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December 8, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 8, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with YA.


Instructions

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center letter PAGLNOY
Spelling Bee for December 8, 2022

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

words: 167
score: 863 pts
pangrams: 6
bingo: yes

A x 16
G x 16
L x 12
N x 14
O x 3
P x 97
Y x 9

4L x 43
5L x 52
6L x 30
7L x 17
8L x 15
9L x 4
10L x 4
11L x 1
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 3 6 2 4 1 - - - - 16
G 4 4 6 - 2 - - - - 16
L 2 4 2 1 3 - - - - 12
N 1 4 - 3 3 1 1 - 1 14
O 2 1 - - - - - - - 3
P 28 28 20 8 6 3 3 1 - 97
Y 3 5 - 1 - - - - - 9
tot 43 52 30 17 15 4 4 1 1 167

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AG x 1 AL x 5 AP x 9 AY x 1
GA x 7 GL x 4 GO x 5
LA x 5 LO x 7
NA x 5 NO x 9
ON x 1 OP x 2
PA x 32 PL x 14 PO x 48 PY x 3
YA x 5 YG x 1 YO x 3
YAN x 1 YAP x 4

debut appearances 1
previously disallowed debuts 1

LONGPLAY, NONAPOLOGY, NONPOLYGONAL, PALYNOLOGY, POLYGONAL, POLYGONALLY

word       length      
AGALLOP 7
ALAAP 5
ALAP 4
ALAPA 5
ALAPANA 7
ALOP 4
APALA 5
APOLLO 6
APOLOGAL 8
APOLOGY 7
APOOP 5
APPAL 5
APPALL 6
APPLY 5
APPY 4
AYAPANA 7
GALAPAGO 8
GALLOP 6
GALOP 5
GALPAL 6
GALPON 6
GAPPY 5
GAPY 4
GLOOP 5
GLOOPY 6
GLOP 4
GLOPPY 6
GOLGAPPA 8
GOLLOP 6
GOLP 4
GOOP 4
GOOPY 5
LANYAP 6
LAPA 4
LAPALAPA 8
LAPPA 5
LAPPY 5
LOLLOP 6
LOLLOPY 7
LOLLYPOP 8
LONGPLAY 8 pangram
LOOP 4
LOOPY 5
LOPPY 5
NANOGAP 7
NANOLOOP 8
NAPA 4
NAPOO 5
NAPPA 5
NONAPOLOGY 10 pangram, debut, previously disallowed
NONOP 5
NONPAGAN 8
NONPAPAL 8
NONPLAN 7
NONPLAY 7
NONPOLOGY 9
NONPOLYGONAL 12 pangram
NOPAL 5
ONLAP 5
OPAL 4
OPPO 4
PAAN 4
PAGAL 5
PAGAN 5
PAGANLY 7
PALA 4
PALANG 6
PALAPA 6
PALAY 5
PALL 4
PALLA 5
PALLY 5
PALOLO 6
PALP 4
PALPAL 6
PALPON 6
PALY 4
PALYNOLOGY 10 pangram
PANANG 6
PANG 4
PANGA 5
PANOPLY 7
PANYA 5
PAOLO 5
PAOPAO 6
PAPA 4
PAPAL 5
PAPALLY 7
PAPAYA 6
PAPPY 5
PAYA 4
PAYAO 5
PAYOLA 6
PLAG 4
PLAGA 5
PLAGAL 6
PLAN 4
PLANA 5
PLANAL 6
PLAP 4
PLAY 4
PLAYA 5
PLONG 5
PLOOP 5
PLOP 4
PLOPPY 6
PLOY 4
POGGY 5
POGO 4
POGONA 6
POGONOLOGY 10
POGY 4
POLA 4
POLAO 5
POLL 4
POLLAN 6
POLLY 5
POLLYANNA 9
POLO 4
POLONGA 7
POLONY 6
POLY 4
POLYALLYL 9
POLYGALA 8
POLYGON 7
POLYGONAL 9 pangram
POLYGONALLY 11 pangram
POLYGONY 8
POLYGYN 7
POLYGYNY 8
POLYLOG 7
POLYLOGLOG 10
POLYLOGY 8
POLYNA 6
POLYNYA 7
POLYOL 6
POLYP 5
POLYPOLY 8
POLYYNYL 8
PONG 4
PONGA 5
PONGO 5
PONGY 5
PONY 4
POOL 4
POON 4
POOP 4
POOPOO 6
POOPY 5
POPO 4
POPOLO 6
POPPA 5
POPPLY 6
POPPY 5
POYO 4
PYGAL 5
PYLA 4
PYLON 5
YANGPAN 7
YAPAN 5
YAPON 5
YAPP 4
YAPPY 5
YGAPO 5
YOOP 4
YOPO 4
YOPON 5

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