December 20, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the
New York Times Spelling Bee from December 20, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with RH.
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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 20, 2018
Related puzzles
Center letter I: February 10, 2024
Center letter R: November 4, 2020
Center letter H: February 7, 2020
Center letter R: July 15, 2019
words: 159
score: 846 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 2
bingo: yes
A x 26
C x 49
H x 23
I x 8
L x 25
R x 9
V x 19
4L x 34
5L x 43
6L x 39
7L x 18
8L x 14
9L x 7
10L x 3
11L x 1
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
tot
A
3
7
9
4
2
1
-
-
26
C
4
13
13
5
6
4
3
1
49
H
7
5
5
4
2
-
-
-
23
I
1
3
1
2
-
1
-
-
8
L
10
9
5
-
1
-
-
-
25
R
3
1
1
2
1
1
-
-
9
V
6
5
5
1
2
-
-
-
19
tot
34
43
39
18
14
7
3
1
159
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
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7
9
tot
A
-
1
1
R
1
-
1
tot
1
1
2
ARCHIVAL, ARCHRIVAL, CHIVALRIC
CAL ICIVIRAL
11
CAL CIVIRAL
10
CARL AVIRAL
10
CHACHAL ACA
10
ARCHRIVAL
* 9
pangram, debut
CAIL L IACH
9
CAL VARIAL
9
CHIL IARCH
9
CHIVAL RIC
9
pangram, debut
IL ARVIRAL
9
RHACHIL L A
9
AL CAVAL A
8
ARCHIVAL
8
pangram, debut
CAIL L ACH
8
CAL CARIA
8
CAL CARIC
8
CAL VARIA
8
CHIL ARIA
8
CHIRAL IC
8
HAL ACHIC
8
HAL L ICAL
8
L AVAL AVA
8
RACHIL L A
8
VAAL HAAI
8
VICARIAL
8
ACHIRAL
7
AL L ARIC
7
ARACIAL
7
ARRIVAL
7
CARACAL
7
CAVAL L A
7
CHAL ARA
7
CHAL L AH
7
CHIL ACA
7
HAL ACHA
7
HAL AL AH
7
HAL AVAH
7
HAL L AL I
7
IL IACAL
7
IL L ICIA
7
RACHIAL
7
RAIL CAR
* 7
VIRIL IA
7
ACHIL L
6
AL AIHI
6
AL AL IA
6
AL AL IC
6
AL CAIC
6
ARAL IA
6
ARCHIL
6
ARIL L I
6
ARVIL L
6
CAL CAR
6
CAL CIC
6
CHAL AH
6
CHAL L A
6
CHIL L A
6
CHIL L I
6
CHIRAL
6
CICAL A
6
CIL IAL
6
CIRRAL
6
CL AVAL
6
CL IVAL
6
CL IVIA
6
HAL AL A
6
HAL AVA
6
HAL L AH
6
HAL L AL
6
HAL VAH
6
IL IACI
6
L ACCIC
6
L AHARA
6
L AICAL
6
L ARAHA
6
L ARVAL
6
RACIAL
6
VAL IHA
6
VAL VAL
6
VARIAL
6
VIL L AR
6
VIRIAL
6
AAL II
5
ACRAL
5
AL AL A
5
AL VAR
5
ARVAL
5
ARVIL
5
AVAIL
5
CAL L A
5
CAL L I
5
CAL VA
5
CAVAL
5
CAVIL
5
CHIL I
5
CHIL L
5
CHIRL
5
CIL IA
5
CIVIL
5
CL AVA
5
CL AVI
5
CL IVI
5
HAL AL
5
HAL VA
5
HIL AL
5
HIL AR
5
HIL CH
5
IL AL A
5
IL IAC
5
IL IAL
5
L AARI
5
L AHAR
5
L AICH
5
L ARCH
5
debut
L ARVA
5
L AVIC
5
L AVRA
5
L ICHI
5
L IL AC
5
RIVAL
5
VAL L A
5
VAL VA
5
VIL L A
5
VIL L I
5
VIRAL
5
AL AR
4
ARIL
4
AVAL
4
CAL L
4
CARL
4
CIL L
4
CIRL
4
HAIL
4
HAL A
4
HAL L
4
HARL
4
HIL A
4
HIL I
4
HIL L
4
IL IA
4
L AIC
4
L AIR
4
L AL L
4
L ARI
4
L AVA
4
L IAR
4
L ICH
4
L IL A
4
L IL L
4
L IRA
4
RAIL
4
RIAL
4
RIL L
4
VAIL
4
VAL I
4
VIAL
4
VIL A
4
VIL L
4
VIRL
4
* compound(ish) word