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December 5, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 5, 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 YACKRTW
Spelling Bee for December 5, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter R: June 26, 2021
Center letter C: March 6, 2020
Center letter A: March 29, 2019

words: 64
score: 252 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 10
C x 12
K x 7
R x 5
T x 11
W x 4
Y x 15

4L x 24
5L x 27
6L x 8
7L x 2
8L x 3

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 6 2 2 - - 10
C 2 5 2 2 1 12
K 5 2 - - - 7
R 2 2 1 - - 5
T 2 7 1 - 1 11
W 1 2 1 - - 4
Y 6 7 1 - 1 15
tot 24 27 8 2 3 64

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 2 AR x 3 AT x 1 AW x 3 AY x 1
CA x 10 CR x 2
KA x 2 KR x 1 KY x 4
RA x 5
TA x 7 TR x 2 TW x 2
WA x 4
YA x 15

cmp 6 7 8 tot
C - 1 - 1
T - - 1 1
W 1 - - 1
tot 1 1 1 3

debut appearances 6

TRACKWAY

word       length      
CARRAWAY 8
TRACKWAY * 8 pangram, debut
YAKAYAKA 8
CARAWAY 7 debut
CARTWAY * 7 debut, disallowed elsewhere
ACATRY 6
ACRACY 6
CAYCAY 6
CRACKY 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
RAKYAT 6
TWATTY 6
WARCRY * 6
YAKATA 6
ARRAY 5
ATRAY 5
CACKY 5
CARRY 5
CARTY 5
CATTY 5
CAWKY 5
KAYAK 5
KYACK 5
RATTY 5
RAWKY 5
TACKY 5 debut
TAKKY 5
TAKYR 5
TARRY 5
TARTY 5
TATTY 5
TAYRA 5
WACKY 5 debut
WARTY 5
YACCA 5
YAKKA 5
YAKKY 5
YARAK 5
YARAY 5
YATRA 5
YATTA 5
ARTY 4
ARYK 4
AWAY 4
AWKY 4
AWRY 4
AYAT 4
CAKY 4
CRAY 4
KAYA 4
KRAY 4
KYAK 4
KYAT 4
KYAW 4
RACY 4
RAYA 4
TRAY 4
TWAY 4
WARY 4
YAAR 4
YACK 4
YARK 4
YARR 4
YATT 4
YAYA 4

* compound(ish) word

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