October 20, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

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.

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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for October 20, 2018

Related puzzles

Center letter C: July 21, 2019

words: 228
score: 1,516 pts
pangrams: 2
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
CA x 29	CI x 19	CL x 8	CR x 5
	CLA x 3	CLI 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

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

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