December 18, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 18, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CA.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter O: August 19, 2022Center letter N: November 23, 2020
words: 200
score: 938 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 27
bingo: yes
A x 22
C x 37
N x 23
O x 19
P x 38
T x 49
U x 12
4L x 63
5L x 48
6L x 44
7L x 26
8L x 8
9L x 4
10L x 4
11L x 2
13L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | tot | |
| A | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 22 |
| C | 5 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 37 |
| N | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| O | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| P | 12 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 38 |
| T | 24 | 15 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 49 |
| U | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| tot | 63 | 48 | 44 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 200 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AC x 4 | AN x 5 | AP x 1 | AT x 8 | AU x 4 | |
| CA x 13 | CO x 20 | CU x 4 | |||
| CAN x 7 | CAP x 4 | CAT x 2 | |||
| NA x 7 | NO x 15 | NU x 1 | |||
| OC x 4 | ON x 2 | OO x 1 | OP x 2 | OT x 1 | OU x 9 |
| PA x 13 | PO x 11 | PU x 14 | |||
| TA x 24 | TO x 19 | TU x 6 | |||
| UN x 11 | UP x 1 |
| cmp | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot |
| A | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| C | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 9 |
| O | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| P | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| T | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| U | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| debut appearances | 0 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | canto |
NONOCCUPANT, OCCUPANT
| word | length | |||
| NONACCOUNTANT | 13 | |||
| NANOCONTACT | 11 | |||
| NONOCCUPANT | 11 | pangram | ||
| ACCOUNTANT | 10 | |||
| AUTOCANNON | * 10 | |||
| NONCONTACT | 10 | |||
| PANNACOTTA | 10 | |||
| COTTONTOP | * 9 | |||
| NONCOTTON | 9 | |||
| NONOUTPUT | 9 | |||
| NONPOTATO | 9 | |||
| AUTOCOUP | * 8 | |||
| CAPONATA | 8 | |||
| COCOANUT | * 8 | |||
| COUNTOUT | * 8 | |||
| NONCOUNT | 8 | |||
| OCCUPANT | 8 | pangram | ||
| OUTCOUNT | * 8 | |||
| PATACOON | 8 | |||
| ACCOUNT | 7 | |||
| ANNATTO | 7 | |||
| ANNOTTO | 7 | |||
| ATAUNTO | 7 | |||
| ATTACCA | 7 | |||
| CANTATA | 7 | |||
| CANTOON | 7 | |||
| CANTUTA | 7 | |||
| CATAPAN | 7 | |||
| COCONUT | 7 | |||
| CONCOCT | 7 | |||
| CONTACT | 7 | |||
| COUNTUP | * 7 | |||
| CUTACOO | 7 | |||
| NONAUTO | 7 | |||
| OPTACON | 7 | |||
| OUTPUTT | * 7 | |||
| PONTOON | 7 | |||
| POTTANT | 7 | |||
| PUPUTAN | 7 | |||
| TAPPOON | 7 | |||
| TATAUPA | 7 | |||
| TOCCATA | 7 | |||
| TONNATO | 7 | |||
| TOPCOAT | * 7 | |||
| UNCOUNT | 7 | |||
| ACTANT | 6 | |||
| ANATTA | 6 | |||
| ANATTO | 6 | |||
| ATAUNT | 6 | |||
| CANNOT | * 6 | |||
| CANTON | 6 | |||
| CAPTAN | 6 | |||
| CATNAP | * 6 | |||
| COPOUT | * 6 | |||
| COTTON | 6 | |||
| CUTOUT | * 6 | |||
| NATANT | 6 | |||
| NONACT | 6 | |||
| NONCAT | 6 | |||
| NONCUT | 6 | |||
| NUTANT | 6 | |||
| OCTANT | 6 | |||
| OPTANT | 6 | |||
| OUTACT | * 6 | |||
| OUTCON | * 6 | |||
| OUTCUT | * 6 | |||
| OUTPUT | * 6 | |||
| OUTTOP | * 6 | |||
| PANPOT | * 6 | |||
| PANTON | 6 | |||
| PANTUN | 6 | |||
| PATACA | 6 | |||
| PATOOT | 6 | |||
| PONTON | 6 | |||
| POPOUT | * 6 | |||
| POTATO | 6 | |||
| PUNCTA | 6 | |||
| PUNCTO | 6 | |||
| PUTOUT | * 6 | |||
| PUTTOO | 6 | |||
| PUTTUN | 6 | |||
| TATTOO | 6 | |||
| TOPATO | 6 | |||
| TOPOUT | * 6 | |||
| TOUCAN | 6 | |||
| TUPUNA | 6 | |||
| UNCOAT | 6 | |||
| UNTACT | 6 | |||
| UNTAUT | 6 | |||
| APOUT | 5 | |||
| ATTAP | 5 | |||
| CANTO | 5 | newly disallowed | ||
| CAPOT | 5 | |||
| CAPUT | 5 | |||
| COACT | 5 | |||
| COAPT | 5 | |||
| CONTO | 5 | |||
| COOPT | 5 | |||
| COTTA | 5 | |||
| COUNT | 5 | |||
| COUTA | 5 | |||
| CUTAN | 5 | |||
| CUTUP | * 5 | |||
| NANTO | 5 | |||
| NATTO | 5 | |||
| NAUNT | 5 | |||
| OCTAN | 5 | |||
| OUTTA | 5 | |||
| PACTA | 5 | |||
| PANTO | 5 | |||
| POTOO | 5 | |||
| POTTO | 5 | |||
| PUNTA | 5 | |||
| PUNTO | 5 | |||
| PUTON | * 5 | |||
| PUTTO | 5 | |||
| TANNA | 5 | |||
| TANTO | 5 | |||
| TAPAO | 5 | |||
| TAPPA | 5 | |||
| TATAC | 5 | |||
| TATOO | 5 | |||
| TATOU | 5 | |||
| TATTA | 5 | |||
| TAUNT | 5 | |||
| TAUON | 5 | |||
| TONTO | 5 | |||
| TOPPO | 5 | |||
| TOPUP | * 5 | |||
| TUCAN | 5 | |||
| TUPAN | 5 | |||
| UNAPT | 5 | |||
| UNCUT | 5 | |||
| UNPOT | 5 | |||
| UNPUT | 5 | |||
| UNTAP | 5 | |||
| UPCUT | * 5 | |||
| ACTA | 4 | |||
| ANTA | 4 | |||
| ATAP | 4 | |||
| ATOP | 4 | |||
| ATTA | 4 | |||
| ATUA | 4 | |||
| AUNT | 4 | |||
| AUTO | 4 | |||
| CANT | 4 | |||
| COAT | 4 | |||
| COOT | 4 | |||
| COTA | 4 | |||
| COTT | 4 | |||
| NAAT | 4 | |||
| NATO | 4 | |||
| NOOT | 4 | |||
| NOTA | 4 | |||
| NOTT | 4 | |||
| NOUT | 4 | |||
| OCTA | 4 | |||
| ONCT | 4 | |||
| ONTO | * 4 | |||
| OONT | 4 | |||
| OTTO | 4 | |||
| OUTA | 4 | |||
| PACT | 4 | |||
| PANT | 4 | |||
| PATO | 4 | |||
| PATU | 4 | |||
| PONT | 4 | |||
| POOT | 4 | |||
| POTT | 4 | |||
| POUT | 4 | |||
| PUNT | 4 | |||
| PUTO | 4 | |||
| PUTT | 4 | |||
| PUTU | 4 | |||
| TAAN | 4 | |||
| TACO | 4 | |||
| TACT | 4 | |||
| TANA | 4 | |||
| TAPA | 4 | |||
| TAPU | 4 | |||
| TATA | 4 | |||
| TATT | 4 | |||
| TATU | 4 | |||
| TAUA | 4 | |||
| TAUT | 4 | |||
| TOAT | 4 | |||
| TOCO | 4 | |||
| TONA | 4 | |||
| TOON | 4 | |||
| TOOT | 4 | |||
| TOPO | 4 | |||
| TOTA | 4 | |||
| TOTO | 4 | |||
| TOUN | 4 | |||
| TOUT | 4 | |||
| TUAN | 4 | |||
| TUNA | 4 | |||
| TUTU | 4 | |||
| UNCT | 4 | |||
| UNTO | 4 |
* compound(ish) word