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
September 20, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 20, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter ECILPTX
Spelling Bee for September 20, 2018

words: 108
score: 680 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

C x 13
E x 30
I x 4
L x 9
P x 28
T x 23
X x 1

5L x 34
6L x 42
7L x 16
8L x 12
9L x 4

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
C 7 4 1 - 1 13
E 9 7 3 9 2 30
I 1 3 - - - 4
L 2 4 2 1 - 9
P 8 13 6 1 - 28
T 7 10 4 1 1 23
X - 1 - - - 1
tot 34 42 16 12 4 108

plu 5 tot
C 1 1
P 1 1
tot 2 2

debut appearances 28

EXPECTILE, EXPLICIT

word       length      
CECIL 5
CEILI 5
CELLI  5
CELLIE 6
CILEXETIL 9
CILICE 6
CITEE 5
CLEEP 5
CLEIT 5
CLEPE 5
CLIPEI 6
CLIPPIE 7
CTETIC 6
ECCLE 5
ECLECTIC 8 debut
ECLIPTIC 8 debut
EITELITE 8
ELECT 5
ELECTEE 7
ELICIT 6 debut
ELITE 5
ELLIPT 6
ELLIPTIC 8 debut
ELPEE 5
EPILEPTIC 9 debut
EPIPELIC 8
ETEXT 5
ETTLE 5
EXCEL 5 debut
EXCEPT 6 debut
EXCIPLE 7
EXCIPLEX 8
EXCITE 6 debut
EXILE 5 debut
EXILEE 6
EXILIC 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
EXPECT 6 debut
EXPECTEE 8
EXPECTILE 9 pangram
EXPEL 5 debut
EXPELEE 7
EXPELLEE 8 debut
EXPLICIT 8 pangram, debut
ICICLE 6
ILLIPE 6
ILLITE 6
IXTLE 5
LECTIC 6
LEITEITE 8
LETTICE 7
LEXIC 5
LEXIE 5
LIPLET 6
LIPPIE 6
LITTLE 6
LITTLIE 7
PECTIC 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
PEELE 5
PEELIE 6
PEEPEE 6
PELITE 6
PELITIC 7
PELLET 6
PELLICLE 8 debut
PEPLI  5
PEPTIC 6 debut
PETIT 5
PETITE 6
PETTLE 6
PICTEL 6
PIECE 5 debut
PIIPITE 7
PILEI 5
PIPELLE 7
PIPET 5
PIPETTE 7
PIPPIE 6
PIPPLE 6
PITTIE 6
PITTITE 7
PITTLE 6
PIXEL 5 debut
PIXIE 5 debut
PLECTIC 7
TEEPEE 6
TEEPLEITE 9
TEETEE 6
TELEPIC 7
TELETEX 7
TELETEXT 8 debut
TELEX 5 debut
TELIC 5 debut, disallowed elsewhere
TELLEE 6
TEPEE 5
TETEL 5
TETTIX 6
TEXEL 5
TEXTEE 6
TEXTILE 7 debut
TILLET 6
TILLITE 7
TIPLE 5
TIPPEE 6
TIPPET 6
TIPPLE 6
TITLE 5
TITTLE 6
XIEXIE 6

† plural noun

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