December 12, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 12, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 12, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for December 12, 2018

Related puzzles

Center letter U: July 26, 2022
Center letter R: June 9, 2020
Center letter T: August 7, 2019

words: 256
score: 1,191 pts
pangrams: 4
compounds: 2
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 70
L x 34
N x 30
R x 24
T x 64
U x 15
Y x 19

4L x 75
5L x 88
6L x 47
7L x 18
8L x 17
9L x 8
10L x 1
11L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	20	27	14	4	4	1	-	-	70
L	11	10	7	4	1	1	-	-	34
N	6	12	4	3	2	2	1	-	30
R	8	9	4	3	-	-	-	-	24
T	16	19	13	3	9	3	-	1	64
U	5	4	2	1	1	1	-	1	15
Y	9	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	19
tot	75	88	47	18	17	8	1	2	256

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	7	8	tot
R	1	-	1
U	-	1	1
tot	1	1	2

debut appearances

NATURALLY, NURTURALLY, TRUANTLY, UNNATURALLY

word	length
TARATANTARA	11
UNNATURALLY	11	pangram, debut
NURTURALLY	10	pangram
ANNULARLY	9	debut
LUNARNAUT	9
NATURALLY	9	pangram, debut
NURTURANT	9	disallowed elsewhere
TARANTARA	9
TARANTULA	9	debut
TATTARARA	9
UNNATURAL	9	debut
ANNUALLY	8
ANNULARY	8
ARRANTLY	8	debut
ATLANTAL	8
LUNANAUT	8
NATANTLY	8
NURTURAL	8
TARLATAN	8
TARNALLY	8
TARTANRY	8
TARTARLY	8
TARTARYN	8
TATARARA	8
TRUANTLY	8	pangram
TRUANTRY	8
TYRANTRY	8
ULTRARUN	* 8
ANNUARY	7
ANNULAR	7	debut
ARRAYAL	7
AURALLY	7
LANTANA	7	allowed elsewhere
LATRANT	7
LUNULAR	7	debut, disallowed elsewhere
LYRATYL	7
NATALLY	7
NATURAL	7	debut
NULLARY	7
RATATAT	* 7
RATTANY	7
RURALLY	7
TANTARA	7
TUATARA	7
TYRANNY	7
ULULANT	7	debut, disallowed elsewhere
ALANNA	6
ALANYL	6
ALAUNT	6
ALULAR	6
ANALLY	6
ANATTA	6
ANLAUT	6
ANNUAL	6
ANTRAL	6
ANURAN	6
ARRANT	6
ATAUNT	6
ATLATL	6
AUNTLY	6
LALLAN	6
LANARY	6
LAULAU	6
LAURYL	6
LLAUTU	6
LUNARY	6
LUNULA	6
NANNAN	6
NATANT	6
NULLAR	6
NUTANT	6
RANULA	6
RATANY	6
RATTAN	6
RATTLY	6
TALLAT	6
TANNUR	6
TANTRA	6
TANYAN	6
TARNAL	6
TARTAN	6
TARTAR	6
TARTLY	6
TATARA	6
TAUTLY	6
TRANTY	6
TRUANT	6
TYRANT	6
UNTAUT	6
URANYL	6
YANTRA	6
YARNUT	6
YARRAN	6
ALALA	5
ALANT	5
ALARY	5
ALLAY	5
ALLYL	5
ALTAR	5
ALTYN	5
ALULA	5
ANANA	5
ANNAL	5	allowed elsewhere
ANNUL	5
ANTLY	5
ANTRA	5
ANURY	5
ARARA	5
ARNUT	5
ARRAY	5
ARTAL	5
ARURA	5
ATALL	5
ATRAY	5
ATTAR	5
AUNTY	5
AURAL	5
AURAR	5
AYLLU	5
AYRAN	5
LALLY	5
LARNT	5
LARRY	5
LAUAN	5
LAURA	5
LAYAN	5
LUNAR	5	debut
LUTAR	5
LYART	5
LYTTA	5
NALLA	5
NANNA	5
NANNY	5
NANTY	5
NARRA	5
NATAL	5	debut
NATTY	5
NATYA	5
NAUNT	5
NULLA	5
NYALA	5
NYULA	5
RALLY	5
RANNY	5
RANTY	5
RATAL	5
RATAN	5
RATLY	5
RATTY	5
RUANA	5
RURAL	5
TALAR	5
TALLA	5
TALLY	5
TANNA	5
TANRU	5
TANTY	5
TANYA	5
TARAN	5
TARRY	5
TARTY	5
TATTA	5
TATTY	5
TAULA	5
TAUNT	5
TAYRA	5
TRANT	5
TRATT	5
TUART	5
TURRA	5
ULNAR	5	debut
ULTRA	5
UNARY	5	debut, disallowed elsewhere
UNLAY	5
YARAY	5
YARNY	5
YATRA	5
YATTA	5
YULAN	5
YURLA	5
YURTA	5
ALAN	4
ALAR	4
ALLY	4
ALTA	4
ANAL	4
ANAN	4
ANNA	4
ANTA	4
ANTY	4
ANYU	4
ARNA	4
ARTY	4
ARYL	4
ATAR	4
ATTA	4
ATUA	4
AULA	4
AUNT	4
AURA	4
AYAT	4
LALL	4
LANA	4
LANT	4
LATA	4
LATU	4
LAYA	4
LAYN	4
LUAN	4
LUAU	4
LUNA	4
LYRA	4
NAAN	4
NAAT	4
NALA	4
NALL	4
NANA	4
NARY	4
RANN	4
RANT	4
RATA	4
RATU	4
RAUN	4
RAYA	4
RUAN	4
RYAL	4
TAAN	4
TALA	4
TALL	4
TANA	4
TARN	4
TART	4
TATA	4
TATT	4
TATU	4
TAUA	4
TAUT	4
TRAY	4
TUAN	4
TUNA	4
TUYA	4
TYAN	4
ULAN	4
ULNA	4
UNAL	4
UNAU	4
URNA	4
YAAR	4
YANA	4
YARL	4
YARN	4
YARR	4
YATT	4
YAUL	4
YAYA	4
YUAN	4

* compound(ish) word

AL x 16	AN x 23	AR x 11	AT x 9	AU x 8	AY x 3
LA x 19	LL x 1	LU x 10	LY x 4
NA x 21	NU x 7	NY x 2
RA x 19	RU x 4	RY x 1
TA x 47	TR x 7	TU x 6	TY x 4
UL x 6	UN x 7	UR x 2
YA x 15	YU x 4

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