December 23, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 23, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 23, 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 23, 2018

words: 248
score: 1,157 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 12
bingo: yes

A x 43
B x 39
C x 44
I x 17
K x 38
L x 28
M x 39

4L x 73
5L x 65
6L x 56
7L x 23
8L x 24
9L x 7

	4	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	12	13	13	3	2	-	43
B	14	6	5	2	6	6	39
C	10	10	14	5	5	-	44
I	4	6	3	2	2	-	17
K	10	8	11	3	6	-	38
L	8	10	7	2	1	-	28
M	15	12	3	6	2	1	39
tot	73	65	56	23	24	7	248

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	7	8	9	tot
B	-	3	3	6
C	1	1	-	2
K	-	2	-	2
L	1	1	-	2
tot	2	7	3	12

BLACKMAIL

word	length
AALII	5
ABACA	5
ABACI	5
ABACK	5
ABAKA	5
ABBA	4
ABILLA	6
ACACIA	6
ACAI	4
ACCA	4
ACCLAIM	7
ACMIC	5
AIBIKA	6
AKALIMBA	8
AKAMAI	6
ALACK	5
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALAMAK	6
ALBA	4
ALBIC	5
ALCAIC	6
ALIBI	5
ALIM	4
ALKALI	6
ALKALIC	7
ALMA	4
ALMAMI	6
AMALA	5
AMALAKA	7
AMBA	4
AMBAL	5
AMBALAMA	8
AMIA	4
AMIC	4
AMICAL	6
AMICI	5
AMIL	4
AMIMIA	6
AMIMIC	6
AMLA	4
AMMA	4
BAAL	4
BAALIM	6
BABA	4
BABALA	6
BABKA	5
BACCA	5
BACCALA	7
BACILLI	7
BACK	4
BACKBALL	* 8
BACKBILL	* 8
BAICAI	6
BAIL	4
BAILA	5
BAILI	5
BAILLI	6
BAKA	4
BAKMI	5
BALALAIKA	9
BALALAIKI	9
BALK	4
BALL	4
BALLABILI	9
BALLIA	6
BALM	4
BAMI	4
BIALKALI	8
BIBLICAL	8
BILABIAL	8
BILLBACK	* 8
BIMA	4
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLACK	5
BLACKBACK	* 9
BLACKBALL	* 9
BLACKMAIL	* 9	pangram
BLAK	4
BLAM	4
CABA	4
CABAL	5
CABALA	6
CABALIC	7
CABBALA	7
CABBALIC	8
CACA	4
CACIK	5
CACK	4
CAIMAC	6
CAIMACAM	8
CAIMAKAM	8
CALABA	6
CALAMBAC	8
CALAMI	6
CALCIC	6
CALK	4
CALL	4
CALLA	5
CALLBACK	* 8
CALLI	5
CALM	4
CAMA	4
CAMACA	6
CAMAIL	6
CAMBACK	* 7
CAMBIA	6
CAMBIAL	7
CAMBIC	6
CAMI	4
CAMIA	5
CIBAI	5
CICALA	6
CILIA	5
CILIAL	6
CIMA	4
CIMBIA	6
CLACK	5
CLACKA	6
CLAIK	5
CLAIM	5
CLAM	4
CLICKA	6
CLIMACI	7
IAMB	4
IAMBI	5
IAMBIC	6
ILALA	5
ILAMA	5
ILIA	4
ILIAC	5
ILIACAL	7
ILIACI	6
ILIAL	5
ILKA	4
ILLABIAL	8
ILLICIA	7
IMALA	5
IMAM	4
IMAMIC	6
IMBABALA	8
KAAMA	5
KABAKA	6
KABALA	6
KABBALA	7
KABBALIC	8
KABLAM	6
KACK	4
KAIK	4
KAIKAI	6
KAIKI	5
KAIL	4
KAIM	4
KAIMACAM	8
KAIMAK	6
KAIMAKAM	8
KAKA	4
KAKI	4
KAKKAK	6
KALAM	5
KALAMAKI	8
KALBI	5
KALI	4
KALIMA	6
KALIMBA	7
KALMIA	6
KAMA	4
KAMAL	5
KAMALA	6
KAMALAM	7
KAMI	4
KAMIK	5
KAMILA	6
KIACK	5
KIBLA	5
KICKBACK	* 8
KICKBALL	* 8
KILA	4
KIMBAB	6
LABBA	5
LABIA	5
LABIAL	6
LABLAB	6
LACCIC	6
LACK	4
LACKALL	* 7
LAIC	4
LAICAL	6
LAIK	4
LAIKA	5
LALL	4
LAMA	4
LAMB	4
LAMBA	5
LAMBIC	6
LAMBKILL	* 8
LAMBLIA	7
LAMIA	5
LIKAM	5
LILA	4
LILAC	5
LIMA	4	allowed elsewhere
LIMAIL	6
LIMBA	5
LIMBAL	6
LIMMA	5
LLAMA	5
MACA	4
MACK	4	disallowed elsewhere
MAIK	4
MAIKA	5
MAIL	4
MAIM	4
MAKA	4
MAKAI	5
MAKI	4
MAKILA	6
MALA	4
MALACCA	7
MALACIA	7
MALACIC	7
MALAI	5
MALI	4
MALIA	5
MALIC	5
MALIK	5
MALL	4
MALLAM	6
MALM	4
MAMA	4
MAMAK	5
MAMBA	5
MAMI	4
MAMILLA	7
MAMMA	5
MAMMAL	6
MAMMILLA	8
MBILA	5
MIAI	4
MICA	4
MILAB	5
MILIA	5
MIMIAMB	7
MIMIAMBI	8
MIMIAMBIC	9
MIMICAL	7

* compound(ish) word

AA x 1	AB x 6	AC x 5	AI x 1	AK x 2	AL x 14	AM x 14
BA x 26	BI x 5	BL x 8
CA x 31	CI x 6	CL x 7
IA x 3	IL x 10	IM x 4
KA x 32	KI x 6
LA x 19	LI x 8	LL x 1
MA x 30	MB x 1	MI x 8

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