December 12, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 12, 2018, alongside other analysis.
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.
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Center letter U: July 26, 2022Center letter R: June 9, 2020
Center letter T: August 7, 2019
words: 71
score: 357 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
A x 20
L x 5
N x 10
R x 8
T x 19
U x 7
Y x 2
4L x 19
5L x 21
6L x 14
7L x 9
8L x 2
9L x 5
11L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | tot | |
| A | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 20 |
| L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| N | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 10 |
| R | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 8 |
| T | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 19 |
| U | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Y | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| tot | 19 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 71 |
| debut appearances | 14 |
NATURALLY, UNNATURALLY
| word | length | |||
| ALLAY | 5 | |||
| ALLY | 4 | |||
| ALTAR | 5 | |||
| ANAL | 4 | |||
| ANALLY | 6 | |||
| ANNUAL | 6 | |||
| ANNUALLY | 8 | |||
| ANNUL | 5 | |||
| ANNULAR | 7 | debut | ||
| ANNULARLY | 9 | debut | ||
| ARRANT | 6 | |||
| ARRANTLY | 8 | debut | ||
| ARRAY | 5 | |||
| ARTY | 4 | |||
| ATTAR | 5 | |||
| AUNT | 4 | |||
| AUNTY | 5 | |||
| AURA | 4 | |||
| AURAL | 5 | |||
| AURALLY | 7 | |||
| LUAU | 4 | |||
| LUNA | 4 | |||
| LUNAR | 5 | debut | ||
| LUNULA | 6 | |||
| LUNULAR | 7 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| NAAN | 4 | |||
| NANA | 4 | |||
| NANNY | 5 | |||
| NARY | 4 | |||
| NATAL | 5 | debut | ||
| NATANT | 6 | |||
| NATTY | 5 | |||
| NATURAL | 7 | debut | ||
| NATURALLY | 9 | pangram, debut | ||
| NURTURANT | 9 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| RALLY | 5 | |||
| RANT | 4 | |||
| RATATAT | 7 | |||
| RATTAN | 6 | |||
| RATTLY | 6 | |||
| RATTY | 5 | |||
| RURAL | 5 | |||
| RURALLY | 7 | |||
| TALL | 4 | |||
| TALLY | 5 | |||
| TANTARA | 7 | |||
| TANTRA | 6 | |||
| TARANTULA | 9 | debut | ||
| TARRY | 5 | |||
| TART | 4 | |||
| TARTAN | 6 | |||
| TARTAR | 6 | |||
| TARTLY | 6 | |||
| TATTY | 5 | |||
| TAUNT | 5 | |||
| TAUT | 4 | |||
| TAUTLY | 6 | |||
| TRAY | 4 | |||
| TRUANT | 6 | |||
| TUNA | 4 | |||
| TYRANNY | 7 | |||
| TYRANT | 6 | |||
| ULNA | 4 | |||
| ULNAR | 5 | debut | ||
| ULTRA | 5 | |||
| ULULANT | 7 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| UNARY | 5 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| UNNATURAL | 9 | debut | ||
| UNNATURALLY | 11 | pangram, debut | ||
| YARN | 4 | |||
| YUAN | 4 |