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October 20, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 20, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CA.


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center letter IABCLNR
Spelling Bee for October 20, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter C: July 21, 2019

words: 280
score: 1,568 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 14
bingo: yes

A x 63
B x 65
C x 67
I x 19
L x 34
N x 13
R x 19

4L x 52
5L x 59
6L x 62
7L x 52
8L x 35
9L x 12
10L x 6
11L x 1
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 8 8 17 22 4 3 1 - - 63
B 12 17 11 10 10 3 1 - 1 65
C 6 12 18 10 14 4 2 1 - 67
I 3 7 5 3 1 - - - - 19
L 9 10 5 4 3 2 1 - - 34
N 7 2 3 - 1 - - - - 13
R 7 3 3 3 2 - 1 - - 19
tot 52 59 62 52 35 12 6 1 1 280

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AB x 5 AC x 18 AI x 4 AL x 11 AN x 8 AR x 16
BA x 31 BI x 17 BL x 3 BR x 14
CA x 30 CI x 21 CL x 8 CR x 8
CAB x 5 CAI x 2 CAL x 8 CAN x 5 CAR x 10
IC x 1 IL x 9 IN x 8 IR x 1
LA x 17 LI x 17
NA x 9 NI x 4
RA x 12 RI x 7

plu 4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 1 1 - 1 1 4
B - - - 1 - 1
C - 3 1 1 1 6
I 1 - 1 - - 2
L - 1 - - - 1
tot 2 5 2 3 2 14

CARBANIL, RABBINICAL

word       length      
AALII 5
ABACI  5
ABILLA 6
ABIR 4
ABRI 4
ABRIN 5
ACACIA 6
ACACIIN 7
ACACIN 6
ACAI 4
ACARBIA 7
ACARI 5
ACARIAN 7
ACARINARIA 10
ACINACI  7
ACINAR 6
ACINI 5
ACINIC 6
ACLINAL 7
ACLINIC 7
ACLINICAL 9
ACRANIA 7
ACRANIAL 8
ACRIBIC 7
AIRAN 5
AIRBALL 7
AIRBILL 7
AIRCAR 6
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALBIC 5
ALBICANAL 9
ALBINAL 7
ALBINIC 7
ALCAIC 6
ALIBI 5
ALLARIC 7
ALLICIN 7
ALLIIN 6
ANACLINAL 9
ANCILIA 7
ANCILLA 7
ANICCA 6
ANIL 4
ANILIC 6
ANILINIC 8
ANILLIN 7
ARABICA 7
ARABIN 6
ARABINAN 8
ARACARI 7
ARACIAL 7
ARALIA 6
ARANCINI  8 allowed elsewhere
ARARIBA 7
ARCI  4
ARIA 4
ARIL 4
ARILLI 6
ARNI 4
ARNICA 6 allowed elsewhere
ARNICIN 7
ARRIBA 6
BACILLAR 8
BACILLI  7
BACILLIN 8
BAICAI 6
BAICALIN 8
BAIL 4
BAILA 5
BAILI 5
BAILLI 6
BAIN 4
BAININ 6
BAIRN 5
BALANIC 7
BALIAN 6
BALLABILI 9
BALLIA 6
BANI 4
BANIA 5
BANIAN 6
BANNIAN 7
BARANI 6
BARBARALALIA 12
BARBARIAN 9
BARBARIC 8
BARBARICAL 10
BARBICAN 8
BARI 4
BARIA 5
BARIAN 6
BARIC 5
BARILLA 7
BIARC 5
BIBB 4
BIBI 4
BIBLICAL 8
BICARB 6
BILABIAL 8
BILIN 5
BILL 4
BINARIC 7
BINNA 5
BIRACIAL 8
BIRIANI 7
BIRIBA 6
BIRL 4
BIRLINN 7
BIRR 4
BIRRIA 6 allowed elsewhere
BLAIN 5
BLIN 4
BLINI 5
BRAAI 5
BRACCIA 7
BRAIL 5
BRAIN 5
BRAINAL 7
BRAINBALL 9
BRAINIAC 8
BRAINIAL 8
BRANLIN 7
BRIAN 5
BRIAR 5
BRIL 4
BRILL 5
BRIN 4
CABALIC 7
CABBALIC 8
CABIN 5
CABRI 5
CABRILLA 8
CAIR 4
CAIRN 5
CALCARIA 8
CALCARIC 8
CALCARINA 9
CALCIAN 7
CALCIC 6
CALCIN 6
CALIN 5
CALLI 5
CANINI 6
CANNABIC 8
CANNABIN 8
CANNIBAL 8
CANNIBALIC 10
CARABI 6
CARABIN 7
CARBANIL 8 pangram
CARBIC 6
CARINA 6
CARINAL 7
CARINARIA 9
CARLIN 6
CARNIN 6
CARRI 5
CIBAI 5
CIBARIA 7
CIBARIAL 8
CIBARIAN 8
CICALA 6
CICINNI  7
CICLACILLIN 11
CILIA  5
CILIAL 6
CILL 4
CINCINNAL 9
CINCINNI  8
CINNABAR 8
CINNABARIC 10
CIRCA 5
CIRCAR 6
CIRCI  5
CIRCINAL 8
CIRL 4
CIRRAL 6
CIRRI  5
CLAIRIN 7
CLARAIN 7
CLARINI 7
CLINAL 6
CLINIA 6
CLINIC 6
CLINICAL 8
CLINICIAN 9
CRAIC 5
CRANIA  6
CRANIAL 7
CRANIC 6
CRIA 4
CRIB 4
CRIN 4
CRINAL 6
ICARIIN 7
ILALA 5
ILIA  4
ILIAC 5
ILIACAL 7
ILIACI  6
ILIAL 5
ILICIN 6
ILLABIAL 8
ILLICIA 7
INARI 5
INCA 4
INCALL 6
INCARN 6
INIA 4
INIAC 5
INIAL 5
INRAIL 6
IRIAN 5
LAARI 5
LABIA  5
LABIAL 6
LACCIC 6
LACCIN 6
LACINIA 7
LACINIAL 8
LACINIAR 8
LAIC 4
LAICAL 6
LAIN 4
LAIR 4
LANAI 5
LANCIN 6
LANCININ 8
LARI 4
LARIN 5
LIANA 5
LIAR 4
LIBRA 5
LIBRARIAL 9
LIBRARIAN 9
LIBRARIANA 10
LIBRI 5
LILA 4
LILAC 5
LILACIN 7
LILL 4
LINAC 5
LINARIA 7
LINARIN 7
LININ 5
LINN 4
LIRA 4
NAAI 4
NABI 4
NAIB 4
NAIL 4
NAIN 4
NAIRA 5
NARIAL 6
NARIC 5
NARICA 6
NIACIN 6
NIBBANIC 8
NILL 4
NINA 4
RABBI 5
RABBIN 6
RABBINIC 8
RABBINICAL 10 pangram
RABI 4
RABIC 5
RACIAL 6
RAIL 4
RAILCAR 7
RAIN 4
RANARIAN 8
RANI 4
RIAL 4
RIBA 4
RICIN 5
RICINIA 7
RICINIC 7
RICRAC 6
RILL 4

† plural noun

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