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October 20, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 20, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter IABCLNR
Spelling Bee for October 20, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter C: July 21, 2019

words: 228
score: 1,516 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 12
bingo: yes

A x 55
B x 53
C x 61
I x 16
L x 25
N x 6
R x 12

5L x 59
6L x 62
7L x 52
8L x 35
9L x 12
10L x 6
11L x 1
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 8 17 22 4 3 1 - - 55
B 17 11 10 10 3 1 - 1 53
C 12 18 10 14 4 2 1 - 61
I 7 5 3 1 - - - - 16
L 10 5 4 3 2 1 - - 25
N 2 3 - 1 - - - - 6
R 3 3 3 2 - 1 - - 12
tot 59 62 52 35 12 6 1 1 228

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AB x 3 AC x 17 AI x 4 AL x 11 AN x 7 AR x 12
BA x 27 BI x 12 BL x 2 BR x 12
BAC x 3 BAI x 7 BAL x 4 BAN x 3 BAR x 10
CA x 29 CI x 19 CL x 8 CR x 5
IC x 1 IL x 8 IN x 6 IR x 1
LA x 13 LI x 12
NA x 4 NI x 2
RA x 8 RI x 4

plu 5 6 7 8 tot
A 1 - 1 1 3
B - - 1 - 1
C 3 1 1 1 6
I - 1 - - 1
L 1 - - - 1
tot 5 2 3 2 12

debut appearances 12
previously disallowed debuts 1

CARBANIL, RABBINICAL

word       length      
AALII 5
ABACI  5
ABILLA 6
ABRIN 5
ACACIA 6
ACACIIN 7
ACACIN 6
ACARBIA 7
ACARI 5
ACARIAN 7
ACARINARIA 10
ACINACI  7
ACINAR 6
ACINI 5
ACINIC 6
ACLINAL 7
ACLINIC 7
ACLINICAL 9
ACRANIA 7
ACRANIAL 8
ACRIBIC 7
AIRAN 5
AIRBALL 7 debut
AIRBILL 7
AIRCAR 6
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALBIC 5
ALBICANAL 9
ALBINAL 7
ALBINIC 7
ALCAIC 6
ALIBI 5
ALLARIC 7
ALLICIN 7
ALLIIN 6
ANACLINAL 9
ANCILIA 7
ANCILLA 7
ANICCA 6
ANILIC 6
ANILINIC 8
ANILLIN 7
ARABICA 7
ARABIN 6
ARABINAN 8
ARACARI 7
ARACIAL 7
ARALIA 6
ARANCINI  8 allowed elsewhere
ARARIBA 7
ARILLI 6
ARNICA 6 allowed elsewhere
ARNICIN 7
ARRIBA 6
BACILLAR 8
BACILLI  7 debut
BACILLIN 8
BAICAI 6
BAICALIN 8
BAILA 5
BAILI 5
BAILLI 6
BAININ 6
BAIRN 5
BALANIC 7
BALIAN 6
BALLABILI 9
BALLIA 6
BANIA 5
BANIAN 6
BANNIAN 7
BARANI 6
BARBARALALIA 12
BARBARIAN 9
BARBARIC 8
BARBARICAL 10
BARBICAN 8
BARIA 5
BARIAN 6
BARIC 5
BARILLA 7
BIARC 5
BIBLICAL 8 debut
BICARB 6
BILABIAL 8
BILIN 5
BINARIC 7
BINNA 5
BIRACIAL 8 debut
BIRIANI 7
BIRIBA 6
BIRLINN 7
BIRRIA 6 allowed elsewhere
BLAIN 5
BLINI 5
BRAAI 5
BRACCIA 7
BRAIL 5
BRAIN 5
BRAINAL 7
BRAINBALL 9
BRAINIAC 8 debut
BRAINIAL 8
BRANLIN 7
BRIAN 5
BRIAR 5
BRILL 5
CABALIC 7
CABBALIC 8
CABIN 5 debut
CABRI 5
CABRILLA 8
CAIRN 5
CALCARIA 8
CALCARIC 8
CALCARINA 9
CALCIAN 7
CALCIC 6
CALCIN 6
CALIN 5
CALLI 5
CANINI 6
CANNABIC 8
CANNABIN 8
CANNIBAL 8 debut
CANNIBALIC 10
CARABI 6
CARABIN 7
CARBANIL 8 pangram
CARBIC 6
CARINA 6
CARINAL 7
CARINARIA 9
CARLIN 6
CARNIN 6
CARRI 5
CIBAI 5
CIBARIA 7
CIBARIAL 8
CIBARIAN 8
CICALA 6
CICINNI  7
CICLACILLIN 11
CILIA  5
CILIAL 6
CINCINNAL 9
CINCINNI  8
CINNABAR 8 debut
CINNABARIC 10
CIRCA 5
CIRCAR 6
CIRCI  5
CIRCINAL 8
CIRRAL 6
CIRRI  5
CLAIRIN 7
CLARAIN 7
CLARINI 7
CLINAL 6
CLINIA 6
CLINIC 6
CLINICAL 8
CLINICIAN 9
CRAIC 5
CRANIA  6
CRANIAL 7
CRANIC 6
CRINAL 6
ICARIIN 7
ILALA 5
ILIAC 5
ILIACAL 7
ILIACI  6
ILIAL 5
ILICIN 6
ILLABIAL 8
ILLICIA 7
INARI 5
INCALL 6
INCARN 6
INIAC 5
INIAL 5
INRAIL 6
IRIAN 5
LAARI 5
LABIA  5
LABIAL 6
LACCIC 6
LACCIN 6
LACINIA 7
LACINIAL 8
LACINIAR 8
LAICAL 6
LANAI 5
LANCIN 6
LANCININ 8
LARIN 5
LIANA 5
LIBRA 5
LIBRARIAL 9
LIBRARIAN 9 debut
LIBRARIANA 10
LIBRI 5
LILAC 5
LILACIN 7
LINAC 5
LINARIA 7
LINARIN 7
LININ 5
NAIRA 5
NARIAL 6
NARIC 5
NARICA 6
NIACIN 6
NIBBANIC 8
RABBI 5
RABBIN 6
RABBINIC 8 debut
RABBINICAL 10 pangram, debut
RABIC 5
RACIAL 6
RAILCAR 7
RANARIAN 8
RICIN 5
RICINIA 7
RICINIC 7
RICRAC 6

† plural noun

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