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December 8, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 8, 2023, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter LADINOR
Spelling Bee for December 8, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter R: September 7, 2022
Center letter I: September 15, 2021

words: 250
score: 1,325 pts
pangrams: 12
perfect: 2
compounds: 17
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 43
D x 39
I x 22
L x 71
N x 35
O x 22
R x 18

4L x 71
5L x 52
6L x 52
7L x 39
8L x 15
9L x 12
10L x 3
11L x 5
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 7 10 12 8 4 2 - - - 43
D 11 11 9 2 4 2 - - - 39
I 4 7 5 4 - 2 - - - 22
L 29 16 12 9 3 2 - - - 71
N 8 4 4 11 - 3 2 3 - 35
O 6 3 8 4 1 - - - - 22
R 6 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 18
tot 71 52 52 39 15 12 3 5 1 250

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AD x 3 AI x 3 AL x 19 AN x 10 AR x 7
DA x 10 DI x 14 DO x 9 DR x 6
ID x 5 IL x 6 IN x 6 IO x 2 IR x 3
LA x 30 LI x 24 LL x 1 LO x 16
NA x 9 NI x 2 NO x 24
OD x 1 OI x 1 OL x 5 ON x 6 OO x 3 OR x 6
RA x 11 RI x 2 RO x 5

cmp 6 7 8 9 11 tot
A 1 1 - - - 2
D - - 1 - - 1
I 3 - - - - 3
L - - 2 - - 2
N - 1 - - 1 2
O 4 - - - - 4
R - 1 1 1 - 3
tot 8 3 4 1 1 17

plu 4 5 7 8 10 11 tot
I 1 1 - - - - 2
R - - 1 1 1 1 4
tot 1 1 1 1 1 1 6

debut appearances 0

ANORDRIOL, DOORNAIL, NAILROD, NONILLIARD, NONORDINAL, NONRADIAL, NONRAILROAD, ORDINAL, RADIOLAND, RADIOLARIAN, RAILROADANA, RAILROADIANA

word       length      
AALII 5
ADLAND * 6
ADORAL 6
ADRADIAL 8
AIOLI 5
AIRLAND * 7
AIROL 5
ALALA 5
ALALIA 6
ALAN 4
ALAND 5
ALANINOL 8
ALANNA 6
ALAR 4
ALDOL 5
ALDRIN 6
ALLIIN 6
ALLOD 5
ALLODIA 7
ALLODIAL 8
ALLOLALIA 9
ALOD 4
ALODIAL 7
ALOIN 5
ALOLL 5
ALOO 4
ANAL 4
ANIL 4
ANILID 6
ANILIDO 7
ANILIID 7
ANILINO 7
ANILLIN 7
ANNAL 5
ANODAL 6
ANORDRIOL 9 pangram
ARALIA 6
ARIL 4
ARILLI 6
ARILLOID 8
ARNOLOL 7
AROLIA 6
AROLLA 6
DAAL 4
DALA 4
DALAAL 6
DALADALA 8
DALAL 5
DALI 4
DALL 4
DALLOL 6
DALO 4
DALRADIAN 9
DIAL 4
DIALID 6
DIALIN 6
DIANILIDO 9
DIANODAL 8
DIARIAL 7
DILAL 5
DILARID 7
DILDO 5
DILL 4
DINLO 5
DIOL 4
DIRL 4
DIRNDL 6
DODOL 5
DOLIA 5
DOLINA 6
DOLIOLID 8
DOLL 4
DOLLAR 6
DOLOR 5
DOOL 4
DOORNAIL * 8 pangram
DRAIL 5
DRALON 6
DRILID 6
DRILL 5
DROLL 5
DROOL 5
IDIOLALIA 9
IDLI 4
IDOL 4
IDOLA  5
IDOLON 6
ILALA 5
ILARIID 7
ILIA  4
ILIAD 5
ILIAL 5
ILLO 4
INDANOL 7
INDOLIN 7
INIAL 5
INLAID * 6
INLAND * 6
INRAIL * 6
IODAL 5
IODOL 5
IRIDAL 6
IRIDIAL 7
IRIDODIAL 9
LAARI 5
LADINO 6
LADOO 5
LADRON 6
LAID 4
LAIN 4
LAIR 4
LAIRD 5
LALL 4
LALLAN 6
LALLAND 7
LALO 4
LANA 4
LANAI 5
LAND 4
LANDIOLOL 9
LANDLORD * 8
LANDRAIL * 8
LANIARD 7
LANIID 6
LANIOL 6
LANOLIN 7
LARD 4
LARDO 5
LARDON 6
LARDOON 7
LARI 4
LARID 5
LARIN 5
LAROID 6
LIANA 5
LIANOID 7
LIAO 4
LIAR 4
LIARD 5
LIDAR 5
LIDO 4
LIDOL 5
LILA 4
LILIID 6
LILIOID 7
LILL 4
LILO 4
LINALOL 7
LINALOOL 8
LINARIA 7
LINARIDIN 9
LINARIN 7
LININ 5
LINN 4
LINO 4
LINOLA 6
LION 4
LIRA 4
LLANO 5
LOAD 4
LOAN 4
LOANIN 6
LOID 4
LOIN 4
LOIR 4
LOLL 4
LONA 4
LONNIN 6
LOON 4
LORAL 5
LORAN 5
LORD 4
LORID 5
LORIID 6
LORN 4
NADIRAL 7
NADOLOL 7
NAIL 4
NAILROD * 7 perfect pangram
NALA 4
NALL 4
NALLA 5
NARANOL 7
NARIAL 6
NIDAL 5
NILL 4
NODAL 5
NOIL 4
NOLA 4
NOLID 5
NOLL 4
NOLO 4
NONALLODIAL 11
NONANAL 7
NONANOL 7
NONDOLLAR 9
NONILL 6
NONILLIARD 10 pangram
NONILLION 9
NONLAND 7
NONLANDLORD 11
NONLIAR 7
NONOIL 6
NONOLD 6
NONORAL 7
NONORDINAL 10 pangram
NONRADIAL 9 pangram
NONRAIL 7
NONRAILROAD * 11 pangram
NORLAND 7
ODAL 4
OIDIAL 6
OLID 4
OLIO 4
OLLA 4
OLOID 5
OLONA 5
ONDIOLA 7
ONDOL 5
ONLAID * 6
ONLAND * 6
ONLOAD * 6
ONLOAN * 6
OOIDAL 6
OORALI 6
OORIAL 6
ORAL 4
ORDINAL 7 perfect pangram
ORILLION 8
ORILLON 7
ORIOLID 7
ORLO 4
RADIAL 6
RADIALIA  8
RADIOLAND * 9 pangram
RADIOLARIA  10
RADIOLARIAN  11 pangram
RADIOLI *  7
RAIL 4
RAILROAD * 8
RAILROADANA 11 pangram
RAILROADIANA 12 pangram
RALLID 6
RIAL 4
RILL 4
ROIL 4
ROLL 4
RONDALLA 8
ROOL 4
RORAL 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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