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December 22, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 22, 2018, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter AKLNOPT
Spelling Bee for December 22, 2018

words: 48
score: 188 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 2 AN x 2 AP x 2 AT x 3
KA x 3 KO x 2
LA x 2 LL x 1 LO x 1
NA x 4
OP x 1
PA x 8 PL x 6 PO x 3
TA x 6 TO x 2

debut appearances 19
previously disallowed debuts 1

PLANKTON

word       length      
PANTALOON 9 debut
PLANKTON 8 pangram, debut
PALATAL 7 debut
PALOOKA 7
PLATOON 7 debut
APOLLO 6 disallowed elsewhere
APPALL 6
ATONAL 6 debut
KATANA 6 debut
LAPTOP 6 debut
NATANT 6
POTATO 6
TATTOO 6
ALLOT 5
ATOLL 5
KAPOK 5
KAPPA 5 debut
KOALA 5
LLANO 5 debut
NATAL 5
PAPAL 5
PLANK 5 debut
PLANT 5 debut
POLKA 5
POPPA 5
TALON 5 debut
TONAL 5 debut
TOTAL 5
ALTO 4
ANAL 4
ANON 4
ATOP 4
KOLA 4
LANK 4 debut
LOAN 4 debut
NAAN 4
NANA 4
OPAL 4
PALL 4
PALP 4 debut, previously disallowed
PANT 4
PAPA 4
PLAN 4
PLAT 4 debut
TALK 4 debut
TALL 4
TANK 4 debut
TAPA 4

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