December 30, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the
New York Times Spelling Bee from December 30, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with ID.
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Instructions
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from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee
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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 30, 2018
Related puzzles
Center letter R: February 28, 2023
Center letter D: April 21, 2020
Center letter A: May 26, 2019
words: 125
score: 587 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 7
plurals: 5
bingo: yes
A x 16
B x 31
D x 19
I x 10
J x 11
L x 30
R x 8
4L x 39
5L x 29
6L x 27
7L x 13
8L x 13
9L x 3
12L x 1
4
5
6
7
8
9
12
tot
A
3
5
4
2
2
-
-
16
B
10
5
6
3
4
2
1
31
D
7
4
4
3
1
-
-
19
I
2
3
1
3
1
-
-
10
J
4
2
2
2
1
-
-
11
L
10
10
7
-
2
1
-
30
R
3
-
3
-
2
-
-
8
tot
39
29
27
13
13
3
1
125
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
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5
7
8
tot
A
1
2
-
3
B
-
1
-
1
J
-
-
1
1
L
-
-
1
1
R
-
-
1
1
tot
1
3
3
7
plu
4
5
6
8
tot
I
1
-
-
-
1
L
-
2
1
-
3
R
-
-
-
1
1
tot
1
2
1
1
5
JAILBIRD
AAL II
5
ABDAL
5
ABIL L A
6
ABRADIAL
8
ADL IB
* 5
ADRADIAL
8
AIRBAL L
* 7
AIRBIL L
* 7
AL AL A
5
AL AL IA
6
AL AR
4
AL BA
4
AL IBI
5
ARAL IA
6
ARIL
4
ARIL L I
6
BAAL
4
BABAL A
6
BABIL L ARD
9
BADL A
5
BAIL
4
BAIL A
5
BAIL I
5
BAIL L I
6
BAL BARID
8
BAL D
4
BAL DRIB
* 7
BAL L
4
BAL L ABIL I
9
BAL L AD
6
BAL L IA
6
BARBAL
6
BARBARAL AL IA
12
BARIL L A
7
BIL ABIAL
8
BIL L
4
BIL L ARD
7
BIL L IARD
8
BIRADIAL
8
allowed elsewhere
BIRL
4
BL AA
4
BL AB
4
BL AD
4
BRAIL
5
BRIDAL
6
BRIL
4
BRIL L
5
DAAL
4
DAJJAAL
7
DAJJAL
6
DAL A
4
DAL AAL
6
DAL ADAL A
8
DAL AL
5
DAL I
4
DAL L
4
DIAL
4
DIAL ID
6
DIARIAL
7
DIL AL
5
DIL ARID
7
DIL L
4
DIRL
4
DRAIL
5
DRIL ID
6
DRIL L
5
IBAL IID
7
IDL I
4
IL AL A
5
IL ARIID
7
IL IA
† 4
IL IAD
5
disallowed elsewhere
IL IAL
5
IL L ABIAL
8
IRIDAL
6
IRIDIAL
7
JAAL I
5
JAIL
4
JAIL BIRD
* 8
pangram
JAL ABIB
7
JAL I
4
JARL
4
JIL ABI
6
JIL BAAB
7
JIL BAB
6
JIL DI
5
JIL L
4
L AARI
5
L ABARA
† 6
L ABBA
5
L ABIA
† 5
L ABIAL
6
L ABIID
6
L ABL AB
6
L ABRA
† 5
L ABRAL
6
L ABRID
6
L AID
4
L AIR
4
L AIRD
5
L AL L
4
L ARB
4
L ARD
4
L ARDBAL L
* 8
L ARI
4
L ARID
5
L IAR
4
L IARD
5
L IBIDIBI
8
L IBRA
5
L IBRARIAL
9
L IBRI
5
L IDAR
5
L IL A
4
L IL IID
6
L IL L
4
L IRA
4
RADIAL
6
RADIAL IA
† 8
RAIL
4
RAIL BIRD
* 8
RAL L ID
6
RIAL
4
RIBAL D
6
RIL L
4
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun