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December 13, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 13, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter PACILNR
Spelling Bee for December 13, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter L: June 21, 2019

words: 191
score: 1,034 pts
pangrams: 6
compounds: 1
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 19
C x 27
I x 5
L x 11
N x 3
P x 119
R x 7

4L x 49
5L x 45
6L x 36
7L x 22
8L x 18
9L x 10
10L x 8
11L x 2
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 3 6 3 4 2 - 1 - - 19
C 7 6 6 3 3 - 2 - - 27
I 1 2 - 1 - 1 - - - 5
L 3 4 - 2 2 - - - - 11
N 2 1 - - - - - - - 3
P 32 26 25 10 9 9 5 2 1 119
R 1 - 2 2 2 - - - - 7
tot 49 45 36 22 18 10 8 2 1 191

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 3 AL x 5 AP x 11
CA x 22 CI x 2 CL x 2 CR x 1
IC x 2 IL x 1 IN x 1 IP x 1
LA x 7 LI x 4
NA x 2 NI x 1
PA x 57 PI x 38 PL x 12 PR x 12
RA x 4 RI x 3

cmp 7 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

plu 4 5 8 tot
C - 1 1 2
P 1 - 1 2
tot 1 1 2 4

debut appearances 11

PARACLINICAL, PARACRANIAL, PARACRINAL, PIPRACILLIN, PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPIAL

word       length      
ACAPNIA 7
ACAPNIAL 8
ACAPNIC 7
ALAAP 5
ALAP 4
ALAPA 5
ALAPANA 7
ALPACA 6
APALA 5
APALCILLIN 10
APALLIC 7
APAR 4
APIAN 5
APIARIAN 8
APIC 4
APICAL 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
APIIN 5
APPAL 5
APPALL 6
CAAPI 5
CALLICARPA 10
CALP 4
CALPAC 6
CALPAIN 7
CAPA 4
CAPI 4
CAPLIN 6
CAPPA 5
CAPRI 5
CAPRIC 6
CAPRICCI  8
CAPRIN 6
CAPRINIC 8
CARAIPI 7
CARAP 5
CARAPACIAL 10
CARNAP 6
CARP 4
CARPAL 6 debut
CARPALIA 8
CARPI  5
CIPPI 5
CIRCLIP 7
CLAP 4
CLIP 4
CRAP 4
ICPAL 5
ICPALLI 7
ILIPARCIL 9
INCAP 5
IPIL 4
LAPA 4
LAPALAPA 8
LAPILLAR 8
LAPILLI 7
LAPIN 5
LAPPA 5
LARP 4
LIPA 4
LIPIC 5
LIPIN 5
LIPINIC 7
NAPA 4
NAPPA 5
NIPA 4
PAAN 4
PACA 4
PACARA 6
PACARANA 8
PACCAN 6
PAIL 4 debut
PAILA 5
PAIN 4
PAIR 4
PALA 4
PALAPA 6 allowed elsewhere
PALI 4
PALILALIA 9
PALILALIC 9
PALINAL 7
PALL 4
PALLA 5
PALLIA 6
PALLIAL 7
PALP 4 allowed elsewhere
PALPAL 6
PALPI 5
PANACINAR 9
PANIC 5
PANIN 5
PANINI 6
PANIR 5
PANNARIN 8
PANNI 5
PAPA 4
PAPAIA 6
PAPAIN 6
PAPAL 5
PAPI 4
PAPILLA 7 debut
PAPILLAR 8
PAPPI 5
PAPRI 5
PARA 4
PARACLINICAL 12 pangram
PARACRANIA 10
PARACRANIAL 11 pangram
PARACRINAL 10 pangram
PARALALIA 9
PARALIAN 8
PARALIC 7
PARANAL 7
PARAPARA 8
PARIAN 6
PARICA 6
PARILLIN 8
PARINARIC 9
PARNAPARIN 10
PARP 4
PARR 4
PARRAL 6
PARRILLA 8
PIAI 4
PIAL 4
PIAN 4
PIANICA 7
PIAPIAC 7
PICA 4
PICALILLI 9
PICARIAN 8
PICCALILLI 10
PICI 4
PICNIC 6
PICRA 5
PICRAL 6
PICRIC 6
PILA 4
PILAR 5
PILI  4
PILIN 5
PILL 4
PILLAR 6 debut
PINA 4
PININ 5
PINNA 5
PINNAL 6
PINRAIL * 7
PIPA 4
PIPAL 5
PIPI 4
PIPIPI 6
PIPIRI 6
PIPPIAN 7
PIPPIN 6 allowed elsewhere
PIPRA 5
PIPRACILLIN 11 pangram
PIRAI 5
PIRANA 6
PIRL 4
PIRN 4
PLAIN 5 debut
PLAN 4 debut
PLANA 5
PLANAL 6
PLANAR 6 debut
PLANARIA  8 debut
PLANARIAN 9 debut
PLAP 4
PLARN 5
PLICA 5
PLICAL 6
PLIP 4
PRAC 4
PRANA 5
PRANIC 6
PRIAL 5
PRIAN 5
PRIAPI 6
PRIAPIC 7 allowed elsewhere
PRILL 5
PRIN 4
PRINCIPAL 9 pangram, debut
PRINCIPIA 9
PRINCIPIAL 10 pangram
RAIP 4
RAPILLI 7
RAPINI 6
RAPPINI 7
RIPARIAL 8
RIPARIAN 8
RIPRAP 6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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