December 30, 2019: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 30, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 30, 2019, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with DR.

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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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Spelling Bee for December 30, 2019

Related puzzles

Center letter I: September 15, 2023
Center letter R: May 8, 2022
Center letter B: July 13, 2019

words: 223
score: 1,007 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 6
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 46
B x 56
D x 33
I x 14
L x 31
R x 26
Z x 17

4L x 69
5L x 65
6L x 48
7L x 17
8L x 20
9L x 3
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	12	tot
A	14	15	7	5	5	-	-	46
B	14	12	16	3	8	2	1	56
D	13	9	6	4	1	-	-	33
I	3	5	2	3	1	-	-	14
L	10	11	7	1	1	1	-	31
R	9	7	8	-	2	-	-	26
Z	6	6	2	1	2	-	-	17
tot	69	65	48	17	20	3	1	223

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	7	8	tot
A	1	2	-	3
B	-	1	-	1
L	-	-	1	1
R	-	-	1	1
tot	1	3	2	6

plu	4	5	6	8	tot
I	1	-	-	-	1
L	-	2	1	-	3
R	-	1	-	1	2
tot	1	3	1	1	6

debut appearances

BLIZZARD

word	length
AALII	5
ABADA	5
ABAZI	5
ABBA	4
ABDAL	5
ABILLA	6
ABIR	4
ABRA	4
ABRADIAL	8
ABRI	4
ADAD	4
ADDA	4
ADDRA	5
ADLIB	* 5
ADRAD	5
ADRADIAL	8
AIDID	5
AIRBALL	* 7
AIRBILL	* 7
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALAR	4
ALBA	4
ALBARIZA	8
ALBIZIA	7
ALBIZZIA	8
ALIBI	5
ALIZ	4
ALIZARI	7
ARABA	5
ARAD	4
ARADID	6
ARALIA	6
ARARA	5
ARARIBA	7
ARBA	4
ARDRI	5
ARIA	4
ARID	4
ARIID	5
ARIL	4
ARILLI	6
ARRIBA	6
ARRIBADA	8
AZADI	5
AZALAI	6
BAAL	4
BABA	4
BABALA	6
BABILLARD	9
BADLA	5
BAIL	4
BAILA	5
BAILI	5
BAILLI	6
BAIRDI	6
BAIZA	5
BALBARID	8
BALD	4
BALDRIB	* 7
BALL	4
BALLABILI	9
BALLAD	6
BALLIA	6
BARA	4
BARADARI	8
BARAZA	6
BARB	4
BARBAL	6
BARBARALALIA	12
BARD	4
BARI	4
BARIA	5
BARILLA	7
BARRA	5
BARRAD	6
BARRIADA	8
BAZA	4
BAZAAR	6
BAZIL	5
BIDAR	5
BILABIAL	8
BILLARD	7
BILLIARD	8
BIRADARI	8
BIRADIAL	8	allowed elsewhere
BIRIBA	6
BIRRIA	6	allowed elsewhere
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLAD	4
BLAZAR	6
BLIZZARD	8	pangram
BRAAI	5
BRAD	4
BRAID	5
BRAIL	5
BRAIRD	6
BRAZIL	6
BRIAR	5
BRIARD	6
BRIDAL	6
DAAD	4
DAAL	4
DABBA	5
DADA	4
DADDA	5
DAIRA	5
DAIRID	6
DALA	4
DALAAL	6
DALADALA	8
DALAL	5
DALI	4
DALL	4
DARB	4
DARBAR	6
DARBARI	7
DARI	4
DARR	4
DARZI	5
DIAD	4
DIAL	4
DIALID	6
DIARIAL	7
DIAZA	5
DILAL	5
DILARID	7
DIRA	4
DIZDAR	6
DIZZARD	7
DRAB	4
DRABA	5
DRAIL	5
DZILLA	6
IBALIID	7
ILALA	5
ILARIID	7
ILIA	^† 4
ILIAD	5	disallowed elsewhere
ILIAL	5
ILLABIAL	8
IRIDAL	6
IRIDIAL	7
IZAAR	5
IZAR	4
IZARD	5
IZBA	4
IZZARD	6
LAARI	5
LABARA	^† 6
LABBA	5
LABIA	^† 5
LABIAL	6
LABIID	6
LABLAB	6
LABRA	^† 5
LABRAL	6
LABRID	6
LAID	4
LAIR	4
LAIRD	5
LALL	4
LARB	4
LARD	4
LARDBALL	* 8
LARI	4
LARID	5
LAZAR	5
LAZZI	5
LIAR	4
LIARD	5
LIBRA	5
LIBRARIAL	9
LIDAR	5
LILA	4
LIRA	4
LIRAZZA	7
LIZA	4
LIZARD	6	debut
RAAD	4
RABAB	5
RABADI	6
RABBI	5
RABI	4
RABID	5
RABIZ	5
RADA	4
RADAR	5
RADIAD	6
RADIAL	6
RADIALIA	^† 8
RADII	^† 5
RAID	4
RAIL	4
RAILBIRD	* 8
RALLID	6
RAZZ	4
RAZZIA	6
RIAD	4
RIAL	4
RIBA	4
RIBALD	6
RIZALA	6
RIZLA	5
RIZZAR	6
ZAAR	4
ZABIBA	6
ZABRA	5
ZAIL	4
ZAILDAR	7
ZARBI	5
ZARDA	5
ZARI	4
ZARIBA	6
ZAZZ	4
ZIARA	5
ZIBAR	5
ZILA	4
ZILLA	5
ZILLADAR	8
ZILLIARD	8
ZIRA	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AB x 9	AD x 6	AI x 3	AL x 10	AR x 15	AZ x 2
BA x 34	BI x 8	BL x 5	BR x 9
DA x 19	DI x 10	DR x 3	DZ x 1
		DRA x 3
IB x 1	IL x 6	IR x 2	IZ x 5
LA x 21	LI x 10
RA x 19	RI x 7
ZA x 10	ZI x 7

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