December 30, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 30, 2018, alongside other analysis.
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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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Center letter R: February 28, 2023Center letter D: April 21, 2020
Center letter A: May 26, 2019
words: 31
score: 113 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 1
bingo: yes
A x 3
B x 9
D x 3
I x 1
J x 2
L x 7
R x 6
4L x 17
5L x 4
6L x 5
7L x 1
8L x 4
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot | |
| A | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| B | 5 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 9 |
| D | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| I | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| J | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| L | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| R | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 6 |
| tot | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 31 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AI x 1 | AL x 1 | AR x 1 | |
| BA x 4 | BI x 3 | BL x 1 | BR x 1 |
| DI x 2 | DR x 1 | ||
| IL x 1 | |||
| JA x 2 | |||
| LA x 5 | LI x 2 | ||
| RA x 3 | RI x 3 |
| cmp | 7 | 8 | tot |
| A | 1 | - | 1 |
| J | - | 1 | 1 |
| R | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| plu | 5 | tot |
| L | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 |
JAILBIRD
| word | length | |||
| AIRBALL | * 7 | |||
| ALIBI | 5 | |||
| ARIL | 4 | |||
| BAIL | 4 | |||
| BALD | 4 | |||
| BALL | 4 | |||
| BALLAD | 6 | |||
| BILABIAL | 8 | |||
| BILL | 4 | |||
| BILLIARD | 8 | |||
| BLAB | 4 | |||
| BRIDAL | 6 | |||
| DIAL | 4 | |||
| DILL | 4 | |||
| DRILL | 5 | |||
| ILIAD | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| JAIL | 4 | |||
| JAILBIRD | * 8 | pangram | ||
| LABIA | † 5 | |||
| LABIAL | 6 | |||
| LAID | 4 | |||
| LAIR | 4 | |||
| LARD | 4 | |||
| LIAR | 4 | |||
| LIRA | 4 | |||
| RADIAL | 6 | |||
| RAIL | 4 | |||
| RAILBIRD | * 8 | |||
| RIAL | 4 | |||
| RIBALD | 6 | |||
| RILL | 4 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun