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December 14, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 14, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter VABEGLT
Spelling Bee for December 14, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter G: April 7, 2022
Identical letters: March 12, 2021
Center letter T: March 3, 2020

words: 72
score: 384 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 2
B x 8
E x 6
G x 4
L x 16
T x 5
V x 31

4L x 17
5L x 17
6L x 14
7L x 9
8L x 10
9L x 2
10L x 3

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 1 1 - - - - - 2
B 1 3 2 2 - - - 8
E 3 - - 2 - - 1 6
G 1 1 1 - 1 - - 4
L 3 4 2 - 4 1 2 16
T 1 2 2 - - - - 5
V 7 6 7 5 5 1 - 31
tot 17 17 14 9 10 2 3 72

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AG x 1 AV x 1
BA x 2 BE x 6
EA x 1 EL x 3 EV x 2
GA x 4
LA x 7 LE x 9
TA x 4 TE x 1
VA x 13 VE x 18

plu 6 tot
V 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 14

VEGETABLE

word       length      
AGAVE 5 debut
AVAL 4
BAVE 4
BAVETTE 7
BEAVAGE 7
BEAVE 5
BEEVE 5
BEGAVE 6
BELAVE 6
BEVEL 5 debut
EAVE 4
ELEVATABLE 10
ELEVATE 7 debut
ELVE 4
EVAGATE 7
EVET 4
GALLEVAT 8
GAVAGE 6 debut
GAVE 4 debut
GAVEL 5 debut
LAVA 4
LAVAGATE 8
LAVAGE 6 debut
LAVAGEABLE 10
LAVALAVA 8
LAVE 4
LAVTA 5
LEAVABLE 8
LEAVE 5
LEAVEE 6
LEVA 4
LEVEE 5 debut
LEVEL 5 debut
LEVELABLE 9
LEVELAGE 8
LEVELLABLE 10
TALAV 5
TATTVA 6
TAVA 4
TAVLA 5
TEEVEE 6
VAGAL 5 allowed elsewhere
VALE 4
VALET 5 debut
VALETAGE 8
VALLA 5
VALLATE 7
VALVA 5
VALVAE  6
VALVAL 6
VALVATE 7
VALVE 5
VALVELET 8
VATABLE 7
VEAL 4
VEGA 4
VEGELATE 8
VEGETABLE 9 pangram, debut
VEGETAL 7 debut
VEGETATE 8 debut
VEGETE 6
VELA 4
VELAL 5
VELATE 6
VELELLA 7
VELETA 6
VELL 4
VELVET 6 debut
VETA 4
VETALA 6
VETTABLE 8
VEVE 4

† plural noun

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