December 8, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 8, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 8, 2023, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

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 8, 2023

Related puzzles

Center letter R: September 7, 2022
Center letter I: September 15, 2021

words: 250
score: 1,325 pts
pangrams: 12
perfect: 2
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 43
D x 39
I x 22
L x 71
N x 35
O x 22
R x 18

4L x 71
5L x 52
6L x 52
7L x 39
8L x 15
9L x 12
10L x 3
11L x 5
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
A	7	10	12	8	4	2	-	-	-	43
D	11	11	9	2	4	2	-	-	-	39
I	4	7	5	4	-	2	-	-	-	22
L	29	16	12	9	3	2	-	-	-	71
N	8	4	4	11	-	3	2	3	-	35
O	6	3	8	4	1	-	-	-	-	22
R	6	1	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	18
tot	71	52	52	39	15	12	3	5	1	250

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	4	5	7	8	10	11	tot
I	1	1	-	-	-	-	2
R	-	-	1	1	1	1	4
tot	1	1	1	1	1	1	6

debut appearances

ANORDRIOL, DOORNAIL, NAILROD, NONILLIARD, NONORDINAL, NONRADIAL, NONRAILROAD, ORDINAL, RADIOLAND, RADIOLARIAN, RAILROADANA, RAILROADIANA

word	length
RAILROADIANA	12	pangram
NONALLODIAL	11
NONLANDLORD	11
NONRAILROAD	11	pangram
RADIOLARIAN	^† 11	pangram
RAILROADANA	11	pangram
NONILLIARD	10	pangram
NONORDINAL	10	pangram
RADIOLARIA	^† 10
ALLOLALIA	9
ANORDRIOL	9	pangram
DALRADIAN	9
DIANILIDO	9
IDIOLALIA	9
IRIDODIAL	9
LANDIOLOL	9
LINARIDIN	9
NONDOLLAR	9
NONILLION	9
NONRADIAL	9	pangram
RADIOLAND	9	pangram
ADRADIAL	8
ALANINOL	8
ALLODIAL	8
ARILLOID	8
DALADALA	8
DIANODAL	8
DOLIOLID	8
DOORNAIL	8	pangram
LANDLORD	8
LANDRAIL	8
LINALOOL	8
ORILLION	8
RADIALIA	^† 8
RAILROAD	8
RONDALLA	8
AIRLAND	7
ALLODIA	7
ALODIAL	7
ANILIDO	7
ANILIID	7
ANILINO	7
ANILLIN	7
ARNOLOL	7
DIARIAL	7
DILARID	7
ILARIID	7
INDANOL	7
INDOLIN	7
IRIDIAL	7
LALLAND	7
LANIARD	7
LANOLIN	7
LARDOON	7
LIANOID	7
LILIOID	7
LINALOL	7
LINARIA	7
LINARIN	7
NADIRAL	7
NADOLOL	7
NAILROD	7	perfect pangram
NARANOL	7
NONANAL	7
NONANOL	7
NONLAND	7
NONLIAR	7
NONORAL	7
NONRAIL	7
NORLAND	7
ONDIOLA	7
ORDINAL	7	perfect pangram
ORILLON	7
ORIOLID	7
RADIOLI	^† 7
ADLAND	6
ADORAL	6
ALALIA	6
ALANNA	6
ALDRIN	6
ALLIIN	6
ANILID	6
ANODAL	6
ARALIA	6
ARILLI	6
AROLIA	6
AROLLA	6
DALAAL	6
DALLOL	6
DIALID	6
DIALIN	6
DIRNDL	6
DOLINA	6
DOLLAR	6
DRALON	6
DRILID	6
IDOLON	6
INLAID	6
INLAND	6
INRAIL	6
IRIDAL	6
LADINO	6
LADRON	6
LALLAN	6
LANIID	6
LANIOL	6
LARDON	6
LAROID	6
LILIID	6
LINOLA	6
LOANIN	6
LONNIN	6
LORIID	6
NARIAL	6
NONILL	6
NONOIL	6
NONOLD	6
OIDIAL	6
ONLAID	6
ONLAND	6
ONLOAD	6
ONLOAN	6
OOIDAL	6
OORALI	6
OORIAL	6
RADIAL	6
RALLID	6
AALII	5
AIOLI	5
AIROL	5
ALALA	5
ALAND	5
ALDOL	5
ALLOD	5
ALOIN	5
ALOLL	5
ANNAL	5
DALAL	5
DILAL	5
DILDO	5
DINLO	5
DODOL	5
DOLIA	5
DOLOR	5
DRAIL	5
DRILL	5
DROLL	5
DROOL	5
IDOLA	^† 5
ILALA	5
ILIAD	5
ILIAL	5
INIAL	5
IODAL	5
IODOL	5
LAARI	5
LADOO	5
LAIRD	5
LANAI	5
LARDO	5
LARID	5
LARIN	5
LIANA	5
LIARD	5
LIDAR	5
LIDOL	5
LININ	5
LLANO	5
LORAL	5
LORAN	5
LORID	5
NALLA	5
NIDAL	5
NODAL	5
NOLID	5
OLOID	5
OLONA	5
ONDOL	5
RORAL	5
ALAN	4
ALAR	4
ALOD	4
ALOO	4
ANAL	4
ANIL	4
ARIL	4
DAAL	4
DALA	4
DALI	4
DALL	4
DALO	4
DIAL	4
DILL	4
DIOL	4
DIRL	4
DOLL	4
DOOL	4
IDLI	4
IDOL	4
ILIA	^† 4
ILLO	4
LAID	4
LAIN	4
LAIR	4
LALL	4
LALO	4
LANA	4
LAND	4
LARD	4
LARI	4
LIAO	4
LIAR	4
LIDO	4
LILA	4
LILL	4
LILO	4
LINN	4
LINO	4
LION	4
LIRA	4
LOAD	4
LOAN	4
LOID	4
LOIN	4
LOIR	4
LOLL	4
LONA	4
LOON	4
LORD	4
LORN	4
NAIL	4
NALA	4
NALL	4
NILL	4
NOIL	4
NOLA	4
NOLL	4
NOLO	4
ODAL	4
OLID	4
OLIO	4
OLLA	4
ORAL	4
ORLO	4
RAIL	4
RIAL	4
RILL	4
ROIL	4
ROLL	4
ROOL	4

† plural noun

AA x 1	AD x 3	AI x 3	AL x 19	AN x 10	AR x 7
DA x 10	DI x 14	DO x 9	DR x 6
ID x 5	IL x 6	IN x 6	IO x 2	IR x 3
LA x 30	LI x 24	LL x 1	LO x 16
NA x 9	NI x 2	NO x 24
OD x 1	OI x 1	OL x 5	ON x 6	OO x 3	OR x 6
RA x 11	RI x 2	RO x 5

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