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


Instructions

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center letter VACILNR
Spelling Bee for September 14, 2018

words: 125
score: 727 pts
pangrams: 3
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 15
C x 30
I x 5
L x 8
N x 6
R x 4
V x 57

4L x 20
5L x 41
6L x 16
7L x 15
8L x 22
9L x 7
10L x 3
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 1 6 3 2 3 - - - 15
C 2 10 5 2 4 3 3 1 30
I 1 1 1 1 - 1 - - 5
L 1 4 2 - 1 - - - 8
N - 3 - 2 1 - - - 6
R 1 2 - - - 1 - - 4
V 14 15 5 8 13 2 - - 57
tot 20 41 16 15 22 7 3 1 125

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 1 AL x 2 AN x 1 AR x 4 AV x 7
CA x 19 CI x 3 CL x 7 CV x 1
IL x 1 IN x 2 IV x 2
LA x 7 LI x 1
NA x 3 NI x 3
RA x 2 RI x 2
VA x 27 VI x 29 VR x 1

plu 4 6 tot
C 1 1 2
I - 1 1
V 1 - 1
tot 2 2 4

debut appearances 21

CALVARIAN, CARNIVAL, CARNIVALIC

word       length      
CALICIVIRAL 11
CALCIVIRAL 10
CARLAVIRAL 10
CARNIVALIC 10 pangram
CALVARIAL 9
CALVARIAN 9 pangram
CANAVALIN 9
ILARVIRAL 9
RANAVIRAL 9
VACCINIAL 9
VAINILLAL 9
ACIVICIN 8
ALCAVALA 8
AVIALIAN 8
CALVARIA 8
CARNIVAL 8 pangram, debut
CIVILIAN 8 debut
CLAVACIN 8
LAVALAVA 8
NIRVANIC 8
VACCARIA 8
VACCINAL 8
VACCINIA 8
VANILLAR 8
VANILLIC 8
VANILLIN 8 debut
VARANIAN 8
VARIACIN 8
VICARIAL 8
VICIANIN 8
VICILLIN 8
VINARIAN 8
VINCINAL 8
ARRIVAL 7 debut
AVIALAN 7
CARAVAN 7 debut
CAVALLA 7
INCIVIL 7 debut, disallowed elsewhere
NAVARIN 7
NIRVANA 7 debut
VALRAVN 7
VANILLA 7 debut
VICILIN 7
VICINAL 7
VILLAIN 7 debut
VILLIAN 7
VIRILIA 7
VIVARIA 7
ARVILL 6
AVANIA 6
AVICIN 6
CAVIAR 6 debut
CLAVAL 6
CLIVAL 6
CLIVIA 6
CVARCI  6
INCAVI  6
LARVAL 6 debut
LAVANI 6
VALVAL 6
VARIAL 6
VILLAN 6
VILLAR 6
VIRIAL 6
ALVAR 5
ANVIL 5 debut
ARVAL 5
ARVIL 5
AVAIL 5
AVIAN 5 debut
CALVA 5
CAVAL 5
CAVAN 5
CAVIL 5 debut
CAVIN 5
CIVIC 5 debut
CIVIL 5 debut
CLAVA 5
CLAVI 5
CLIVI 5
IVAIN 5
LARVA 5 debut
LAVIC 5
LAVRA 5
LIVIN 5
NAVAL 5
NAVAR 5
NIVAL 5
RAVIN 5
RIVAL 5 debut
VALLA 5
VALVA 5
VANIN 5
VANNA 5
VARAN 5
VARIA 5
VARNA 5
VICAR 5 debut
VILLA 5
VILLI 5
VINAL 5
VINCA 5
VINIC 5
VIRAL 5 debut
VRAIC 5
AVAL 4
CAVA  4 allowed elsewhere
CAVI 4
IVAN 4
LAVA 4
RIVA 4
VACA 4
VAIL 4
VAIN 4 debut
VAIR 4
VALI 4
VARA 4
VIAL 4
VICI  4
VILA 4
VILL 4
VINA 4
VIRA 4
VIRL 4
VIVA 4

† plural noun

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