September 20, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

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 ET.

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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

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
		ETE x 1	ETI x 1	ETT 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

Get ad-free hints!