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December 23, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 23, 2018, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter ABCIKLM
Spelling Bee for December 23, 2018

words: 36
score: 225 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 5
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

A x 7
B x 8
C x 7
I x 3
K x 2
L x 5
M x 4

5L x 19
6L x 7
7L x 2
8L x 5
9L x 3

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 4 2 1 - - 7
B 2 - 1 2 3 8
C 5 1 - 1 - 7
I 2 1 - - - 3
K - - - 2 - 2
L 3 2 - - - 5
M 3 1 - - - 4
tot 19 7 2 5 3 36

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 2 AC x 2 AL x 3
BA x 3 BI x 2 BL x 3
CA x 4 CI x 1 CL x 2
IA x 2 IL x 1
KI x 2
LA x 3 LI x 1 LL x 1
MA x 4

cmp 8 9 tot
B - 2 2
C 1 - 1
K 2 - 2
tot 3 2 5

plu 5 7 tot
A 1 - 1
B - 1 1
C 1 - 1
I 1 - 1
L 1 - 1
tot 4 1 5

debut appearances 11
previously disallowed debuts 1

BLACKMAIL

word       length      
ABACI  5
ABACK 5
ACACIA 6
ACCLAIM 7
ALACK 5
ALIBI 5
ALKALI 6 debut
BABKA 5
BACILLI  7
BALALAIKA 9 debut
BIBLICAL 8
BILABIAL 8
BLACK 5
BLACKBALL * 9
BLACKMAIL * 9 pangram, debut
CABAL 5
CABALA 6
CALLA 5
CALLBACK * 8
CILIA  5
CLACK 5
CLAIM 5
IAMBI  5 debut
IAMBIC 6 debut
ILIAC 5
KICKBACK * 8
KICKBALL * 8 debut
LABIA  5
LABIAL 6
LAICAL 6
LILAC 5
LLAMA 5
MALIC 5
MAMBA 5
MAMMA 5
MAMMAL 6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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