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December 18, 2023 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 18, 2023, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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center letter TACNOPU
Spelling Bee for December 18, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter O: August 19, 2022
Center letter N: November 23, 2020

words: 200
score: 938 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 27
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 22
C x 37
N x 23
O x 19
P x 38
T x 49
U x 12

4L x 63
5L x 48
6L x 44
7L x 26
8L x 8
9L x 4
10L x 4
11L x 2
13L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 tot
A 8 2 4 5 1 - 2 - - 22
C 5 12 7 9 3 1 - - - 37
N 6 3 5 1 1 3 1 2 1 23
O 6 2 7 2 2 - - - - 19
P 12 8 13 3 1 - 1 - - 38
T 24 15 5 5 - - - - - 49
U 2 6 3 1 - - - - - 12
tot 63 48 44 26 8 4 4 2 1 200

cmp 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A - - - - 1 - 1 2
C - 1 4 1 2 1 - 9
O 1 - 5 1 1 - - 8
P - 1 3 - - - - 4
T - 1 1 1 - - - 3
U - 1 - - - - - 1
tot 1 4 13 3 4 1 1 27

plu 6 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 0
newly disallowed words 1 canto

NONOCCUPANT, OCCUPANT

word       length      
NONACCOUNTANT 13
NANOCONTACT 11
NONOCCUPANT 11 pangram
ACCOUNTANT 10
AUTOCANNON * 10
NONCONTACT 10
PANNACOTTA 10
COTTONTOP * 9
NONCOTTON 9
NONOUTPUT 9
NONPOTATO 9
AUTOCOUP * 8
CAPONATA 8
COCOANUT * 8
COUNTOUT * 8
NONCOUNT 8
OCCUPANT 8 pangram
OUTCOUNT * 8
PATACOON 8
ACCOUNT 7
ANNATTO 7
ANNOTTO 7
ATAUNTO 7
ATTACCA 7
CANTATA 7
CANTOON 7
CANTUTA 7
CATAPAN 7
COCONUT 7
CONCOCT 7
CONTACT 7
COUNTUP * 7
CUTACOO 7
NONAUTO 7
OPTACON 7
OUTPUTT * 7
PONTOON 7
POTTANT 7
PUPUTAN 7
TAPPOON 7
TATAUPA 7
TOCCATA 7
TONNATO 7
TOPCOAT * 7
UNCOUNT 7
ACTANT 6
ANATTA 6
ANATTO 6
ATAUNT 6
CANNOT * 6
CANTON 6
CAPTAN 6
CATNAP * 6
COPOUT * 6
COTTON 6
CUTOUT * 6
NATANT 6
NONACT 6
NONCAT 6
NONCUT 6
NUTANT 6
OCTANT 6
OPTANT 6
OUTACT * 6
OUTCON * 6
OUTCUT * 6
OUTPUT * 6
OUTTOP * 6
PANPOT * 6
PANTON 6
PANTUN 6
PATACA 6
PATOOT 6
PONTON 6
POPOUT * 6
POTATO 6
PUNCTA  6
PUNCTO 6
PUTOUT * 6
PUTTOO 6
PUTTUN 6
TATTOO 6
TOPATO 6
TOPOUT * 6
TOUCAN 6
TUPUNA 6
UNCOAT 6
UNTACT 6
UNTAUT 6
APOUT 5
ATTAP 5
CANTO 5 newly disallowed
CAPOT 5
CAPUT 5
COACT 5
COAPT 5
CONTO 5
COOPT 5
COTTA 5
COUNT 5
COUTA 5
CUTAN 5
CUTUP * 5
NANTO 5
NATTO 5
NAUNT 5
OCTAN 5
OUTTA 5
PACTA 5
PANTO 5
POTOO 5
POTTO 5
PUNTA 5
PUNTO 5
PUTON * 5
PUTTO 5
TANNA 5
TANTO 5
TAPAO 5
TAPPA 5
TATAC 5
TATOO 5
TATOU 5
TATTA 5
TAUNT 5
TAUON 5
TONTO 5
TOPPO 5
TOPUP * 5
TUCAN 5
TUPAN 5
UNAPT 5
UNCUT 5
UNPOT 5
UNPUT 5
UNTAP 5
UPCUT * 5
ACTA 4
ANTA 4
ATAP 4
ATOP 4
ATTA 4
ATUA 4
AUNT 4
AUTO 4
CANT 4
COAT 4
COOT 4
COTA 4
COTT 4
NAAT 4
NATO 4
NOOT 4
NOTA 4
NOTT 4
NOUT 4
OCTA 4
ONCT 4
ONTO * 4
OONT 4
OTTO 4
OUTA 4
PACT 4
PANT 4
PATO 4
PATU 4
PONT 4
POOT 4
POTT 4
POUT 4
PUNT 4
PUTO 4
PUTT 4
PUTU 4
TAAN 4
TACO 4
TACT 4
TANA 4
TAPA 4
TAPU 4
TATA 4
TATT 4
TATU 4
TAUA 4
TAUT 4
TOAT 4
TOCO 4
TONA 4
TOON 4
TOOT 4
TOPO 4
TOTA 4
TOTO 4
TOUN 4
TOUT 4
TUAN 4
TUNA 4
TUTU 4
UNCT 4
UNTO 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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