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, 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 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

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

EXPECTILE, EXPLICIT

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

† plural noun

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
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

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