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December 8, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 8, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with OG.


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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center letter OABGNRZ
Spelling Bee for December 8, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter B: September 23, 2022
Center letter A: March 26, 2021
Center letter R: November 30, 2019
Center letter G: April 24, 2019

words: 184
score: 794 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 29
B x 51
G x 41
N x 18
O x 20
R x 13
Z x 12

4L x 61
5L x 54
6L x 43
7L x 17
8L x 5
9L x 2
10L x 1
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 6 13 8 2 - - - - 29
B 19 14 12 4 1 1 - - 51
G 11 12 14 3 1 - - - 41
N 7 4 1 3 2 1 - - 18
O 7 4 4 3 1 - - 1 20
R 5 4 3 - - - 1 - 13
Z 6 3 1 2 - - - - 12
tot 61 54 43 17 5 2 1 1 184

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AB x 6 AG x 6 AN x 7 AR x 7 AZ x 2
BA x 11 BO x 33 BR x 7
GA x 11 GO x 28 GR x 2
NA x 5 NO x 13
OB x 3 OG x 2 ON x 5 OO x 1 OR x 8 OZ x 1
OGB x 1 OGO x 1
RA x 4 RO x 9
ZO x 12

debut appearances 16

GARBANZO

word       length      
AARON 5
ABBOZZO 7
ABOB 4
ABOON 5
ABORN 5
ABOZZO 6
ABRAZO 6
AGGRO 5
AGOG 4
AGOGO 5
AGON 4
AGORA 5
AGROAN 6
ANGON 5
ANGOR 5
ANGORA 6 debut
ANNONA 6
ANOA 4
ANON 4
ANONA 5
ARANGO 6
ARAROBA 7
ARBOR 5
ARGON 5 debut
AROAR 5
AROBA 5
ARROBA 6
AZABON 6
AZON 4
BABOO 5
BABOON 6
BAGOONG 7
BAOBAB 6
BAON 4
BARGOON 7
BARON 5
BARONG 6
BARRAGON 8
BAZONGA 7
BAZOO 5 debut, disallowed elsewhere
BOAB 4
BOAR 4
BOBA 4
BOBAR 5
BOBBAR 6
BOBO 4
BOGAN 5
BOGGO 5
BOGONG 6
BONA 4
BONANG 6
BONANZA 7 debut
BONAR 5
BONBON 6
BONG 4
BONGO 5
BONNAG 6
BONOBO 6
BONZA 5
BOOB 4
BOOBOO 6
BOON 4
BOOR 4
BOOZA 5
BORA 4
BORBORBOR 9
BORGO 5
BORN 4
BORO 4
BORON 5
BORRA 5
BOZA 4
BOZO 4 debut
BRANON 6
BROA 4
BROB 4
BROG 4
BROGAN 6 debut
BROO 4
BROON 5
GABBRO 6
GABOON 6
GAON 4
GARBANZO 8 pangram, debut
GARBO 5
GARRON 6
GAZABO 6
GAZON 5
GAZONGA 7
GAZOO 5
GAZOON 6
GOANNA 6
GOBAN 5
GOBANG 6
GOBAR 5
GOBBAG 6
GOBBO 5
GOBO 4
GOBOON 6
GOGGA 5
GOGO 4
GONAGRA 7
GONG 4
GONGORA 7
GONNA 5 debut
GONZO 5 debut
GOOB 4
GOOG 4
GOOGOB 6
GOOGOO 6
GOON 4
GOONA 5
GOOR 4
GOOZOO 6
GORA 4
GORGON 6
GORNO 5
GOZZ 4
GOZZAN 6
GROAN 5 debut
GROG 4
NABOB 5
NAGOR 5
NANO 4
NANOBAR 7
NANOBARN 8
NOGO 4
NONAGON 7 debut
NONBANANA 9
NONBAR 6
NONBORON 8
NONG 4
NONGANG 7
NONNA 5
NONNO 5
NONO 4
NOOB 4
NOOG 4
NOON 4
OBAN 4
OBANG 5
OBBO 4
OGBONO 6
OGOGORO 7
ONAGGA 6
ONGANG 6
ONGAONGA 8
ONGO 4
ONZA 4
OOAA 4
ORANG 5 debut
ORGAN 5 debut
ORGANA 6
ORGANOBORON 11
ORGANON 7
ORGANZA 7 debut
ORRA 4
ORZO 4 debut
OZONA 5
RABONA 6
RANGO 5
RAZOO 5
RAZOR 5 debut
ROAN 4
ROAR 4
ROBAB 5
ROGGAN 6
ROGNON 6
RONA 4
RONGORONGO 10
ROON 4
ROZZ 4
ZOAR 4
ZOBO 4
ZOGAN 5
ZOGO 4
ZONA 4
ZONAR 5
ZONGORA 7
ZONOGON 7
ZOON 4
ZOOZOO 6
ZORB 4
ZORRO 5

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