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December 31, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 31, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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center letter CAHLNOY
Spelling Bee for December 31, 2018

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Center letter A: December 10, 2023

words: 196
score: 1,045 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 24
C x 122
H x 8
L x 16
N x 16
O x 5
Y x 5

4L x 38
5L x 47
6L x 59
7L x 26
8L x 14
9L x 5
10L x 5
11L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 6 4 9 4 1 - - - 24
C 25 26 45 14 7 3 2 - 122
H - 3 1 2 - - 1 1 8
L 5 8 2 1 - - - - 16
N - 2 - 5 4 2 2 1 16
O 2 1 1 - 1 - - - 5
Y - 3 1 - 1 - - - 5
tot 38 47 59 26 14 5 5 2 196

debut appearances 11

HALCYON

word       length      
ACALYCAL 8
ACANA 5
ACCA 4
ACHA 4
ACHOO 5
ACHY 4
ACLONAL 7
ACYL 4
ACYLAL 6
AHCHOO 6 disallowed elsewhere
ALCANNA 7
ALCO 4
ALCOHOL 7 debut
ALCOOL 6
ALCYON 6
ALOC 4
ANANCY 6
ANCHAL 6
ANCHO 5
ANCON 5
ANCONA 6
ANCONAL 7
ANCONY 6
AONACH 6
CACA 4
CACAO 5
CACHACA 7
CACOON 6
CALALOO 7
CALL 4
CALLA 5
CALLALOO 8
CALLOO 6
CALO 4
CALYON 6
CANAL 5
CANCAN 6
CANCHA 6
CANN 4
CANNA 5 allowed elsewhere
CANNACH 7
CANNOLO 7
CANNON 6
CANNY 5
CANOLA 6 debut
CANON 5
CANY 4
CANYON 6
CAYCAY 6
CAYO 4
CCOYA 5
CHACHA 6
CHACHACHA 9
CHACHALACA 10
CHALAH 6
CHALAN 6
CHALLA 6
CHALLAH 7
CHALLAN 7
CHANA 5
CHANCLA 7
CHANCY 6
CHANLON 7
CHANNA 6
CHAY 4
CHAYA 5
CHAYAH 6
CHHANA 6
CHOANA 6
CHOANAL 7
CHOCCY 6
CHOCHA 6
CHOCHO 6
CHOCOLO 7
CHOLLA 6
CHOLYL 6
CHON 4
CHOOCH 6
CHOOCHOO 8
CHOOLA 6
CHOON 5
CLACHAN 7
CLAN 4
CLANCY 6
CLANNY 6
CLAY 4
CLOACA 6 allowed elsewhere
CLOACAL 7
CLOACALLY 9
CLONAL 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CLONALLY 8
CLOY 4 debut
COACH 5
COACHY 6
COAL 4
COALA 5
COALLY 6
COALY 5
COCA 4
COCAL 5
COCCAL 6
COCHAL 6
COCO 4
COCOA 5
COCONA 6
COCOON 6
COHO 4
COLA 4
COLACHON 8
COLCANNON 9 debut
COLL 4
COLLA 5
COLLOCAL 8
COLLY 5
COLO 4
COLOANAL 8
COLOCOLO 8
COLON 5
COLONY 6
COLY 4
CONAL 5
CONCH 5
CONCHA 6
CONCHAL 7
CONCHO 6
CONCHY 6
CONN 4
CONNY 5
CONY 4
COOCH 5
COOCHY 6
COOCOO 6
COOL 4
COOLLY 6 debut
COON 4 disallowed elsewhere
COONCAN 7
COYA 4
COYLY 5 debut
COYOL 5
CYAN 4
CYANO 5
CYANOL 6
CYCLO 5
CYCLOALLYL 10
CYCLOL 6
CYLCON 6
HALACHA 7
HALCYON 7 perfect pangram, debut
HALOALCOHOL 11
HANCH 5
HOCCO 5
HOLOCLONAL 10
HONCHO 6
HOOCH 5
LACY 4
LANCH 5
LOACH 5 allowed elsewhere
LOCA 4
LOCAL 5
LOCALLY 7 debut
LOCAO 5
LOCH 4
LOCHAN 6
LOCO 4
LOCON 5
LOHOCH 6
LONCO 5
LOOCH 5
LYCH 4
LYNCH 5 debut
NACHO 5
NANCHON 7
NANOCANAL 9
NANOCLAY 8
NONALCOHOL 10
NONCALL 7
NONCANAL 8
NONCLAY 7
NONCLONAL 9
NONCLONALLY 11
NONCOAL 7
NONCOCOA 8
NONCOLA 7
NONCY 5
NONLOCAL 8 debut
NONLOCALLY 10
OCCY 4
OCHNA 5
ONYCHA 6
OOCH 4
OOLACHAN 8
YACAL 5
YACCA 5
YACON 5
YANACONA 8
YAOCHO 6

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