March 18, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

March 18, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from March 18, 2023, 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.

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Spelling Bee for March 18, 2023

words: 275
score: 2,094 pts
pangrams: 28
perfect: 4
plurals: 15
bingo: yes

A x 48
C x 52
I x 8
O x 16
P x 80
R x 11
T x 60

5L x 71
6L x 69
7L x 53
8L x 32
9L x 25
10L x 10
11L x 8
12L x 4
13L x 2
15L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	tot
A	10	12	13	7	3	2	-	1	-	-	48
C	17	9	7	4	7	3	3	-	1	1	52
I	4	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	8
O	2	9	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
P	16	20	19	6	8	4	3	3	1	-	80
R	5	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
T	17	15	11	9	6	1	1	-	-	-	60
tot	71	69	53	32	25	10	8	4	2	1	275

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	5	6	8	9	tot
A	1	-	1	-	2
C	6	-	3	-	9
O	-	2	1	-	3
P	-	-	-	1	1
tot	7	2	5	1	15

APOTROPAIC, APRICOT, APROTIC, CAPACITATOR, CAPACITOR, CATOPTRIC, COPATRIOT, CORPOCRATIC, CORPORATOCRATIC, IATROPIC, IATROTROPIC, PARAAORTIC, PARAORTIC, PARAPTOTIC, PARATOPIC, PAROTIC, PAROTITIC, PARTICIPATOR, PARTITOCRATIC, PARTOCRATIC, PATRICO, PATRIOTIC, PRACTICO, PROAPOPTOTIC, PROCATARCTIC, PROTACTIC, PROTATIC, TROPOTACTIC

word	length
CORPORATOCRATIC	15	pangram
CORTICOTROPIC	13
PARTITOCRATIC	13	pangram
APPROPRIATOR	12
PARTICIPATOR	12	pangram
PROAPOPTOTIC	12	pangram
PROCATARCTIC	12	pangram
CAPACITATOR	11	pangram
CORPOCRATIC	11	pangram
CRITOCRATIC	11
IATROTROPIC	11	pangram
PARTOCRATIC	11	pangram
PROPITIATOR	11
PROTOTROPIC	11
TROPOTACTIC	11	pangram
APOTROPAIA	10
APOTROPAIC	10	pangram
CACCIATORA	10
CATACROTIC	10
CATARACTIC	10
PARAAORTIC	10	pangram
PARAPATRIC	10
PARAPTOTIC	10	pangram
PARATACTIC	10
TOPOTACTIC	10
APOPTOTIC	9
APPARITOR	9
ATARACTIC	9
CACOTOPIA	9
CAPACITOR	9	pangram
CAPRICCIO	9
CARPACCIO	9
CARROCCIO	9
CATOPTRIC	9	pangram
COPATRIOT	9	pangram
IRRITATOR	9
PARACOCCI	^† 9
PARAORTIC	9	pangram
PARATOPIC	9	pangram
PAROTITIC	9	pangram
PATRIOTIC	9	pangram
PICOTITIC	9
PROPTOTIC	9
PROTACTIC	9	pangram
TRACIATOR	9
TRATTORIA	9
TRICROTIC	9
TRIPROTIC	9
TRIPTOTIC	9
TRITACTIC	9
ACROATIC	8
APATITIC	8
APOCOPIC	8
APPARATI	^† 8
APRACTIC	8
ARRICCIO	8
ATTRITOR	8
CAPITATA	^† 8
CAPRICCI	^† 8
CARROCCI	^† 8
CARROCIO	8
IATROPIC	8	pangram
OCCIPITA	^† 8
OITICICA	8
ORATORIO	8
OTIATRIC	8
PICRITIC	8
PICTORIC	8
PORTRAIT	8
PRACTICA	8
PRACTICO	8	pangram
PROTATIC	8	pangram
RIRORIRO	8
TACTITIC	8
TARICTIC	8
TARTARIC	8
TIROPITA	8
TITRATOR	8
TRICTRAC	8
TRIPTRAP	8
TROPARIA	8
TROTTOIR	8
ACOPTIC	7
ACRATIA	7
ACRATIC	7
ACROTIC	7
ACTARIT	7
AIRPORT	7
APITPAT	7
APRICOT	7	perfect pangram
APROTIC	7	perfect pangram
APTOTIC	7
ARACARI	7
ATACTIC	7
ATROPIA	7
CAPROIC	7
CARAIPI	7
CARIOCA	7
CAROTIC	7
CITATOR	7
COCRICO	7
CORCAIR	7
OCTOPIC	7
PARITOR	7
PAROTIC	7	perfect pangram
PARTITA	7
PATRICO	7	perfect pangram
PATRIOT	7
PIAPIAC	7
PICCATA	7
PICOTTA	7
PIRATIC	7
PITAPAT	7
PITIRRI	7
PITPROP	7
POROTIC	7
PORPITA	7
PORTICO	7
PRACTIC	7
PRIAPIC	7
PROOTIC	7
PROPRIA	7
RARIORA	7
RICOTTA	7
TAPIOCA	7
TARAIRI	7
TAROTIC	7
TIPCART	7
TOTTARI	7
TRAITOR	7
TRIARII	7
TRIATIC	7
TRIPARA	7
TRIPART	7
TROPAIA	7
ACACIA	6
ACACIO	6
ACOPIA	6
ACOPIC	6
AIRCAR	6
AORTIC	6
APORIA	6
APORIC	6
ARCTIC	6
ATOCIA	6
ATOPIC	6
ATTRIT	6
CAICCO	6
CAPITA	6
CAPRIC	6
CIRCAR	6
CITRIC	6
COAITA	6
COCCIC	6
CRATIC	6
CRITIC	6
IRITIC	6
OCICAT	6
OCTOIC	6
OCTOPI	^† 6
OCTROI	6
OORARI	6
OPPARI	6
ORARIA	^† 6
OROTIC	6
OTITIC	6
PAOCAI	6
PAPAIA	6
PARICA	6
PICARO	6
PICOTA	6
PICRIC	6
PIOPIO	6
PIPIPI	6
PIPIRI	6
PIRITA	6
PIROOT	6
PITARA	6
PITPAT	6
POPPIT	6
POTICA	6
PRATIC	6
PRIAPI	6
PROTIC	6
PROTIP	6
PTOTIC	6
RICRAC	6
RIPRAP	6
ROOPIT	6
TACTIC	6
TAOTAI	6
TAPPIT	6
TARPIT	6
TICTAC	6
TIPCAT	6
TIPITI	6
TIPTOP	6
TOITOI	6
TRIACT	6
TRICAR	6
TRICOT	6
TRIPIT	6
TROPIA	6
TROPIC	6
AARTI	5
ACARI	5
ARATI	5
ARIOT	5
ARTIC	5
ARTOI	5
ATARI	5
ATRIA	^† 5
ATRIP	5
ATTIC	5
CAAPI	5
CACTI	^† 5
CAPRI	5
CARPI	^† 5
CARRI	5
CATIO	5
CIPPI	5
CIRCA	5
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRIO	5
CIRRI	^† 5
CITRI	5
COATI	5
COCCI	^† 5
CORIA	5
CRAIC	5
CROCI	^† 5
ICACO	5
ICTIC	5
IRORI	5
ITTAR	5
OCTIC	5
OPTIC	5
PAIPO	5
PAPPI	5
PAPRI	5
PARTI	5
PATIA	5
PATIO	5
PICOT	5
PICRA	5
PIPIT	5
PIPRA	5
PIRAI	5
PITOT	5
PITTA	5
POORI	5
PORIA	5
PRIOR	5
RAIAT	5
RAITA	5
RATIO	5
RIATA	5
RORIC	5
TACIT	5
TAIPO	5
TAIRA	5
TAPAI	5
TAPIR	5
TARAI	5
TIARA	5
TIATR	5
TOPIA	5
TOPIC	5
TOPOI	5
TORIC	5
TORII	5
TRAIT	5
TRIAC	5
TRICA	5
TRIOR	5

† plural noun

AA x 1	AC x 11	AI x 2	AO x 1	AP x 15	AR x 7	AT x 11
CA x 27	CI x 9	CO x 11	CR x 5
IA x 2	IC x 2	IR x 3	IT x 1
OC x 7	OI x 1	OO x 1	OP x 2	OR x 3	OT x 2
PA x 26	PI x 27	PO x 8	PR x 18	PT x 1
RA x 4	RI x 5	RO x 2
TA x 16	TI x 9	TO x 8	TR x 27

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