December 29, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the
New York Times Spelling Bee from December 29, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CI.
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Instructions
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Spelling Bee for December 29, 2018
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Center letter I: May 7, 2021
Center letter R: April 11, 2020
words: 141
score: 615 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 5
bingo: yes
C x 34
I x 3
L x 16
O x 22
R x 21
T x 36
V x 9
4L x 55
5L x 31
6L x 21
7L x 13
8L x 13
9L x 5
10L x 1
11L x 2
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
tot
C
12
9
3
4
4
2
-
-
34
I
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
L
8
5
2
1
-
-
-
-
16
O
5
5
5
3
4
-
-
-
22
R
9
2
5
3
2
-
-
-
21
T
16
8
5
-
3
2
-
2
36
V
3
1
1
2
-
1
1
-
9
tot
55
31
21
13
13
5
1
2
141
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
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7
9
tot
C
-
1
1
R
1
-
1
T
-
1
1
tot
1
2
3
plu
4
5
8
tot
C
-
2
-
2
L
1
-
-
1
O
-
-
1
1
T
1
-
-
1
tot
2
2
1
5
debut appearances
8
previously disallowed debuts
1
VITRIOLIC
CIRIO
5
CLITO RIC
8
CLO IT
5
CLO O T
5
CLO T
4
CO CCI
† 5
debut, previously disallowed
CO CCIC
6
CO CO
4
CO CRICO
7
CO IL
4
CO IR
4
allowed elsewhere
CO LI
4
CO LIC
5
CO LICRO O T
* 9
CO LITIC
7
CO LL
4
CO LO
4
CO LO CO LIC
9
CO LO CO LO
8
CO LO R
5
CO LO RO TO
8
CO LT
4
CO O CO O
6
CO O L
4
CO O LIO
6
CO O T
4
CO RO CO RO
8
CO RTILI
7
CO RVI
5
CO TT
4
CRIO LLO
7
CRO C
4
CRO CI
† 5
CRO O L
5
ILLO
4
ILO T
4
IRO RI
5
LICTO R
6
LILO
4
LIRO T
5
LITO TIC
7
LIVO R
5
LO CI
† 4
LO CO
4
LO IR
4
LO LL
4
LO LO T
5
LO O T
4
LO RIO T
6
LO TI
4
LO TIC
5
LO TTO
5
LO VO
4
O CO TILLO
8
debut, disallowed elsewhere
O CTIC
5
O CTITO L
7
O CTLI
5
O CTO IC
6
O CTO VIR
7
O CTO VIRI
8
O CTRO I
6
O LIO
4
O LIVIL
6
O O LITIC
7
O RLO
4
O RO TIC
6
O RTO L
5
O TIC
4
O TITIC
6
O TO LITIC
8
O TTO
4
O VO CO CCI
† 8
O VO LI
5
O VO LO
5
O VO O
4
RIO T
4
RIRO RIRO
8
RO CO CO
6
RO CO TO
6
RO IL
4
RO LL
4
RO O L
4
RO O T
4
RO O TRO T
* 7
RO RIC
5
RO RT
4
RO TI
4
RO TL
4
RO TO
4
disallowed elsewhere
RO TO LI
6
RO TO LO
6
RO TO R
5
RO TO TILL
8
RO TTO L
6
RO TTO LI
7
RO TTO LO
7
TILTRO TO R
* 9
TIRO
4
TITLO
5
TO CO
4
TO CO RO RO
8
TO IL
4
TO IT
4
TO ITO I
6
TO LL
4
TO LT
4
TO O L
4
TO O T
4
TO RC
4
TO RI
† 4
TO RIC
5
TO RII
5
TO RIL
5
TO RO
4
TO RR
4
TO RRIL
6
TO RT
4
TO RTICO LLIC
11
TO TO
4
TRICO LO R
8
debut
TRICO T
6
TRICRO TIC
9
TRILLO
6
TRIO
4
TRIO L
5
TRIO R
5
TRO CO
5
TRO CTO LITIC
11
TRO LL
5
TRO T
4
TRO TRO
6
TRO TTO IR
8
VICRIVIRO C
10
VICTO R
6
debut
VIO L
4
debut
VIRO TIC
7
VITRIO L
7
debut
VITRIO LIC
9
pangram, debut
VO LT
4
debut
VO LTI
5
VRO T
4
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun