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, 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.

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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

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

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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
RA x 11	RI x 3
TA x 5	TI x 2	TR x 6

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