December 22, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

December 22, 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 22, 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 December 22, 2018

words: 197
score: 1,234 pts
pangrams: 5
bingo: yes

A x 36
K x 32
L x 11
N x 29
O x 12
P x 49
T x 28

5L x 84
6L x 60
7L x 26
8L x 16
9L x 7
10L x 1
11L x 1
12L x 1
13L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	tot
A	15	10	8	2	1	-	-	-	-	36
K	16	13	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	32
L	7	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	11
N	11	3	3	5	3	1	1	1	1	29
O	3	6	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	12
P	18	18	7	5	1	-	-	-	-	49
T	14	8	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	28
tot	84	60	26	16	7	1	1	1	1	197

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

debut appearances	19
previously disallowed debuts	1

ALKAPTON, NANNOPLANKTON, NANOPLANKTON, NONPLANKTON, PLANKTON

word	length
NANNOPLANKTON	13	pangram
NANOPLANKTON	12	pangram
NONPLANKTON	11	pangram
NONPALATAL	10
ATTOKATAL	9
KOTALANOL	9
NANOKATAL	9
NONLAPTOP	9
NONPOTATO	9
OPAKAPAKA	9
PANTALOON	9	debut
ALKAPTON	8	pangram
ATLANTAL	8
KALLALOO	8
KATAKANA	8
LAPALAPA	8
NANOLOOP	8
NANOTOOL	8
NONPAPAL	8
NONPLANT	8
NONTONAL	8
PAKALOLO	8
PANTALON	8
PANTONAL	8
PLANKTON	8	pangram, debut
PLATANNA	8
TALANTON	8
ALANTOL	7
ALAPANA	7
ALKANAL	7
ALKANOL	7
ALLOTON	7
ANNATTO	7
ANNOTTO	7
APLANAT	7
LANTANA	7	allowed elsewhere
NONANAL	7
NONANOL	7
NONPLAN	7
OKAPANA	7
OOLAKAN	7
PAKAPOO	7
PALANKA	7
PALATAL	7	debut
PALOOKA	7
PLANTAL	7
PLATOON	7	debut
POTTANT	7
TALOOKA	7
TANKTOP	7
TAPPOON	7
TLAPLON	7
TONNATO	7
AKALAT	6
ALANNA	6
ANATTA	6
ANATTO	6
ANNONA	6
APOLLO	6	disallowed elsewhere
APPALL	6
ATLATL	6
ATOKAL	6
ATONAL	6	debut
KAKAPO	6
KAKKAK	6
KALPAK	6
KANAKA	6
KANOON	6
KANTON	6
KAPALA	6
KAPANA	6
KAPOTA	6
KATANA	6	debut
KATKOP	6
KOKAKO	6
KOPAPA	6
LALLAN	6
LAPTOP	6	debut
NANNAN	6
NANOOK	6
NATANT	6
OLONKA	6
ONLOAN	6
OPANAK	6
OPANKA	6
OPTANT	6
OTONAL	6
PALAPA	6	allowed elsewhere
PALOLO	6
PALPAL	6
PALPON	6
PANAKA	6
PANPOT	6
PANTON	6
PAOPAO	6
PATAKA	6
PATOLA	6
PATOOT	6
PLANAL	6
PLANTA	6
PLATAN	6
POLLAN	6
PONKAN	6
PONTAL	6
POTATO	6
TALLAT	6
TALLOT	6
TALOOK	6
TANOAK	6
TAPALO	6
TATKAL	6
TATTOO	6
TOPATO	6
ALAAP	5
ALALA	5
ALANT	5
ALAPA	5
ALLOT	5
ALOLL	5
ANANA	5
ANNAL	5	allowed elsewhere
ANONA	5
APALA	5
APOOP	5
APPAL	5
ATALL	5
ATOLL	5
ATTAP	5
KALON	5
KALPA	5
KANAT	5
KANNA	5
KANON	5
KAPOK	5
KAPPA	5	debut
KATAL	5
KLAPA	5
KOALA	5
KOLAK	5
KOLOA	5
KONAK	5
KONPA	5
KOOKA	5
KOPPA	5
LAPPA	5
LAPTA	5
LATKA	5
LATON	5
LLANO	5	debut
LOKAO	5
LOTTA	5
NALLA	5
NANNA	5
NANTO	5
NAPOO	5
NAPPA	5
NATAL	5
NATTO	5
NOKTA	5
NONNA	5
NOPAL	5
NOTAL	5
OLONA	5
ONLAP	5
OOLAK	5
PAKOL	5
PALAK	5
PALLA	5
PANKO	5
PANTO	5
PAOLO	5
PAPAL	5
PATKA	5
PLANA	5
PLANK	5	debut
PLANT	5	debut
PLOAT	5
POAKA	5
POKAL	5
POLAO	5
POLKA	5
POOKA	5
POPPA	5
TALAK	5
TALLA	5
TALON	5	debut
TANKA	5
TANNA	5
TANTO	5
TAPAO	5
TAPPA	5
TATOO	5
TATTA	5
TOLAN	5
TONAL	5	debut
TONKA	5
TOTAL	5

AK x 1	AL x 13	AN x 8	AP x 6	AT x 8
KA x 21	KL x 1	KO x 10
LA x 8	LL x 1	LO x 2
NA x 15	NO x 14
OK x 1	OL x 2	ON x 2	OO x 2	OP x 4	OT x 1
PA x 27	PL x 11	PO x 11
TA x 21	TL x 1	TO x 6

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