September 20, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the
New York Times Spelling Bee from September 20, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LI.
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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 September 20, 2018
words: 151
score: 723 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 1
plurals: 3
bingo: yes
C x 20
E x 36
I x 5
L x 15
P x 40
T x 34
X x 1
4L x 43
5L x 34
6L x 42
7L x 16
8L x 12
9L x 4
4
5
6
7
8
9
tot
C
7
7
4
1
-
1
20
E
6
9
7
3
9
2
36
I
1
1
3
-
-
-
5
L
6
2
4
2
1
-
15
P
12
8
13
6
1
-
40
T
11
7
10
4
1
1
34
X
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
tot
43
34
42
16
12
4
151
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
plu
4
5
tot
C
-
1
1
L
1
-
1
P
-
1
1
tot
1
2
3
EXPECTILE, EXPLICIT
CILE XE TIL
9
E PILE PTIC
9
E XPE CTILE
9
pangram
TE E PLE ITE
9
E CLE CTIC
8
E CLIPTIC
8
E ITE LITE
8
E LLIPTIC
8
E PIPE LIC
8
E XCIPLE X
8
E XPE CTE E
8
E XPE LLE E
8
E XPLICIT
8
pangram
LE ITE ITE
8
PE LLICLE
8
TE LE TE XT
8
CLIPPIE
7
E LE CTE E
7
E XCIPLE
7
E XPE LE E
7
LE TTICE
7
LITTLIE
7
PE LITIC
7
PIIPITE
7
PIPE LLE
7
PIPE TTE
7
PITTITE
7
PLE CTIC
7
TE LE PIC
7
TE LE TE X
7
TE XTILE
7
TILLITE
7
CE LLIE
6
CILICE
6
CLIPE I
6
CTE TIC
6
E LICIT
6
E LLIPT
6
E XCE PT
6
E XCITE
6
E XILE E
6
E XILIC
6
disallowed elsewhere
E XPE CT
6
ICICLE
6
ILLIPE
6
ILLITE
6
LE CTIC
6
LIPLE T
6
LIPPIE
6
LITTLE
6
PE CTIC
6
disallowed elsewhere
PE E LIE
6
PE E PE E
6
PE LITE
6
PE LLE T
6
PE PTIC
6
PE TITE
6
PE TTLE
6
PICTE L
6
PIPPIE
6
PIPPLE
6
PITTIE
6
PITTLE
6
TE E PE E
6
TE E TE E
6
TE LLE E
6
TE TTIX
6
TE XTE E
6
TILLE T
6
TIPPE E
6
TIPPE T
6
TIPPLE
6
TITTLE
6
XIE XIE
6
CE CIL
5
CE ILI
5
CE LLI
† 5
CITE E
5
CLE E P
5
CLE IT
5
CLE PE
5
E CCLE
5
E LE CT
5
E LITE
5
E LPE E
* 5
E TE XT
5
E TTLE
5
E XCE L
5
E XILE
5
E XPE L
5
IXTLE
5
LE XIC
5
LE XIE
5
PE E LE
5
PE PLI
† 5
PE TIT
5
PIE CE
5
PILE I
5
PIPE T
5
PIXE L
5
PIXIE
5
TE LE X
5
TE LIC
5
disallowed elsewhere
TE PE E
5
TE TE L
5
TE XE L
5
TIPLE
5
TITLE
5
CE IL
4
CE LL
4
CE LT
4
CE PE
4
CE TE
4
CIE L
4
CITE
4
E CCE
4
E PE E
4
E PIC
4
E TIC
4
E XE C
4
E XIT
4
ILE X
4
disallowed elsewhere
LE CT
4
LE E P
4
LE E T
4
LICE
† 4
LIPE
4
LITE
4
PE E L
4
PE E P
4
PE LL
4
PE LT
4
PE TE
4
PICE
4
PIE T
4
PILE
4
PIPE
4
PLE C
4
PLE X
4
PLIE
4
TE E L
4
TE E T
4
TE IL
4
TE LE
4
TE LL
4
TE LT
4
TE PE
4
TE TE
4
TE XT
4
TICE
4
TILE
4
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun