September 5, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

September 5, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 5, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.

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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 September 5, 2018

words: 191
score: 1,361 pts
pangrams: 8
perfect: 1
plurals: 7
bingo: yes

A x 48
C x 71
D x 17
I x 12
L x 7
R x 7
T x 29

5L x 44
6L x 50
7L x 42
8L x 26
9L x 16
10L x 7
11L x 4
12L x 1
13L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	tot
A	11	10	17	3	4	1	-	1	1	48
C	18	23	11	10	3	4	2	-	-	71
D	4	3	1	5	2	1	1	-	-	17
I	3	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	12
L	2	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	7
R	-	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	7
T	6	4	6	6	5	1	1	-	-	29
tot	44	50	42	26	16	7	4	1	1	191

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	5	6	9	tot
A	-	-	1	1
C	4	-	-	4
D	1	-	-	1
I	-	1	-	1
tot	5	1	1	7

debut appearances

ATTRACTICIDAL, CIRCATIDAL, DIACRITICAL, LACTARIID, RATICIDAL, TRICLAD, TRICLADID, TRIRADICAL

word	length
ATTRACTICIDAL	13	pangram
ACATALLACTIC	12
CATALLACTIC	11
CICATRICIAL	11
DIACRITICAL	11	pangram, debut
TRICRITICAL	11
ACARICIDAL	10
CATARACTAL	10
CATARACTIC	10
CICATRICAL	10
CIRCATIDAL	10	pangram
DIDACTICAL	10
TRIRADICAL	10	pangram
ACARDIACI	^† 9
ACRITICAL	9
ALTRICIAL	9
ATARACTIC	9
CARDIACAL	9
CATALATIC	9
CRACTICID	9
DIACRITIC	9	debut
DIRADICAL	9
LACTARIID	9	pangram
RATICIDAL	9	pangram
TRIACIDIC	9
TRICALCIC	9
TRICLADID	9	pangram
TRIRACIAL	9
TRITACTIC	9
ACARDIAC	8
ALTRICAL	8
ARCTICID	8
CALCARIA	8
CALCARIC	8
CALCITIC	8
CALDARIA	8
CALIDRID	8
CARACARA	8
CARDITIC	8
CARDITID	8
CATARACT	8
CRITICAL	8	debut
DATACARD	8
DIACIDIC	8
DICALCIC	8
DIDACTIC	8
DITACTIC	8
IATRICAL	8
RAILCARD	8
TACTICAL	8
TACTITIC	8
TARICTIC	8
TARTARIC	8
TIDIACIC	8
TRICTRAC	8
ACARDIA	7
ACCIDIA	7
ACRATIA	7
ACRATIC	7
ACRIDID	7
ACTARIT	7
ALACTIC	7
ALDARIC	7
ALLARIC	7
ARACARI	7
ARACIAL	7
ARCADIA	7
ARCTIID	7
ATACTIC	7
ATRACID	7
ATTACCA	7
ATTRACT	7
CARACAL	7
CARACCA	7
CARDIAC	7
CARDIAL	7
CARDIID	7
CARDITA	7
CATCALL	7
CATTAIL	7
CICADID	7
CIDARID	7
CLARIID	7
DACITIC	7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
ILLICIT	7
ILLITIC	7
LATITIC	7
RADICAL	7
RAILCAR	7
TALARIC	7
TRACIAL	7
TRIACID	7
TRIADIC	7
TRIATIC	7
TRICLAD	7	perfect pangram
ACACIA	6
ACARID	6
ACIDIC	6
ADDICT	6
AIRCAR	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALCAID	6
ARCTIC	6
ARIDIC	6
CADDID	6
CALCAR	6
CALCIC	6
CALLID	6
CARDIA	6
CARIAD	6
CICADA	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CIRCAR	6
CIRRAL	6
CIRRID	6
CITRAL	6
CITRIC	6
CLADAL	6
CLADIC	6
CLAIRT	6
CLIDAL	6
CLITAR	6
CLITIC	6
CRACID	6
CRATIC	6
CRITIC	6
DIACID	6
DIADIC	6
DIDACT	6
ILIACI	^† 6
IRIDIC	6
IRITIC	6
ITALIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACTIC	6
LAICAL	6
RACIAL	6
RICRAC	6
RICTAL	6
TACTIC	6
TICTAC	6
TRIACT	6
TRICAR	6
ACADA	5
ACARA	5
ACARI	5
ACCRA	5
ACRAL	5
ACRID	5
ALCID	5
ARACA	5
ARCID	5
ARTIC	5
ATTIC	5
CACTI	^† 5
CAIRD	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CARAC	5
CARAT	5
CARID	5
CARRI	5
CICAD	5
CILIA	^† 5
CIRCA	5
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRRI	^† 5
CITAL	5
CITRI	5
CLADI	5
CLART	5
CRAIC	5
DALCA	5
DARIC	5
DIACT	5
DICTA	^† 5
ICTAL	5
ICTIC	5
ILIAC	5
LICIT	5
LILAC	5
TACIT	5
TATAC	5
TICAL	5
TRACT	5
TRIAC	5
TRICA	5

† plural noun

AC x 20	AD x 1	AI x 1	AL x 9	AR x 10	AT x 7
CA x 36	CI x 20	CL x 9	CR x 6
DA x 4	DI x 13
IA x 1	IC x 2	IL x 6	IR x 2	IT x 1
LA x 5	LI x 2
RA x 5	RI x 2
TA x 8	TI x 3	TR x 18

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