL	6
URNA	4
YAAR	4
YANA	4
YANTRA	6
YARAY	5
YARL	4
YARN	4
YARNUT	6
YARNY	5
YARR	4
YARRAN	6
YATRA	5
YATT	4
YATTA	5
YAUL	4
YAYA	4
YUAN	4
YULAN	5
YURLA	5
YURTA	5

* compound(ish) word

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