December 20, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 20, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with HI.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter I: February 10, 2024Center letter R: November 4, 2020
Center letter H: February 7, 2020
Center letter R: July 15, 2019
words: 159
score: 846 pts
pangrams: 3
bingo: yes
A x 26
C x 49
H x 23
I x 8
L x 25
R x 9
V x 19
4L x 34
5L x 43
6L x 39
7L x 18
8L x 14
9L x 7
10L x 3
11L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot | |
| A | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 26 |
| C | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 49 |
| H | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 23 |
| I | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| L | 10 | 9 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 25 |
| R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| V | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 19 |
| tot | 34 | 43 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 159 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AA x 1 | AC x 3 | AL x 9 | AR x 11 | AV x 2 |
| CA x 20 | CH x 16 | CI x 7 | CL x 6 | |
| HA x 17 | HI x 6 | |||
| HIL x 6 | ||||
| IL x 8 | ||||
| LA x 18 | LI x 7 | |||
| RA x 5 | RH x 1 | RI x 3 | ||
| VA x 8 | VI x 11 |
ARCHIVAL, ARCHRIVAL, CHIVALRIC
| word | length | |||
| AALII | 5 | |||
| ACHILL | 6 | |||
| ACHIRAL | 7 | |||
| ACRAL | 5 | |||
| ALAIHI | 6 | |||
| ALALA | 5 | |||
| ALALIA | 6 | |||
| ALALIC | 6 | |||
| ALAR | 4 | |||
| ALCAIC | 6 | |||
| ALCAVALA | 8 | |||
| ALLARIC | 7 | |||
| ALVAR | 5 | |||
| ARACIAL | 7 | |||
| ARALIA | 6 | |||
| ARCHIL | 6 | |||
| ARCHIVAL | 8 | pangram | ||
| ARCHRIVAL | 9 | pangram | ||
| ARIL | 4 | |||
| ARILLI | 6 | |||
| ARRIVAL | 7 | |||
| ARVAL | 5 | |||
| ARVIL | 5 | |||
| ARVILL | 6 | |||
| AVAIL | 5 | |||
| AVAL | 4 | |||
| CAILLACH | 8 | |||
| CAILLIACH | 9 | |||
| CALCAR | 6 | |||
| CALCARIA | 8 | |||
| CALCARIC | 8 | |||
| CALCIC | 6 | |||
| CALCIVIRAL | 10 | |||
| CALICIVIRAL | 11 | |||
| CALL | 4 | |||
| CALLA | 5 | |||
| CALLI | 5 | |||
| CALVA | 5 | |||
| CALVARIA | 8 | |||
| CALVARIAL | 9 | |||
| CARACAL | 7 | |||
| CARL | 4 | |||
| CARLAVIRAL | 10 | |||
| CAVAL | 5 | |||
| CAVALLA | 7 | |||
| CAVIL | 5 | |||
| CHACHALACA | 10 | |||
| CHALAH | 6 | |||
| CHALARA | 7 | |||
| CHALLA | 6 | |||
| CHALLAH | 7 | |||
| CHILACA | 7 | |||
| CHILARIA | 8 | |||
| CHILI | 5 | |||
| CHILIARCH | 9 | |||
| CHILL | 5 | |||
| CHILLA | 6 | |||
| CHILLI | 6 | |||
| CHIRAL | 6 | |||
| CHIRALIC | 8 | |||
| CHIRL | 5 | |||
| CHIVALRIC | 9 | pangram | ||
| CICALA | 6 | |||
| CILIA | 5 | |||
| CILIAL | 6 | |||
| CILL | 4 | |||
| CIRL | 4 | |||
| CIRRAL | 6 | |||
| CIVIL | 5 | |||
| CLAVA | 5 | |||
| CLAVAL | 6 | |||
| CLAVI | 5 | |||
| CLIVAL | 6 | |||
| CLIVI | 5 | |||
| CLIVIA | 6 | |||
| HAIL | 4 | |||
| HALA | 4 | |||
| HALACHA | 7 | |||
| HALACHIC | 8 | |||
| HALAL | 5 | |||
| HALALA | 6 | |||
| HALALAH | 7 | |||
| HALAVA | 6 | |||
| HALAVAH | 7 | |||
| HALL | 4 | |||
| HALLAH | 6 | |||
| HALLAL | 6 | |||
| HALLALI | 7 | |||
| HALLICAL | 8 | |||
| HALVA | 5 | |||
| HALVAH | 6 | |||
| HARL | 4 | |||
| HILA | 4 | |||
| HILAL | 5 | |||
| HILAR | 5 | |||
| HILCH | 5 | |||
| HILI | 4 | |||
| HILL | 4 | |||
| ILALA | 5 | |||
| ILARVIRAL | 9 | |||
| ILIA | 4 | |||
| ILIAC | 5 | |||
| ILIACAL | 7 | |||
| ILIACI | 6 | |||
| ILIAL | 5 | |||
| ILLICIA | 7 | |||
| LAARI | 5 | |||
| LACCIC | 6 | |||
| LAHAR | 5 | |||
| LAHARA | 6 | |||
| LAIC | 4 | |||
| LAICAL | 6 | |||
| LAICH | 5 | |||
| LAIR | 4 | |||
| LALL | 4 | |||
| LARAHA | 6 | |||
| LARCH | 5 | |||
| LARI | 4 | |||
| LARVA | 5 | |||
| LARVAL | 6 | |||
| LAVA | 4 | |||
| LAVALAVA | 8 | |||
| LAVIC | 5 | |||
| LAVRA | 5 | |||
| LIAR | 4 | |||
| LICH | 4 | |||
| LICHI | 5 | |||
| LILA | 4 | |||
| LILAC | 5 | |||
| LILL | 4 | |||
| LIRA | 4 | |||
| RACHIAL | 7 | |||
| RACHILLA | 8 | |||
| RACIAL | 6 | |||
| RAIL | 4 | |||
| RAILCAR | 7 | |||
| RHACHILLA | 9 | |||
| RIAL | 4 | |||
| RILL | 4 | |||
| RIVAL | 5 | |||
| VAALHAAI | 8 | |||
| VAIL | 4 | |||
| VALI | 4 | |||
| VALIHA | 6 | |||
| VALLA | 5 | |||
| VALVA | 5 | |||
| VALVAL | 6 | |||
| VARIAL | 6 | |||
| VIAL | 4 | |||
| VICARIAL | 8 | |||
| VILA | 4 | |||
| VILL | 4 | |||
| VILLA | 5 | |||
| VILLAR | 6 | |||
| VILLI | 5 | |||
| VIRAL | 5 | |||
| VIRIAL | 6 | |||
| VIRILIA | 7 | |||
| VIRL | 4 |