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December 18, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 18, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AC.


Instructions

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center letter TACNOPU
Spelling Bee for December 18, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter O: August 19, 2022
Center letter N: November 23, 2020

words: 200
score: 938 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 27
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 22
C x 37
N x 23
O x 19
P x 38
T x 49
U x 12

4L x 63
5L x 48
6L x 44
7L x 26
8L x 8
9L x 4
10L x 4
11L x 2
13L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 tot
A 8 2 4 5 1 - 2 - - 22
C 5 12 7 9 3 1 - - - 37
N 6 3 5 1 1 3 1 2 1 23
O 6 2 7 2 2 - - - - 19
P 12 8 13 3 1 - 1 - - 38
T 24 15 5 5 - - - - - 49
U 2 6 3 1 - - - - - 12
tot 63 48 44 26 8 4 4 2 1 200

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 4 AN x 5 AP x 1 AT x 8 AU x 4
ACC x 2 ACT x 2
CA x 13 CO x 20 CU x 4
NA x 7 NO x 15 NU x 1
OC x 4 ON x 2 OO x 1 OP x 2 OT x 1 OU x 9
PA x 13 PO x 11 PU x 14
TA x 24 TO x 19 TU x 6
UN x 11 UP x 1

cmp 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A - - - - 1 - 1 2
C - 1 4 1 2 1 - 9
O 1 - 5 1 1 - - 8
P - 1 3 - - - - 4
T - 1 1 1 - - - 3
U - 1 - - - - - 1
tot 1 4 13 3 4 1 1 27

plu 6 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 0
newly disallowed words 1 canto

NONOCCUPANT, OCCUPANT

word       length      
ACCOUNT 7
ACCOUNTANT 10
ACTA 4
ACTANT 6
ANATTA 6
ANATTO 6
ANNATTO 7
ANNOTTO 7
ANTA 4
APOUT 5
ATAP 4
ATAUNT 6
ATAUNTO 7
ATOP 4
ATTA 4
ATTACCA 7
ATTAP 5
ATUA 4
AUNT 4
AUTO 4
AUTOCANNON * 10
AUTOCOUP * 8
CANNOT * 6
CANT 4
CANTATA 7
CANTO 5 newly disallowed
CANTON 6
CANTOON 7
CANTUTA 7
CAPONATA 8
CAPOT 5
CAPTAN 6
CAPUT 5
CATAPAN 7
CATNAP * 6
COACT 5
COAPT 5
COAT 4
COCOANUT * 8
COCONUT 7
CONCOCT 7
CONTACT 7
CONTO 5
COOPT 5
COOT 4
COPOUT * 6
COTA 4
COTT 4
COTTA 5
COTTON 6
COTTONTOP * 9
COUNT 5
COUNTOUT * 8
COUNTUP * 7
COUTA 5
CUTACOO 7
CUTAN 5
CUTOUT * 6
CUTUP * 5
NAAT 4
NANOCONTACT 11
NANTO 5
NATANT 6
NATO 4
NATTO 5
NAUNT 5
NONACCOUNTANT 13
NONACT 6
NONAUTO 7
NONCAT 6
NONCONTACT 10
NONCOTTON 9
NONCOUNT 8
NONCUT 6
NONOCCUPANT 11 pangram
NONOUTPUT 9
NONPOTATO 9
NOOT 4
NOTA 4
NOTT 4
NOUT 4
NUTANT 6
OCCUPANT 8 pangram
OCTA 4
OCTAN 5
OCTANT 6
ONCT 4
ONTO * 4
OONT 4
OPTACON 7
OPTANT 6
OTTO 4
OUTA 4
OUTACT * 6
OUTCON * 6
OUTCOUNT * 8
OUTCUT * 6
OUTPUT * 6
OUTPUTT * 7
OUTTA 5
OUTTOP * 6
PACT 4
PACTA 5
PANNACOTTA 10
PANPOT * 6
PANT 4
PANTO 5
PANTON 6
PANTUN 6
PATACA 6
PATACOON 8
PATO 4
PATOOT 6
PATU 4
PONT 4
PONTON 6
PONTOON 7
POOT 4
POPOUT * 6
POTATO 6
POTOO 5
POTT 4
POTTANT 7
POTTO 5
POUT 4
PUNCTA  6
PUNCTO 6
PUNT 4
PUNTA 5
PUNTO 5
PUPUTAN 7
PUTO 4
PUTON * 5
PUTOUT * 6
PUTT 4
PUTTO 5
PUTTOO 6
PUTTUN 6
PUTU 4
TAAN 4
TACO 4
TACT 4
TANA 4
TANNA 5
TANTO 5
TAPA 4
TAPAO 5
TAPPA 5
TAPPOON 7
TAPU 4
TATA 4
TATAC 5
TATAUPA 7
TATOO 5
TATOU 5
TATT 4
TATTA 5
TATTOO 6
TATU 4
TAUA 4
TAUNT 5
TAUON 5
TAUT 4
TOAT 4
TOCCATA 7
TOCO 4
TONA 4
TONNATO 7
TONTO 5
TOON 4
TOOT 4
TOPATO 6
TOPCOAT * 7
TOPO 4
TOPOUT * 6
TOPPO 5
TOPUP * 5
TOTA 4
TOTO 4
TOUCAN 6
TOUN 4
TOUT 4
TUAN 4
TUCAN 5
TUNA 4
TUPAN 5
TUPUNA 6
TUTU 4
UNAPT 5
UNCOAT 6
UNCOUNT 7
UNCT 4
UNCUT 5
UNPOT 5
UNPUT 5
UNTACT 6
UNTAP 5
UNTAUT 6
UNTO 4
UPCUT * 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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