December 28, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 28, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 28, 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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Spelling Bee for December 28, 2018

Related puzzles

Center letter C: April 1, 2019

words: 246
score: 1,327 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 13
bingo: yes

A x 41
B x 41
C x 61
L x 11
O x 10
R x 41
T x 41

4L x 48
5L x 72
6L x 44
7L x 44
8L x 20
9L x 11
10L x 5
12L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	tot
A	6	16	6	9	-	3	1	-	41
B	11	12	7	5	4	1	1	-	41
C	7	13	12	14	8	3	2	2	61
L	1	4	2	2	1	1	-	-	11
O	5	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	10
R	10	12	7	7	4	-	1	-	41
T	8	13	8	7	3	2	-	-	41
tot	48	72	44	44	20	11	5	2	246

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	8	9	tot
C	2	2	-	1	5
R	-	3	2	-	5
T	-	3	-	-	3
tot	2	8	2	1	13

debut appearances

COBLATOR, COLLABORATOR

word	length
ABACTOR	7
ABATOR	6
ABLATOR	7
ABORAL	6
ABORT	5
ABORTAL	7
ABRA	4
ACARA	5
ACCRA	5
ACRA	4
ACRAL	5
ACROBAT	7	debut
ACTOR	5
ALAR	4
ALLOBAR	7
ALLOCATOR	9	debut
ALOBAR	6
ALTAR	5
AORTA	5
AORTAL	6	debut
ARABA	5
ARACA	5
ARARA	5
ARAROBA	7
ARBA	4
ARBOR	5
ARBORAL	7
ARBORATOR	9
ARBOROL	7
ARCO	4
AROAR	5
AROBA	5
AROLLA	6
ARROBA	6
ARROTOLATA	10
ARTAB	5
ARTAL	5
ATAR	4
ATTAR	5
ATTRACT	7
ATTRACTOR	9
BACCARA	7
BACCARAT	8
BARA	4
BARAAT	6
BARB	4
BARBACOA	8
BARBAL	6
BARBAT	6
BARBOLA	7
BAROCCO	7
BAROTO	6
BARRA	5
BARRACOOTA	10
BARRATOR	8
BATOORA	7
BLART	5
BLORT	5
BOAR	4
BOART	5
BOBAR	5
BOBBAR	6
BOCOR	5
BOLAR	5
BOOR	4
BOORT	5
BORA	4
BORAL	5
BORATO	6
BORATTO	7
BORBORBOR	9
BORO	4
BOROLL	6
BORRA	5
BORT	4
BRACT	5
BRAT	4
BROA	4
BROB	4
BROCCOLO	8
BROO	4
BROOL	5
CALCAR	6
CARABAO	7
CARAC	5
CARACAL	7
CARACARA	8
CARACCA	7
CARACOA	7
CARACORA	8
CARAT	5
CARB	4
CARBO	5
CARBOL	6
CARBORA	7
CARBRO	* 6
CARCOAT	* 7
CARL	4
CARLOT	* 6
CAROA	5
CAROB	5
CAROL	5
CAROTOL	7
CARR	4
CARRAO	6
CARROT	6
CART	4
CATARACT	8
CATARACTAL	10
CLARO	5
CLART	5
COACTOR	7	disallowed elsewhere
COALTAR	* 7
COARB	5
COARCT	6
COBBRA	6
COBLATOR	8	pangram
COBRA	5
COLLABORATOR	12	pangram, debut
COLLABRAL	9
COLLAR	6
COLLATOR	8
COLLOCATOR	10
COLOR	5
COLOROTO	8
CORAL	5
CORALLA	7
CORALROOT	* 9
CORB	4
COROCORO	8
COROCOTTA	9
COROLLA	7
CORRAL	6
CORROBORATOR	12
COTTAR	6
CRAB	4
CROC	4
CROCOTTA	8
CROOL	5
CROTAL	6
CROTALA	7
CROTALO	7
CROTTAL	7
LABARA	6
LABOR	5
LABORAL	7
LABRA	5
LABRAL	6
LACTATOR	8
LARB	4
LOBAR	5
LOCATOR	7	debut
LOOTOCRAT	9
LORAL	5
OART	4
OCTOCORAL	9
ORAL	4
ORATOR	6
ORCA	4
ORLO	4
OROBOL	6
ORRA	4
ORTOL	5
OTTAR	5
RABAB	5
RABAT	5
RABATO	6
RABOT	5
RATA	4
RATAL	5
RATATAT	* 7
RATO	4
ROAR	4
ROBAB	5
ROBALO	6
ROBATA	6
ROBOCALL	8
ROBOCAR	7
ROBOCAT	7
ROBOT	5
ROCOA	5
ROCOCO	6
ROCOTO	6
ROCTA	5
ROLL	4
ROLLATOR	8
ROLLBAR	* 7
ROLLCALL	* 8
ROOL	4
ROOT	4
ROOTBALL	* 8
ROOTROT	* 7
RORAL	5
RORT	4
ROTA	4
ROTABLATOR	10
ROTAL	5
ROTATOR	7
ROTL	4
ROTO	4	disallowed elsewhere
ROTOLO	6
ROTOR	5
ROTTA	5
ROTTOL	6
ROTTOLO	7
TAARAB	6
TABOR	5
TACTOR	6
TALAR	5
TARATOR	7
TARBALL	* 7
TARO	4
TAROC	5
TAROT	5
TART	4
TARTAR	6
TATARA	6
TATARARA	8
TATTARARA	9
TOBRA	5
TOCORORO	8
TOLAR	5
TOLLBAR	* 7
TOOART	6
TOOLBAR	* 7
TOORALOO	8
TORA	4
TORAL	5
TORBALL	7
TORC	4
TORO	4
TORR	4
TORT	4
TORTA	5
TOTARA	6
TOTAROL	7
TRACT	5
TRACTATOR	9
TRACTOR	7
TRATT	5
TROAT	5
TROCAR	6
TROCO	5
TROLL	5
TROT	4
TROTRO	6

* compound(ish) word

AB x 7	AC x 6	AL x 5	AO x 2	AR x 17	AT x 4
BA x 15	BL x 2	BO x 17	BR x 7
CA x 27	CL x 2	CO x 24	CR x 8
LA x 7	LO x 4
OA x 1	OC x 1	OR x 7	OT x 1
RA x 8	RO x 33
TA x 14	TO x 17	TR x 10

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