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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, alongside other analysis.


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
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      
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

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