December 8, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

December 8, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 8, 2023, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.

Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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Spelling Bee for December 8, 2023

Related puzzles

Center letter R: September 7, 2022
Center letter I: September 15, 2021

words: 179
score: 1,254 pts
pangrams: 12
perfect: 2
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	5	7	8	10	11	tot
I	1	-	-	-	-	1
R	-	1	1	1	1	4
tot	1	1	1	1	1	5

debut appearances

ANORDRIOL, DOORNAIL, NAILROD, NONILLIARD, NONORDINAL, NONRADIAL, NONRAILROAD, ORDINAL, RADIOLAND, RADIOLARIAN, RAILROADANA, RAILROADIANA

word	length
AALII	5
ADLAND	6
ADORAL	6
ADRADIAL	8
AIOLI	5
AIRLAND	7
AIROL	5
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALAND	5
ALANINOL	8
ALANNA	6
ALDOL	5
ALDRIN	6
ALLIIN	6
ALLOD	5
ALLODIA	7
ALLODIAL	8
ALLOLALIA	9
ALODIAL	7
ALOIN	5
ALOLL	5
ANILID	6
ANILIDO	7
ANILIID	7
ANILINO	7
ANILLIN	7
ANNAL	5
ANODAL	6
ANORDRIOL	9	pangram
ARALIA	6
ARILLI	6
ARILLOID	8
ARNOLOL	7
AROLIA	6
AROLLA	6
DALAAL	6
DALADALA	8
DALAL	5
DALLOL	6
DALRADIAN	9
DIALID	6
DIALIN	6
DIANILIDO	9
DIANODAL	8
DIARIAL	7
DILAL	5
DILARID	7
DILDO	5
DINLO	5
DIRNDL	6
DODOL	5
DOLIA	5
DOLINA	6
DOLIOLID	8
DOLLAR	6
DOLOR	5
DOORNAIL	8	pangram
DRAIL	5
DRALON	6
DRILID	6
DRILL	5
DROLL	5
DROOL	5
IDIOLALIA	9
IDOLA	^† 5
IDOLON	6
ILALA	5
ILARIID	7
ILIAD	5
ILIAL	5
INDANOL	7
INDOLIN	7
INIAL	5
INLAID	6
INLAND	6
INRAIL	6
IODAL	5
IODOL	5
IRIDAL	6
IRIDIAL	7
IRIDODIAL	9
LAARI	5
LADINO	6
LADOO	5
LADRON	6
LAIRD	5
LALLAN	6
LALLAND	7
LANAI	5
LANDIOLOL	9
LANDLORD	8
LANDRAIL	8
LANIARD	7
LANIID	6
LANIOL	6
LANOLIN	7
LARDO	5
LARDON	6
LARDOON	7
LARID	5
LARIN	5
LAROID	6
LIANA	5
LIANOID	7
LIARD	5
LIDAR	5
LIDOL	5
LILIID	6
LILIOID	7
LINALOL	7
LINALOOL	8
LINARIA	7
LINARIDIN	9
LINARIN	7
LININ	5
LINOLA	6
LLANO	5
LOANIN	6
LONNIN	6
LORAL	5
LORAN	5
LORID	5
LORIID	6
NADIRAL	7
NADOLOL	7
NAILROD	7	perfect pangram
NALLA	5
NARANOL	7
NARIAL	6
NIDAL	5
NODAL	5
NOLID	5
NONALLODIAL	11
NONANAL	7
NONANOL	7
NONDOLLAR	9
NONILL	6
NONILLIARD	10	pangram
NONILLION	9
NONLAND	7
NONLANDLORD	11
NONLIAR	7
NONOIL	6
NONOLD	6
NONORAL	7
NONORDINAL	10	pangram
NONRADIAL	9	pangram
NONRAIL	7
NONRAILROAD	11	pangram
NORLAND	7
OIDIAL	6
OLOID	5
OLONA	5
ONDIOLA	7
ONDOL	5
ONLAID	6
ONLAND	6
ONLOAD	6
ONLOAN	6
OOIDAL	6
OORALI	6
OORIAL	6
ORDINAL	7	perfect pangram
ORILLION	8
ORILLON	7
ORIOLID	7
RADIAL	6
RADIALIA	^† 8
RADIOLAND	9	pangram
RADIOLARIA	^† 10
RADIOLARIAN	^† 11	pangram
RADIOLI	^† 7
RAILROAD	8
RAILROADANA	11	pangram
RAILROADIANA	12	pangram
RALLID	6
RONDALLA	8
RORAL	5

† plural noun

AA x 1	AD x 3	AI x 3	AL x 15	AN x 8	AR x 6
DA x 5	DI x 10	DO x 7	DR x 6
ID x 3	IL x 4	IN x 6	IO x 2	IR x 3
LA x 21	LI x 14	LL x 1	LO x 6
NA x 6	NI x 1	NO x 20
OI x 1	OL x 2	ON x 6	OO x 3	OR x 4
RA x 10	RO x 2

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