October 20, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

October 20, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 20, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LI.

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 October 20, 2018

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Center letter C: July 21, 2019

words: 280
score: 1,568 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 8
plurals: 14
bingo: yes

A x 63
B x 65
C x 67
I x 19
L x 34
N x 13
R x 19

4L x 52
5L x 59
6L x 62
7L x 52
8L x 35
9L x 12
10L x 6
11L x 1
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
A	8	8	17	22	4	3	1	-	-	63
B	12	17	11	10	10	3	1	-	1	65
C	6	12	18	10	14	4	2	1	-	67
I	3	7	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	19
L	9	10	5	4	3	2	1	-	-	34
N	7	2	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	13
R	7	3	3	3	2	-	1	-	-	19
tot	52	59	62	52	35	12	6	1	1	280

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AB x 5	AC x 18	AI x 4	AL x 11	AN x 8	AR x 16
BA x 31	BI x 17	BL x 3	BR x 14
CA x 30	CI x 21	CL x 8	CR x 8
IC x 1	IL x 9	IN x 8	IR x 1
LA x 17	LI x 17
LIA x 2	LIB x 5	LIL x 4	LIN x 5	LIR x 1
NA x 9	NI x 4
RA x 12	RI x 7

cmp	5	6	7	9	tot
A	-	1	2	-	3
B	-	-	-	1	1
I	-	2	-	-	2
L	1	-	-	-	1
R	-	-	1	-	1
tot	1	3	3	1	8

plu	4	5	6	7	8	tot
A	1	1	-	1	1	4
B	-	-	-	1	-	1
C	-	3	1	1	1	6
I	1	-	1	-	-	2
L	-	1	-	-	-	1
tot	2	5	2	3	2	14

CARBANIL, RABBINICAL

word	length
BARBARALALIA	12
CICLACILLIN	11
ACARINARIA	10
BARBARICAL	10
CANNIBALIC	10
CINNABARIC	10
LIBRARIANA	10
RABBINICAL	10	pangram
ACLINICAL	9
ALBICANAL	9
ANACLINAL	9
BALLABILI	9
BARBARIAN	9
BRAINBALL	* 9
CALCARINA	9
CARINARIA	9
CINCINNAL	9
CLINICIAN	9
LIBRARIAL	9
LIBRARIAN	9
ACRANIAL	8
ANILINIC	8
ARABINAN	8
ARANCINI	^† 8	allowed elsewhere
BACILLAR	8
BACILLIN	8
BAICALIN	8
BARBARIC	8
BARBICAN	8
BIBLICAL	8
BILABIAL	8
BIRACIAL	8
BRAINIAC	8
BRAINIAL	8
CABBALIC	8
CABRILLA	8
CALCARIA	8
CALCARIC	8
CANNABIC	8
CANNABIN	8
CANNIBAL	8
CARBANIL	8	pangram
CIBARIAL	8
CIBARIAN	8
CINCINNI	^† 8
CINNABAR	8
CIRCINAL	8
CLINICAL	8
ILLABIAL	8
LACINIAL	8
LACINIAR	8
LANCININ	8
NIBBANIC	8
RABBINIC	8
RANARIAN	8
ACACIIN	7
ACARBIA	7
ACARIAN	7
ACINACI	^† 7
ACLINAL	7
ACLINIC	7
ACRANIA	7
ACRIBIC	7
AIRBALL	* 7
AIRBILL	* 7
ALBINAL	7
ALBINIC	7
ALLARIC	7
ALLICIN	7
ANCILIA	7
ANCILLA	7
ANILLIN	7
ARABICA	7
ARACARI	7
ARACIAL	7
ARARIBA	7
ARNICIN	7
BACILLI	^† 7
BALANIC	7
BANNIAN	7
BARILLA	7
BINARIC	7
BIRIANI	7
BIRLINN	7
BRACCIA	7
BRAINAL	7
BRANLIN	7
CABALIC	7
CALCIAN	7
CARABIN	7
CARINAL	7
CIBARIA	7
CICINNI	^† 7
CLAIRIN	7
CLARAIN	7
CLARINI	7
CRANIAL	7
ICARIIN	7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
LACINIA	7
LILACIN	7
LINARIA	7
LINARIN	7
RAILCAR	* 7
RICINIA	7
RICINIC	7
ABILLA	6
ACACIA	6
ACACIN	6
ACINAR	6
ACINIC	6
AIRCAR	* 6
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALLIIN	6
ANICCA	6
ANILIC	6
ARABIN	6
ARALIA	6
ARILLI	6
ARNICA	6	allowed elsewhere
ARRIBA	6
BAICAI	6
BAILLI	6
BAININ	6
BALIAN	6
BALLIA	6
BANIAN	6
BARANI	6
BARIAN	6
BICARB	6
BIRIBA	6
BIRRIA	6	allowed elsewhere
CALCIC	6
CALCIN	6
CANINI	6
CARABI	6
CARBIC	6
CARINA	6
CARLIN	6
CARNIN	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CIRCAR	6
CIRRAL	6
CLINAL	6
CLINIA	6
CLINIC	6
CRANIA	^† 6
CRANIC	6
CRINAL	6
ILIACI	^† 6
ILICIN	6
INCALL	* 6
INCARN	6
INRAIL	* 6
LABIAL	6
LACCIC	6
LACCIN	6
LAICAL	6
LANCIN	6
NARIAL	6
NARICA	6
NIACIN	6
RABBIN	6
RACIAL	6
RICRAC	6
AALII	5
ABACI	^† 5
ABRIN	5
ACARI	5
ACINI	5
AIRAN	5
ALBIC	5
ALIBI	5
BAILA	5
BAILI	5
BAIRN	5
BANIA	5
BARIA	5
BARIC	5
BIARC	5
BILIN	5
BINNA	5
BLAIN	5
BLINI	5
BRAAI	5
BRAIL	5
BRAIN	5
BRIAN	5
BRIAR	5
BRILL	5
CABIN	5
CABRI	5
CAIRN	5
CALIN	5
CALLI	5
CARRI	5
CIBAI	5
CILIA	^† 5
CIRCA	5
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRRI	^† 5
CRAIC	5
ILALA	5
ILIAC	5
ILIAL	5
INARI	5
INIAC	5
INIAL	5
IRIAN	5
LAARI	5
LABIA	^† 5
LANAI	5
LARIN	5
LIANA	5
LIBRA	5
LIBRI	5
LILAC	5
LINAC	* 5
LININ	5
NAIRA	5
NARIC	5
RABBI	5
RABIC	5
RICIN	5
ABIR	4
ABRI	4
ACAI	4
ANIL	4
ARCI	^† 4
ARIA	4
ARIL	4
ARNI	4
BAIL	4
BAIN	4
BANI	4
BARI	4
BIBB	4
BIBI	4
BILL	4
BIRL	4
BIRR	4
BLIN	4
BRIL	4
BRIN	4
CAIR	4
CILL	4
CIRL	4
CRIA	4
CRIB	4
CRIN	4
ILIA	^† 4
INCA	4
INIA	4
LAIC	4
LAIN	4
LAIR	4
LARI	4
LIAR	4
LILA	4
LILL	4
LINN	4
LIRA	4
NAAI	4
NABI	4
NAIB	4
NAIL	4
NAIN	4
NILL	4
NINA	4
RABI	4
RAIL	4
RAIN	4
RANI	4
RIAL	4
RIBA	4
RILL	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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