December 15, 2019 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 15, 2019, 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 P: February 23, 2023Center letter Y: May 1, 2021
Center letter M: May 25, 2018
words: 74
score: 302 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 5
bingo: yes
A x 8
E x 6
M x 17
N x 11
P x 20
T x 9
Y x 3
4L x 28
5L x 25
6L x 9
7L x 8
8L x 4
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot | |
| A | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| E | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | 6 |
| M | 8 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 17 |
| N | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 11 |
| P | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| T | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 9 |
| Y | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| tot | 28 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 74 |
| cmp | 6 | 8 | tot |
| A | 2 | - | 2 |
| N | - | 1 | 1 |
| P | 1 | - | 1 |
| T | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| debut appearances | 0 |
PAYMENT
| word | length | |||
| ANTENNAE | 8 | |||
| NAMETAPE | * 8 | |||
| PATENTEE | 8 | |||
| TEAMMATE | * 8 | |||
| ANTENNA | 7 | |||
| ATTEMPT | 7 | |||
| EMANANT | 7 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| EMANATE | 7 | |||
| MANATEE | 7 | |||
| PAYMENT | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| PENNANT | 7 | |||
| PENTANE | 7 | |||
| APEMAN | * 6 | |||
| APEMEN | * 6 | |||
| NATANT | 6 | |||
| NEATEN | 6 | |||
| PANAMA | 6 | |||
| PAPAYA | 6 | |||
| PATENT | 6 | |||
| PENMAN | * 6 | |||
| TENANT | 6 | |||
| APNEA | 5 | |||
| EATEN | 5 | |||
| ENATE | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| ENEMA | 5 | |||
| ETYMA | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| MAMMA | 5 | |||
| MANNA | 5 | |||
| MANTA | 5 | |||
| MATEY | 5 | |||
| MATTE | 5 | |||
| MEANT | 5 | |||
| MEANY | 5 | |||
| MEATY | 5 | |||
| NANNY | 5 | |||
| NATTY | 5 | |||
| PAEAN | 5 | |||
| PAMPA | 5 | |||
| PANTY | 5 | |||
| PAPPY | 5 | |||
| PATTY | 5 | |||
| PAYEE | 5 | |||
| PEATY | 5 | |||
| TATTY | 5 | |||
| YAPPY | 5 | |||
| YENTA | 5 | |||
| AMEN | 4 | |||
| ANTE | 4 | |||
| MAMA | 4 | |||
| MANE | 4 | |||
| MANY | 4 | |||
| MATE | 4 | |||
| MEAN | 4 | |||
| MEAT | 4 | |||
| META | 4 | |||
| MYNA | 4 | |||
| NAAN | 4 | |||
| NAME | 4 | |||
| NANA | 4 | |||
| NAPE | 4 | |||
| NEAP | 4 | |||
| NEAT | 4 | |||
| PANE | 4 | |||
| PANT | 4 | |||
| PAPA | 4 | |||
| PATE | 4 | |||
| PEAT | 4 | |||
| TAME | 4 | |||
| TAMP | 4 | |||
| TAPA | 4 | |||
| TAPE | 4 | |||
| TEAM | 4 | |||
| TEAT | 4 | |||
| YEAN | 4 | disallowed elsewhere |
* compound(ish) word