December 23, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 23, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 23, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with MA.

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Instructions

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Spelling Bee for December 23, 2018

words: 248
score: 1,157 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 12
bingo: yes

A x 43
B x 39
C x 44
I x 17
K x 38
L x 28
M x 39

4L x 73
5L x 65
6L x 56
7L x 23
8L x 24
9L x 7

	4	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	12	13	13	3	2	-	43
B	14	6	5	2	6	6	39
C	10	10	14	5	5	-	44
I	4	6	3	2	2	-	17
K	10	8	11	3	6	-	38
L	8	10	7	2	1	-	28
M	15	12	3	6	2	1	39
tot	73	65	56	23	24	7	248

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AB x 6	AC x 5	AI x 1	AK x 2	AL x 14	AM x 14
BA x 26	BI x 5	BL x 8
CA x 31	CI x 6	CL x 7
IA x 3	IL x 10	IM x 4
KA x 32	KI x 6
LA x 19	LI x 8	LL x 1
MA x 30	MB x 1	MI x 8
MAC x 2	MAI x 4	MAK x 4	MAL x 12	MAM x 8

cmp	7	8	9	tot
B	-	3	3	6
C	1	1	-	2
K	-	2	-	2
L	1	1	-	2
tot	2	7	3	12

debut appearances	11
previously disallowed debuts	1

BLACKMAIL

word	length
AALII	5
ABACA	5
ABACI	5
ABACK	5
ABAKA	5
ABBA	4
ABILLA	6
ACACIA	6
ACAI	4
ACCA	4
ACCLAIM	7
ACMIC	5
AIBIKA	6
AKALIMBA	8
AKAMAI	6
ALACK	5
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALAMAK	6
ALBA	4
ALBIC	5
ALCAIC	6
ALIBI	5
ALIM	4
ALKALI	6	debut
ALKALIC	7
ALMA	4
ALMAMI	6
AMALA	5
AMALAKA	7
AMBA	4
AMBAL	5
AMBALAMA	8
AMIA	4
AMIC	4
AMICAL	6
AMICI	5
AMIL	4
AMIMIA	6
AMIMIC	6
AMLA	4
AMMA	4
BAAL	4
BAALIM	6
BABA	4
BABALA	6
BABKA	5
BACCA	5
BACCALA	7
BACILLI	7
BACK	4
BACKBALL	* 8
BACKBILL	* 8
BAICAI	6
BAIL	4
BAILA	5
BAILI	5
BAILLI	6
BAKA	4
BAKMI	5
BALALAIKA	9	debut
BALALAIKI	9
BALK	4
BALL	4
BALLABILI	9
BALLIA	6
BALM	4	debut
BAMI	4
BIALKALI	8
BIBLICAL	8
BILABIAL	8
BILLBACK	* 8
BIMA	4
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLACK	5
BLACKBACK	* 9
BLACKBALL	* 9
BLACKMAIL	* 9	pangram, debut
BLAK	4
BLAM	4	debut
CABA	4
CABAL	5
CABALA	6
CABALIC	7
CABBALA	7
CABBALIC	8
CACA	4
CACIK	5
CACK	4
CAIMAC	6
CAIMACAM	8
CAIMAKAM	8
CALABA	6
CALAMBAC	8
CALAMI	6
CALCIC	6
CALK	4
CALL	4
CALLA	5
CALLBACK	* 8
CALLI	5
CALM	4
CAMA	4
CAMACA	6
CAMAIL	6
CAMBACK	* 7
CAMBIA	6
CAMBIAL	7
CAMBIC	6
CAMI	4	debut, previously disallowed
CAMIA	5
CIBAI	5
CICALA	6
CILIA	5
CILIAL	6
CIMA	4
CIMBIA	6
CLACK	5
CLACKA	6
CLAIK	5
CLAIM	5
CLAM	4
CLICKA	6
CLIMACI	7
IAMB	4	debut
IAMBI	5	debut
IAMBIC	6	debut
ILALA	5
ILAMA	5
ILIA	4
ILIAC	5
ILIACAL	7
ILIACI	6
ILIAL	5
ILKA	4
ILLABIAL	8
ILLICIA	7
IMALA	5
IMAM	4
IMAMIC	6
IMBABALA	8
KAAMA	5
KABAKA	6
KABALA	6
KABBALA	7
KABBALIC	8
KABLAM	6
KACK	4
KAIK	4
KAIKAI	6
KAIKI	5
KAIL	4
KAIM	4
KAIMACAM	8
KAIMAK	6
KAIMAKAM	8
KAKA	4
KAKI	4
KAKKAK	6
KALAM	5
KALAMAKI	8
KALBI	5
KALI	4
KALIMA	6
KALIMBA	7
KALMIA	6
KAMA	4
KAMAL	5
KAMALA	6
KAMALAM	7
KAMI	4
KAMIK	5
KAMILA	6
KIACK	5
KIBLA	5
KICKBACK	* 8
KICKBALL	* 8	debut
KILA	4
KIMBAB	6
LABBA	5
LABIA	5
LABIAL	6
LABLAB	6
LACCIC	6
LACK	4
LACKALL	* 7
LAIC	4
LAICAL	6
LAIK	4
LAIKA	5
LALL	4
LAMA	4
LAMB	4	debut
LAMBA	5
LAMBIC	6
LAMBKILL	* 8
LAMBLIA	7
LAMIA	5
LIKAM	5
LILA	4
LILAC	5
LIMA	4	allowed elsewhere
LIMAIL	6
LIMBA	5
LIMBAL	6
LIMMA	5
LLAMA	5
MACA	4
MACK	4	disallowed elsewhere
MAIK	4
MAIKA	5
MAIL	4
MAIM	4
MAKA	4
MAKAI	5
MAKI	4
MAKILA	6
MALA	4
MALACCA	7
MALACIA	7
MALACIC	7
MALAI	5
MALI	4
MALIA	5
MALIC	5
MALIK	5
MALL	4
MALLAM	6
MALM	4
MAMA	4
MAMAK	5
MAMBA	5
MAMI	4
MAMILLA	7
MAMMA	5
MAMMAL	6
MAMMILLA	8
MBILA	5
MIAI	4
MICA	4
MILAB	5
MILIA	5
MIMIAMB	7
MIMIAMBI	8
MIMIAMBIC	9
MIMICAL	7

* compound(ish) word

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