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


Instructions

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center letter ECILPTX
Spelling Bee for September 20, 2018

words: 151
score: 723 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

C x 20
E x 36
I x 5
L x 15
P x 40
T x 34
X x 1

4L x 43
5L x 34
6L x 42
7L x 16
8L x 12
9L x 4

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
C 7 7 4 1 - 1 20
E 6 9 7 3 9 2 36
I 1 1 3 - - - 5
L 6 2 4 2 1 - 15
P 12 8 13 6 1 - 40
T 11 7 10 4 1 1 34
X - - 1 - - - 1
tot 43 34 42 16 12 4 151

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 9 CI x 5 CL x 5 CT x 1
EC x 4 EI x 1 EL x 7 EP x 4 ET x 3 EX x 17
EIT x 1
IC x 1 IL x 3 IX x 1
LE x 8 LI x 7
PE x 18 PI x 18 PL x 4
TE x 24 TI x 10
XI x 1

plu 4 5 tot
C - 1 1
L 1 - 1
P - 1 1
tot 1 2 3

EXPECTILE, EXPLICIT

word       length      
CECIL 5
CEIL 4
CEILI 5
CELL 4
CELLI  5
CELLIE 6
CELT 4
CEPE 4
CETE 4
CIEL 4
CILEXETIL 9
CILICE 6
CITE 4
CITEE 5
CLEEP 5
CLEIT 5
CLEPE 5
CLIPEI 6
CLIPPIE 7
CTETIC 6
ECCE 4
ECCLE 5
ECLECTIC 8
ECLIPTIC 8
EITELITE 8
ELECT 5
ELECTEE 7
ELICIT 6
ELITE 5
ELLIPT 6
ELLIPTIC 8
ELPEE 5
EPEE 4
EPIC 4
EPILEPTIC 9
EPIPELIC 8
ETEXT 5
ETIC 4
ETTLE 5
EXCEL 5
EXCEPT 6
EXCIPLE 7
EXCIPLEX 8
EXCITE 6
EXEC 4
EXILE 5
EXILEE 6
EXILIC 6 disallowed elsewhere
EXIT 4
EXPECT 6
EXPECTEE 8
EXPECTILE 9 pangram
EXPEL 5
EXPELEE 7
EXPELLEE 8
EXPLICIT 8 pangram
ICICLE 6
ILEX 4 disallowed elsewhere
ILLIPE 6
ILLITE 6
IXTLE 5
LECT 4
LECTIC 6
LEEP 4
LEET 4
LEITEITE 8
LETTICE 7
LEXIC 5
LEXIE 5
LICE  4
LIPE 4
LIPLET 6
LIPPIE 6
LITE 4
LITTLE 6
LITTLIE 7
PECTIC 6 disallowed elsewhere
PEEL 4
PEELE 5
PEELIE 6
PEEP 4
PEEPEE 6
PELITE 6
PELITIC 7
PELL 4
PELLET 6
PELLICLE 8
PELT 4
PEPLI  5
PEPTIC 6
PETE 4
PETIT 5
PETITE 6
PETTLE 6
PICE 4
PICTEL 6
PIECE 5
PIET 4
PIIPITE 7
PILE 4
PILEI 5
PIPE 4
PIPELLE 7
PIPET 5
PIPETTE 7
PIPPIE 6
PIPPLE 6
PITTIE 6
PITTITE 7
PITTLE 6
PIXEL 5
PIXIE 5
PLEC 4
PLECTIC 7
PLEX 4
PLIE 4
TEEL 4
TEEPEE 6
TEEPLEITE 9
TEET 4
TEETEE 6
TEIL 4
TELE 4
TELEPIC 7
TELETEX 7
TELETEXT 8
TELEX 5
TELIC 5 disallowed elsewhere
TELL 4
TELLEE 6
TELT 4
TEPE 4
TEPEE 5
TETE 4
TETEL 5
TETTIX 6
TEXEL 5
TEXT 4
TEXTEE 6
TEXTILE 7
TICE 4
TILE 4
TILLET 6
TILLITE 7
TIPLE 5
TIPPEE 6
TIPPET 6
TIPPLE 6
TITLE 5
TITTLE 6
XIEXIE 6

† plural noun

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