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December 13, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 13, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter PACILNR
Spelling Bee for December 13, 2018

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Center letter L: June 21, 2019

words: 142
score: 985 pts
pangrams: 6
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

A x 16
C x 20
I x 4
L x 8
N x 1
P x 87
R x 6

5L x 45
6L x 36
7L x 22
8L x 18
9L x 10
10L x 8
11L x 2
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 6 3 4 2 - 1 - - 16
C 6 6 3 3 - 2 - - 20
I 2 - 1 - 1 - - - 4
L 4 - 2 2 - - - - 8
N 1 - - - - - - - 1
P 26 25 10 9 9 5 2 1 87
R - 2 2 2 - - - - 6
tot 45 36 22 18 10 8 2 1 142

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 3 AL x 4 AP x 9
CA x 18 CI x 2
IC x 2 IL x 1 IN x 1
ICP x 2
LA x 5 LI x 3
NA x 1
PA x 43 PI x 25 PL x 9 PR x 10
RA x 3 RI x 3

plu 5 8 tot
C 1 1 2
P - 1 1
tot 1 2 3

debut appearances 11

PARACLINICAL, PARACRANIAL, PARACRINAL, PIPRACILLIN, PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPIAL

word       length      
ACAPNIA 7
ACAPNIAL 8
ACAPNIC 7
ALAAP 5
ALAPA 5
ALAPANA 7
ALPACA 6
APALA 5
APALCILLIN 10
APALLIC 7
APIAN 5
APIARIAN 8
APICAL 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
APIIN 5
APPAL 5
APPALL 6
CAAPI 5
CALLICARPA 10
CALPAC 6
CALPAIN 7
CAPLIN 6
CAPPA 5
CAPRI 5
CAPRIC 6
CAPRICCI  8
CAPRIN 6
CAPRINIC 8
CARAIPI 7
CARAP 5
CARAPACIAL 10
CARNAP 6
CARPAL 6 debut
CARPALIA 8
CARPI  5
CIPPI 5
CIRCLIP 7
ICPAL 5
ICPALLI 7
ILIPARCIL 9
INCAP 5
LAPALAPA 8
LAPILLAR 8
LAPILLI 7
LAPIN 5
LAPPA 5
LIPIC 5
LIPIN 5
LIPINIC 7
NAPPA 5
PACARA 6
PACARANA 8
PACCAN 6
PAILA 5
PALAPA 6 allowed elsewhere
PALILALIA 9
PALILALIC 9
PALINAL 7
PALLA 5
PALLIA 6
PALLIAL 7
PALPAL 6
PALPI 5
PANACINAR 9
PANIC 5
PANIN 5
PANINI 6
PANIR 5
PANNARIN 8
PANNI 5
PAPAIA 6
PAPAIN 6
PAPAL 5
PAPILLA 7 debut
PAPILLAR 8
PAPPI 5
PAPRI 5
PARACLINICAL 12 pangram
PARACRANIA 10
PARACRANIAL 11 pangram
PARACRINAL 10 pangram
PARALALIA 9
PARALIAN 8
PARALIC 7
PARANAL 7
PARAPARA 8
PARIAN 6
PARICA 6
PARILLIN 8
PARINARIC 9
PARNAPARIN 10
PARRAL 6
PARRILLA 8
PIANICA 7
PIAPIAC 7
PICALILLI 9
PICARIAN 8
PICCALILLI 10
PICNIC 6
PICRA 5
PICRAL 6
PICRIC 6
PILAR 5
PILIN 5
PILLAR 6 debut
PININ 5
PINNA 5
PINNAL 6
PINRAIL 7
PIPAL 5
PIPIPI 6
PIPIRI 6
PIPPIAN 7
PIPPIN 6 allowed elsewhere
PIPRA 5
PIPRACILLIN 11 pangram
PIRAI 5
PIRANA 6
PLAIN 5 debut
PLANA 5
PLANAL 6
PLANAR 6 debut
PLANARIA  8 debut
PLANARIAN 9 debut
PLARN 5
PLICA 5
PLICAL 6
PRANA 5
PRANIC 6
PRIAL 5
PRIAN 5
PRIAPI 6
PRIAPIC 7 allowed elsewhere
PRILL 5
PRINCIPAL 9 pangram, debut
PRINCIPIA 9
PRINCIPIAL 10 pangram
RAPILLI 7
RAPINI 6
RAPPINI 7
RIPARIAL 8
RIPARIAN 8
RIPRAP 6

† plural noun

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