Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
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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center letter IABCLNR
Spelling Bee for October 20, 2018

Related puzzles
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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