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.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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Related puzzles
Center letter O: August 19, 2022Center 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
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun