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, 2022 | 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, 2022, 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 PAGLNOY
Spelling Bee for December 8, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter N: March 17, 2024
Center letter Y: July 30, 2021

words: 124
score: 820 pts
pangrams: 6
bingo: yes

A x 13
G x 12
L x 10
N x 13
O x 1
P x 69
Y x 6

5L x 52
6L x 30
7L x 17
8L x 15
9L x 4
10L x 4
11L x 1
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 6 2 4 1 - - - - 13
G 4 6 - 2 - - - - 12
L 4 2 1 3 - - - - 10
N 4 - 3 3 1 1 - 1 13
O 1 - - - - - - - 1
P 28 20 8 6 3 3 1 - 69
Y 5 - 1 - - - - - 6
tot 52 30 17 15 4 4 1 1 124

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AG x 1 AL x 3 AP x 8 AY x 1
GA x 6 GL x 3 GO x 3
LA x 4 LO x 6
NA x 4 NO x 9
ON x 1
PA x 24 PL x 8 PO x 35 PY x 2
PLA x 5 PLO x 3
YA x 4 YG x 1 YO x 1

debut appearances 1
previously disallowed debuts 1

LONGPLAY, NONAPOLOGY, NONPOLYGONAL, PALYNOLOGY, POLYGONAL, POLYGONALLY

word       length      
NONPOLYGONAL 12 pangram
POLYGONALLY 11 pangram
NONAPOLOGY 10 pangram, debut, previously disallowed
PALYNOLOGY 10 pangram
POGONOLOGY 10
POLYLOGLOG 10
NONPOLOGY 9
POLLYANNA 9
POLYALLYL 9
POLYGONAL 9 pangram
APOLOGAL 8
GALAPAGO 8
GOLGAPPA 8
LAPALAPA 8
LOLLYPOP 8
LONGPLAY 8 pangram
NANOLOOP 8
NONPAGAN 8
NONPAPAL 8
POLYGALA 8
POLYGONY 8
POLYGYNY 8
POLYLOGY 8
POLYPOLY 8
POLYYNYL 8
AGALLOP 7
ALAPANA 7
APOLOGY 7
AYAPANA 7
LOLLOPY 7
NANOGAP 7
NONPLAN 7
NONPLAY 7
PAGANLY 7
PANOPLY 7
PAPALLY 7
POLONGA 7
POLYGON 7
POLYGYN 7
POLYLOG 7
POLYNYA 7
YANGPAN 7
APOLLO 6
APPALL 6
GALLOP 6
GALPAL 6
GALPON 6
GLOOPY 6
GLOPPY 6
GOLLOP 6
LANYAP 6
LOLLOP 6
PALANG 6
PALAPA 6
PALOLO 6
PALPAL 6
PALPON 6
PANANG 6
PAOPAO 6
PAPAYA 6
PAYOLA 6
PLAGAL 6
PLANAL 6
PLOPPY 6
POGONA 6
POLLAN 6
POLONY 6
POLYNA 6
POLYOL 6
POOPOO 6
POPOLO 6
POPPLY 6
ALAAP 5
ALAPA 5
APALA 5
APOOP 5
APPAL 5
APPLY 5
GALOP 5
GAPPY 5
GLOOP 5
GOOPY 5
LAPPA 5
LAPPY 5
LOOPY 5
LOPPY 5
NAPOO 5
NAPPA 5
NONOP 5
NOPAL 5
ONLAP 5
PAGAL 5
PAGAN 5
PALAY 5
PALLA 5
PALLY 5
PANGA 5
PANYA 5
PAOLO 5
PAPAL 5
PAPPY 5
PAYAO 5
PLAGA 5
PLANA 5
PLAYA 5
PLONG 5
PLOOP 5
POGGY 5
POLAO 5
POLLY 5
POLYP 5
PONGA 5
PONGO 5
PONGY 5
POOPY 5
POPPA 5
POPPY 5
PYGAL 5
PYLON 5
YAPAN 5
YAPON 5
YAPPY 5
YGAPO 5
YOPON 5

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