December 30, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the
New York Times Spelling Bee from December 30, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AR.
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Instructions
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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 30, 2018
Related puzzles
Center letter R: February 28, 2023
Center letter D: April 21, 2020
Center letter A: May 26, 2019
words: 125
score: 587 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 5
bingo: yes
A x 16
B x 31
D x 19
I x 10
J x 11
L x 30
R x 8
4L x 39
5L x 29
6L x 27
7L x 13
8L x 13
9L x 3
12L x 1
4
5
6
7
8
9
12
tot
A
3
5
4
2
2
-
-
16
B
10
5
6
3
4
2
1
31
D
7
4
4
3
1
-
-
19
I
2
3
1
3
1
-
-
10
J
4
2
2
2
1
-
-
11
L
10
10
7
-
2
1
-
30
R
3
-
3
-
2
-
-
8
tot
39
29
27
13
13
3
1
125
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
plu
4
5
6
8
tot
I
1
-
-
-
1
L
-
2
1
-
3
R
-
-
-
1
1
tot
1
2
1
1
5
JAILBIRD
BARBARAL AL IA
12
BABIL L ARD
9
BAL L ABIL I
9
L IBRARIAL
9
ABRADIAL
8
ADRADIAL
8
BAL BARID
8
BIL ABIAL
8
BIL L IARD
8
debut
BIRADIAL
8
allowed elsewhere
DAL ADAL A
8
IL L ABIAL
8
JAIL BIRD
8
pangram, debut
L ARDBAL L
8
L IBIDIBI
8
RADIAL IA
† 8
RAIL BIRD
8
debut
AIRBAL L
7
AIRBIL L
7
BAL DRIB
7
BARIL L A
7
BIL L ARD
7
DAJJAAL
7
DIARIAL
7
DIL ARID
7
IBAL IID
7
IL ARIID
7
IRIDIAL
7
JAL ABIB
7
JIL BAAB
7
ABIL L A
6
AL AL IA
6
ARAL IA
6
ARIL L I
6
BABAL A
6
BAIL L I
6
BAL L AD
6
BAL L IA
6
BARBAL
6
BRIDAL
6
debut
DAJJAL
6
DAL AAL
6
DIAL ID
6
DRIL ID
6
IRIDAL
6
JIL ABI
6
JIL BAB
6
L ABARA
† 6
L ABIAL
6
L ABIID
6
L ABL AB
6
L ABRAL
6
L ABRID
6
L IL IID
6
RADIAL
6
RAL L ID
6
RIBAL D
6
debut
AAL II
5
ABDAL
5
ADL IB
5
AL AL A
5
AL IBI
5
BADL A
5
BAIL A
5
BAIL I
5
BRAIL
5
BRIL L
5
DAL AL
5
DIL AL
5
DRAIL
5
DRIL L
5
IL AL A
5
IL IAD
5
disallowed elsewhere
IL IAL
5
JAAL I
5
JIL DI
5
L AARI
5
L ABBA
5
L ABIA
† 5
L ABRA
† 5
L AIRD
5
L ARID
5
L IARD
5
L IBRA
5
L IBRI
5
L IDAR
5
AL AR
4
AL BA
4
ARIL
4
BAAL
4
BAIL
4
BAL D
4
BAL L
4
BIL L
4
BIRL
4
BL AA
4
BL AB
4
BL AD
4
BRIL
4
DAAL
4
DAL A
4
DAL I
4
DAL L
4
DIAL
4
DIL L
4
DIRL
4
IDL I
4
IL IA
† 4
JAIL
4
debut
JAL I
4
JARL
4
JIL L
4
L AID
4
L AIR
4
L AL L
4
L ARB
4
L ARD
4
L ARI
4
L IAR
4
L IL A
4
L IL L
4
L IRA
4
RAIL
4
RIAL
4
RIL L
4
† plural noun