December 12, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

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, alongside other analysis.

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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

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

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

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
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

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