December 18, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 18, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 18, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AP.

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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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Spelling Bee for December 18, 2023

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Center letter O: August 19, 2022
Center letter N: November 23, 2020

words: 200
score: 938 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 22
C x 37
N x 23
O x 19
P x 38
T x 49
U x 12

4L x 63
5L x 48
6L x 44
7L x 26
8L x 8
9L x 4
10L x 4
11L x 2
13L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	tot
A	8	2	4	5	1	-	2	-	-	22
C	5	12	7	9	3	1	-	-	-	37
N	6	3	5	1	1	3	1	2	1	23
O	6	2	7	2	2	-	-	-	-	19
P	12	8	13	3	1	-	1	-	-	38
T	24	15	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	49
U	2	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	12
tot	63	48	44	26	8	4	4	2	1	200

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	6	tot
P	1	1
tot	1	1

debut appearances	0
newly disallowed words	1	canto

NONOCCUPANT, OCCUPANT

word	length
ACCOUNT	7
ACCOUNTANT	10
ACTA	4
ACTANT	6
ANATTA	6
ANATTO	6
ANNATTO	7
ANNOTTO	7
ANTA	4
APOUT	5
ATAP	4
ATAUNT	6
ATAUNTO	7
ATOP	4
ATTA	4
ATTACCA	7
ATTAP	5
ATUA	4
AUNT	4
AUTO	4
AUTOCANNON	10
AUTOCOUP	8
CANNOT	6
CANT	4
CANTATA	7
CANTO	5	newly disallowed
CANTON	6
CANTOON	7
CANTUTA	7
CAPONATA	8
CAPOT	5
CAPTAN	6
CAPUT	5
CATAPAN	7
CATNAP	6
COACT	5
COAPT	5
COAT	4
COCOANUT	8
COCONUT	7
CONCOCT	7
CONTACT	7
CONTO	5
COOPT	5
COOT	4
COPOUT	6
COTA	4
COTT	4
COTTA	5
COTTON	6
COTTONTOP	9
COUNT	5
COUNTOUT	8
COUNTUP	7
COUTA	5
CUTACOO	7
CUTAN	5
CUTOUT	6
CUTUP	5
NAAT	4
NANOCONTACT	11
NANTO	5
NATANT	6
NATO	4
NATTO	5
NAUNT	5
NONACCOUNTANT	13
NONACT	6
NONAUTO	7
NONCAT	6
NONCONTACT	10
NONCOTTON	9
NONCOUNT	8
NONCUT	6
NONOCCUPANT	11	pangram
NONOUTPUT	9
NONPOTATO	9
NOOT	4
NOTA	4
NOTT	4
NOUT	4
NUTANT	6
OCCUPANT	8	pangram
OCTA	4
OCTAN	5
OCTANT	6
ONCT	4
ONTO	4
OONT	4
OPTACON	7
OPTANT	6
OTTO	4
OUTA	4
OUTACT	6
OUTCON	6
OUTCOUNT	8
OUTCUT	6
OUTPUT	6
OUTPUTT	7
OUTTA	5
OUTTOP	6
PACT	4
PACTA	5
PANNACOTTA	10
PANPOT	6
PANT	4
PANTO	5
PANTON	6
PANTUN	6
PATACA	6
PATACOON	8
PATO	4
PATOOT	6
PATU	4
PONT	4
PONTON	6
PONTOON	7
POOT	4
POPOUT	6
POTATO	6
POTOO	5
POTT	4
POTTANT	7
POTTO	5
POUT	4
PUNCTA	^† 6
PUNCTO	6
PUNT	4
PUNTA	5
PUNTO	5
PUPUTAN	7
PUTO	4
PUTON	5
PUTOUT	6
PUTT	4
PUTTO	5
PUTTOO	6
PUTTUN	6
PUTU	4
TAAN	4
TACO	4
TACT	4
TANA	4
TANNA	5
TANTO	5
TAPA	4
TAPAO	5
TAPPA	5
TAPPOON	7
TAPU	4
TATA	4
TATAC	5
TATAUPA	7
TATOO	5
TATOU	5
TATT	4
TATTA	5
TATTOO	6
TATU	4
TAUA	4
TAUNT	5
TAUON	5
TAUT	4
TOAT	4
TOCCATA	7
TOCO	4
TONA	4
TONNATO	7
TONTO	5
TOON	4
TOOT	4
TOPATO	6
TOPCOAT	7
TOPO	4
TOPOUT	6
TOPPO	5
TOPUP	5
TOTA	4
TOTO	4
TOUCAN	6
TOUN	4
TOUT	4
TUAN	4
TUCAN	5
TUNA	4
TUPAN	5
TUPUNA	6
TUTU	4
UNAPT	5
UNCOAT	6
UNCOUNT	7
UNCT	4
UNCUT	5
UNPOT	5
UNPUT	5
UNTACT	6
UNTAP	5
UNTAUT	6
UNTO	4
UPCUT	5

† plural noun

AC x 4	AN x 5	AP x 1	AT x 8	AU x 4
		APO x 1
CA x 13	CO x 20	CU x 4
NA x 7	NO x 15	NU x 1
OC x 4	ON x 2	OO x 1	OP x 2	OT x 1	OU x 9
PA x 13	PO x 11	PU x 14
TA x 24	TO x 19	TU x 6
UN x 11	UP x 1

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