Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
December 15, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 15, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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center letter LADKORW
Spelling Bee for December 15, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter R: February 23, 2024
Center letter O: November 27, 2022
Center letter A: January 2, 2022

words: 97
score: 394 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 8
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 14
D x 21
K x 13
L x 14
O x 5
R x 4
W x 26

4L x 40
5L x 31
6L x 9
7L x 5
8L x 12

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 6 5 2 1 - 14
D 8 7 5 - 1 21
K 5 5 - 1 2 13
L 9 4 - - 1 14
O 4 1 - - - 5
R 2 1 - 1 - 4
W 6 8 2 2 8 26
tot 40 31 9 5 12 97

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AD x 1 AL x 10 AR x 1 AW x 2
DA x 9 DO x 7 DR x 4 DW x 1
KA x 5 KL x 1 KO x 6 KR x 1
LA x 8 LO x 6
OD x 1 OL x 1 OO x 1 OR x 2
RO x 4
WA x 12 WL x 1 WO x 12 WR x 1

cmp 7 8 tot
A 1 - 1
W 2 5 7
tot 3 5 8

debut appearances 6

WOODLARK, WORKLOAD

word       length      
ADORAL 6
ALALA 5
ALAR 4
ALDOL 5
ALLOD 5
ALLOW 5 debut
ALLWORK * 7
ALOD 4
ALOLL 5
ALOO 4
ALOW 4
AROLLA 6
AWDL 4
AWOL 4
DAAL 4
DALA 4
DALAAL 6
DALADALA 8
DALAL 5
DALK 4
DALL 4
DALLOL 6
DALO 4
DODOL 5
DOLL 4
DOLLAR 6
DOLOR 5
DOOL 4
DOWL 4
DOWRAL 6
DRAWAL 6
DRAWL 5
DROLL 5
DROOL 5
DWAAL 5
KALAKAAR 8
KALAKAR 7
KALLALOO 8
KALO 4
KAWAL 5
KLAR 4
KOALA 5
KOLA 4
KOLAK 5
KOLK 4
KOLO 4
KOLOA 5
KRAAL 5
LADOO 5
LAKAWOOD 8
LALL 4
LALO 4
LARD 4
LARDO 5
LARK 4
LAWK 4
LOAD 4
LOKAO 5
LOLL 4
LOOK 4
LORAL 5
LORD 4
ODAL 4
OLLA 4
OOLAK 5
ORAL 4
ORLO 4
RODKAAL 7
ROLL 4
ROOL 4
RORAL 5
WALD 4
WALDO 5
WALK 4
WALL 4
WALLA 5
WALLAROO 8 debut
WALLOW 6 debut
WALLWARD * 8
WARAL 5
WARLOAD * 7
WARLORD * 7 debut
WAWL 4
WLOKA 5
WOALD 5
WOLD 4
WOODLARK 8 pangram
WOODWALL * 8
WOODWOOL * 8
WOOL 4
WOOLD 5
WOOLWARD * 8
WOOLWORK 8
WORKLOAD * 8 pangram, debut
WORLD 5 debut
WORRAL 6
WRAWL 5

* compound(ish) word

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