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December 9, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 9, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with TA.


Instructions

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center letter MACILTY
Spelling Bee for December 9, 2018

words: 143
score: 726 pts
pangrams: 3

A x 24
C x 34
I x 5
L x 12
M x 61
T x 7

4L x 41
5L x 35
6L x 26
7L x 18
8L x 12
9L x 6
10L x 1
11L x 2
12L x 1
13L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 tot
A 8 5 6 3 1 1 - - - - 24
C 6 3 8 4 6 2 1 2 1 1 34
I 2 2 1 - - - - - - - 5
L 3 5 3 1 - - - - - - 12
M 22 17 6 10 3 3 - - - - 61
T - 3 2 - 2 - - - - - 7
tot 41 35 26 18 12 6 1 2 1 1 143

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 3 AL x 4 AM x 16 AT x 1
CA x 16 CI x 1 CL x 11 CY x 6
IL x 1 IM x 4
LA x 5 LI x 6 LL x 1
MA x 37 MI x 20 MY x 4
TA x 6 TI x 1
TAA x 1 TAL x 2 TAM x 2 TAT x 1

debut appearances 10

CALAMITY, CLIMACTICALLY, CLIMATICALLY

word       length      
ACCLAIM 7
ACMATIC 7
ACMIC 5
ALIM 4
ALMA 4
ALMAMI 6
ALMAMY 6
AMALA 5
AMALAITA 8
AMIA 4
AMIC 4
AMICAL 6
AMICI 5
AMICITIAL 9
AMICTIC 7
AMIL 4
AMIMIA 6
AMIMIC 6
AMITY 5
AMLA 4
AMMA 4
AMYL 4
AMYLIC 6
ATIMY 5
CAIMAC 6
CAIMACAM 8
CALAMATA 8
CALAMI 6
CALAMITIC 9
CALAMITY 8 pangram, debut
CALM 4
CALMLY 6
CALMY 5
CAMA 4
CAMACA 6
CAMAIL 6
CAMI 4 allowed elsewhere
CAMIA 5
CATAMITICAL 11
CATMILL 7
CIMA 4
CLAIM 5
CLAM 4
CLAMMILY 8
CLAMMY 6
CLIMACI 7
CLIMACTIC 9 debut
CLIMACTICAL 11
CLIMACTICALLY 13 pangram, debut
CLIMATIC 8 debut
CLIMATICAL 10
CLIMATICALLY 12 pangram, debut
CYCLAM 6
CYCLAMIC 8
CYMA 4
CYMATA 6
CYMATIA 7
CYMATIC 7
ILAMA 5
IMALA 5
IMAM 4
IMAMIC 6
IMMY 4
LACTAM 6
LACTIM 6
LAMA 4 debut
LAMIA 5
LAMMY 5
LIMA 4 allowed elsewhere
LIMAIL 6
LIMIT 5
LIMITAL 7
LIMMA 5
LIMY 4
LLAMA 5 debut
MAAT 4
MACA 4
MAIL 4 debut
MAILY 5
MAIM 4
MALA 4
MALACCA 7
MALACIA 7
MALACIC 7
MALAI 5
MALI 4
MALIA 5
MALIC 5
MALL 4 debut
MALLAM 6
MALM 4
MALMY 5
MALT 4
MALTY 5
MAMA 4
MAMI 4
MAMILLA 7
MAMMA 5
MAMMAL 6 debut
MAMMALITY 9
MAMMILLA 8
MAMMY 5 disallowed elsewhere
MATAI 5
MATAMATA 8
MATAMATAM 9
MATICAL 7
MATILY 6
MATT 4
MATTA 5
MATTY 5
MATY 4
MAYA 4
MIAI 4
MICA 4
MICI 4
MICTIC 6
MILIA 5
MILITIA 7
MILL 4
MILLIM 6
MILLTAIL 8
MILT 4
MILTY 5
MIMIC 5
MIMICAL 7
MIMICALLY 9
MITMITA 7
MITT 4
MITTA 5
MITTIMI 7
MITTY 5
MITY 4
MYAL 4
MYALL 5
MYIATIC 7
MYTILI 6
TAALIM 6
TALLITIM 8
TALMA 5
TAMAL 5
TAMMY 5
TATAMI 6
TILMATLI 8

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