December 3, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 3, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 3, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with MI.

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 3, 2018

Related puzzles

Center letter I: June 7, 2022
Center letter M: September 19, 2020
Center letter T: October 12, 2019

words: 168
score: 861 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 7
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

A x 42
C x 25
D x 48
I x 6
M x 20
R x 14
T x 13

4L x 41
5L x 39
6L x 37
7L x 27
8L x 17
9L x 6
10L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	9	12	10	8	2	1	-	42
C	4	4	7	6	3	1	-	25
D	16	11	7	5	8	1	-	48
I	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	6
M	3	6	4	4	1	2	-	20
R	4	2	5	2	1	-	-	14
T	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	13
tot	41	39	37	27	17	6	1	168

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AC x 10	AD x 10	AI x 1	AM x 4	AR x 15	AT x 2
CA x 15	CI x 8	CR x 2
DA x 22	DI x 21	DR x 5
ID x 2	IM x 2	IR x 2
MA x 11	MI x 9
MIA x 1	MID x 4	MIM x 1	MIR x 2	MIT x 1
RA x 11	RI x 3
TA x 5	TI x 2	TR x 6

cmp	6	7	8	10	tot
A	1	-	-	-	1
D	1	-	2	-	3
M	1	-	-	-	1
R	-	1	-	-	1
T	-	-	-	1	1
tot	3	1	2	1	7

plu	4	5	8	9	tot
A	-	-	-	1	1
D	1	1	1	-	3
R	-	1	-	-	1
tot	1	2	1	1	5

DRAMATIC, MACTRID

word	length
ACADA	5
ACARDIA	7
ACARDIAC	8
ACARDIACI	^† 9
ACARID	6
ACCIDIA	7
ACID	4
ACIDIC	6
ACRID	5
ACRIDID	7
ADAD	4
ADAT	4
ADATI	5
ADDA	4
ADDICT	6
ADDRA	5
ADIC	4
ADIT	4
ADMIT	5
ADRAD	5
AIDID	5
AMDRAM	* 6
AMID	4
AMIDIC	6
AMIID	5
ARAD	4
ARADID	6
ARAMID	6
ARATDAR	7
ARCADIA	7
ARCID	5
ARCTICID	8
ARCTIID	7
ARDRI	5
ARID	4
ARIDIC	6
ARIID	5
ARMADA	6
ARTAMID	7
ARTIAD	6
ATRACID	7
ATTID	5
CADDID	6
CADI	4
CADMIC	6
CAID	4
CAIRD	5
CARD	4
CARDIA	6
CARDIAC	7
CARDIID	7
CARDITA	7
CARDITIC	8
CARDITID	8
CARIAD	6
CARIAMID	8
CARID	5
CICAD	5
CICADA	6
CICADID	7
CIDARID	7
CIID	4
CIMICID	7
CIMID	5
CIRRID	6
CRACID	6
CRACTICID	9
DAAD	4
DACITIC	7
DADA	4
DADDA	5
DAIRA	5
DAIRID	6
DAMA	4
DAMAR	5
DAMMA	5
DAMMAR	6
DAMMARA	7
DAMMIT	6
DARI	4
DARIC	5
DARR	4
DART	4
DATA	^† 4
DATACARD	* 8
DATAMART	* 8
DATARATI	^† 8
DATARIA	7
DATI	4
DIACID	6
DIACIDIC	8
DIACRITIC	9
DIACT	5
DIAD	4
DIADIC	6
DIAMAT	* 6
DICTA	^† 5
DIDACT	6
DIDACTIC	8
DIDI	4
DIMICTIC	8
DIMIT	5
DIMITIC	7
DIRA	4
DIRAM	5
DIRT	4
DITA	4
DITACTIC	8
DITT	4
DITTI	5
DRAM	4
DRAMA	5
DRAMATA	7
DRAMATIC	8	pangram
DRAT	4
IDDAT	5
IDIC	4
IMIDIC	6
IMMID	5
IRID	4
IRIDIC	6
MACADAM	7
MACADAMIA	9
MACARIID	8
MACTRID	7	perfect pangram
MADAM	5
MADDA	5
MADID	5
MAID	4
MAIDA	5
MARADID	7
MARD	4
MIACID	6
MIDAIR	* 6
MIDARM	6
MIDCARD	7
MIDI	4
MIMID	5
MIRACIDIA	9
MIRID	5
MITRID	6
RAAD	4
RADA	4
RADAR	5
RADIAD	6
RADIATA	7
RADII	^† 5
RAID	4
RAMADA	6
RAMIDI	6
RAMRAID	* 7
RATARDID	8
RIAD	4
RIDDIM	6
RITARD	6
TADA	4
TAMADA	6
TARADA	6
TARD	4
TARMACADAM	* 10
TIDIACIC	8
TIMID	5
TRAD	4
TRIACID	7
TRIACIDIC	9
TRIAD	5
TRIADIC	7
TRIRADII	8

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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