Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
December 8, 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 8, 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.


center letter OABGNRZ
Spelling Bee for December 8, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter B: September 23, 2022
Center letter A: March 26, 2021
Center letter R: November 30, 2019
Center letter G: April 24, 2019

words: 123
score: 733 pts
pangrams: 1
bingo: yes

A x 23
B x 32
G x 30
N x 11
O x 13
R x 8
Z x 6

5L x 54
6L x 43
7L x 17
8L x 5
9L x 2
10L x 1
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 13 8 2 - - - - 23
B 14 12 4 1 1 - - 32
G 12 14 3 1 - - - 30
N 4 1 3 2 1 - - 11
O 4 4 3 1 - - 1 13
R 4 3 - - - 1 - 8
Z 3 1 2 - - - - 6
tot 54 43 17 5 2 1 1 123

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AB x 5 AG x 4 AN x 5 AR x 7 AZ x 1
AGG x 1 AGO x 2 AGR x 1
BA x 10 BO x 19 BR x 3
GA x 10 GO x 19 GR x 1
NA x 4 NO x 7
OB x 1 OG x 2 ON x 3 OR x 6 OZ x 1
RA x 4 RO x 4
ZO x 6

debut appearances 16

GARBANZO

word       length      
AARON 5
ABBOZZO 7
ABOON 5
ABORN 5
ABOZZO 6
ABRAZO 6
AGGRO 5
AGOGO 5
AGORA 5
AGROAN 6
ANGON 5
ANGOR 5
ANGORA 6 debut
ANNONA 6
ANONA 5
ARANGO 6
ARAROBA 7
ARBOR 5
ARGON 5 debut
AROAR 5
AROBA 5
ARROBA 6
AZABON 6
BABOO 5
BABOON 6
BAGOONG 7
BAOBAB 6
BARGOON 7
BARON 5
BARONG 6
BARRAGON 8
BAZONGA 7
BAZOO 5 debut, disallowed elsewhere
BOBAR 5
BOBBAR 6
BOGAN 5
BOGGO 5
BOGONG 6
BONANG 6
BONANZA 7 debut
BONAR 5
BONBON 6
BONGO 5
BONNAG 6
BONOBO 6
BONZA 5
BOOBOO 6
BOOZA 5
BORBORBOR 9
BORGO 5
BORON 5
BORRA 5
BRANON 6
BROGAN 6 debut
BROON 5
GABBRO 6
GABOON 6
GARBANZO 8 pangram, debut
GARBO 5
GARRON 6
GAZABO 6
GAZON 5
GAZONGA 7
GAZOO 5
GAZOON 6
GOANNA 6
GOBAN 5
GOBANG 6
GOBAR 5
GOBBAG 6
GOBBO 5
GOBOON 6
GOGGA 5
GONAGRA 7
GONGORA 7
GONNA 5 debut
GONZO 5 debut
GOOGOB 6
GOOGOO 6
GOONA 5
GOOZOO 6
GORGON 6
GORNO 5
GOZZAN 6
GROAN 5 debut
NABOB 5
NAGOR 5
NANOBAR 7
NANOBARN 8
NONAGON 7 debut
NONBANANA 9
NONBAR 6
NONBORON 8
NONGANG 7
NONNA 5
NONNO 5
OBANG 5
OGBONO 6
OGOGORO 7
ONAGGA 6
ONGANG 6
ONGAONGA 8
ORANG 5 debut
ORGAN 5 debut
ORGANA 6
ORGANOBORON 11
ORGANON 7
ORGANZA 7 debut
OZONA 5
RABONA 6
RANGO 5
RAZOO 5
RAZOR 5 debut
ROBAB 5
ROGGAN 6
ROGNON 6
RONGORONGO 10
ZOGAN 5
ZONAR 5
ZONGORA 7
ZONOGON 7
ZOOZOO 6
ZORRO 5

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