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December 12, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 12, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with RU.


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center letter ALNRTUY
Spelling Bee for December 12, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter U: July 26, 2022
Center letter R: June 9, 2020
Center letter T: August 7, 2019

words: 256
score: 1,191 pts
pangrams: 4
compounds: 2
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 70
L x 34
N x 30
R x 24
T x 64
U x 15
Y x 19

4L x 75
5L x 88
6L x 47
7L x 18
8L x 17
9L x 8
10L x 1
11L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 20 27 14 4 4 1 - - 70
L 11 10 7 4 1 1 - - 34
N 6 12 4 3 2 2 1 - 30
R 8 9 4 3 - - - - 24
T 16 19 13 3 9 3 - 1 64
U 5 4 2 1 1 1 - 1 15
Y 9 7 3 - - - - - 19
tot 75 88 47 18 17 8 1 2 256

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 16 AN x 23 AR x 11 AT x 9 AU x 8 AY x 3
LA x 19 LL x 1 LU x 10 LY x 4
NA x 21 NU x 7 NY x 2
RA x 19 RU x 4 RY x 1
RUA x 2 RUR x 2
TA x 47 TR x 7 TU x 6 TY x 4
UL x 6 UN x 7 UR x 2
YA x 15 YU x 4

cmp 7 8 tot
R 1 - 1
U - 1 1
tot 1 1 2

NATURALLY, NURTURALLY, TRUANTLY, UNNATURALLY

word       length      
ALALA 5
ALAN 4
ALANNA 6
ALANT 5
ALANYL 6
ALAR 4
ALARY 5
ALAUNT 6
ALLAY 5
ALLY 4
ALLYL 5
ALTA 4
ALTAR 5
ALTYN 5
ALULA 5
ALULAR 6
ANAL 4
ANALLY 6
ANAN 4
ANANA 5
ANATTA 6
ANLAUT 6
ANNA 4
ANNAL 5 allowed elsewhere
ANNUAL 6
ANNUALLY 8
ANNUARY 7
ANNUL 5
ANNULAR 7
ANNULARLY 9
ANNULARY 8
ANTA 4
ANTLY 5
ANTRA 5
ANTRAL 6
ANTY 4
ANURAN 6
ANURY 5
ANYU 4
ARARA 5
ARNA 4
ARNUT 5
ARRANT 6
ARRANTLY 8
ARRAY 5
ARRAYAL 7
ARTAL 5
ARTY 4
ARURA 5
ARYL 4
ATALL 5
ATAR 4
ATAUNT 6
ATLANTAL 8
ATLATL 6
ATRAY 5
ATTA 4
ATTAR 5
ATUA 4
AULA 4
AUNT 4
AUNTLY 6
AUNTY 5
AURA 4
AURAL 5
AURALLY 7
AURAR 5
AYAT 4
AYLLU 5
AYRAN 5
LALL 4
LALLAN 6
LALLY 5
LANA 4
LANARY 6
LANT 4
LANTANA 7 allowed elsewhere
LARNT 5
LARRY 5
LATA 4
LATRANT 7
LATU 4
LAUAN 5
LAULAU 6
LAURA 5
LAURYL 6
LAYA 4
LAYAN 5
LAYN 4
LLAUTU 6
LUAN 4
LUAU 4
LUNA 4
LUNANAUT 8
LUNAR 5
LUNARNAUT 9
LUNARY 6
LUNULA 6
LUNULAR 7 disallowed elsewhere
LUTAR 5
LYART 5
LYRA 4
LYRATYL 7
LYTTA 5
NAAN 4
NAAT 4
NALA 4
NALL 4
NALLA 5
NANA 4
NANNA 5
NANNAN 6
NANNY 5
NANTY 5
NARRA 5
NARY 4
NATAL 5
NATALLY 7
NATANT 6
NATANTLY 8
NATTY 5
NATURAL 7
NATURALLY 9 pangram
NATYA 5
NAUNT 5
NULLA 5
NULLAR 6
NULLARY 7
NURTURAL 8
NURTURALLY 10 pangram
NURTURANT 9 disallowed elsewhere
NUTANT 6
NYALA 5
NYULA 5
RALLY 5
RANN 4
RANNY 5
RANT 4
RANTY 5
RANULA 6
RATA 4
RATAL 5
RATAN 5
RATANY 6
RATATAT * 7
RATLY 5
RATTAN 6
RATTANY 7
RATTLY 6
RATTY 5
RATU 4
RAUN 4
RAYA 4
RUAN 4
RUANA 5
RURAL 5
RURALLY 7
RYAL 4
TAAN 4
TALA 4
TALAR 5
TALL 4
TALLA 5
TALLAT 6
TALLY 5
TANA 4
TANNA 5
TANNUR 6
TANRU 5
TANTARA 7
TANTRA 6
TANTY 5
TANYA 5
TANYAN 6
TARAN 5
TARANTARA 9
TARANTULA 9
TARATANTARA 11
TARLATAN 8
TARN 4
TARNAL 6
TARNALLY 8
TARRY 5
TART 4
TARTAN 6
TARTANRY 8
TARTAR 6
TARTARLY 8
TARTARYN 8
TARTLY 6
TARTY 5
TATA 4
TATARA 6
TATARARA 8
TATT 4
TATTA 5
TATTARARA 9
TATTY 5
TATU 4
TAUA 4
TAULA 5
TAUNT 5
TAUT 4
TAUTLY 6
TAYRA 5
TRANT 5
TRANTY 6
TRATT 5
TRAY 4
TRUANT 6
TRUANTLY 8 pangram
TRUANTRY 8
TUAN 4
TUART 5
TUATARA 7
TUNA 4
TURRA 5
TUYA 4
TYAN 4
TYRANNY 7
TYRANT 6
TYRANTRY 8
ULAN 4
ULNA 4
ULNAR 5
ULTRA 5
ULTRARUN * 8
ULULANT 7 disallowed elsewhere
UNAL 4
UNARY 5 disallowed elsewhere
UNAU 4
UNLAY 5
UNNATURAL 9
UNNATURALLY 11 pangram
UNTAUT 6
URANYL 6
URNA 4
YAAR 4
YANA 4
YANTRA 6
YARAY 5
YARL 4
YARN 4
YARNUT 6
YARNY 5
YARR 4
YARRAN 6
YATRA 5
YATT 4
YATTA 5
YAUL 4
YAYA 4
YUAN 4
YULAN 5
YURLA 5
YURTA 5

* compound(ish) word

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