Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
December 18, 2020 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 18, 2020, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter YABLNOT
Spelling Bee for December 18, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter N: January 12, 2023
Center letter T: April 4, 2019

words: 43
score: 228 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 5

A x 8
B x 14
L x 6
N x 5
O x 3
T x 7

4L x 7
5L x 18
6L x 6
7L x 9
8L x 2
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 2 3 1 1 1 - 8
B 2 4 5 2 - 1 14
L - 3 - 2 1 - 6
N - 4 - 1 - - 5
O 2 1 - - - - 3
T 1 3 - 3 - - 7
tot 7 18 6 9 2 1 43

cmp 5 6 7 8 tot
B - 1 1 - 2
L - - - 1 1
O 1 - - - 1
T - - 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2 1 5

NOTABLY

word       length      
ABLY 4
ALLAY 5
ALLOY 5
ALLY 4
ANALLY 6
ANNOY 5
ATONALLY 8
ATTABOY 7
BABY 4
BALLBOY * 7
BANALLY 7
BANYAN 6
BATBOY * 6
BATTY 5
BLABBY 6
BLATANTLY 9
BLOBBY 6
BONNY 5
BONY 4
BOOBY 5
BOOTY 5
BOTANY 6
LOBBY 5
LOBLOLLY * 8
LOONY 5
LOYAL 5
LOYALLY 7
LOYALTY 7
NANNY 5
NATTY 5
NOBLY 5
NOTABLY 7 perfect pangram
NYLON 5
OATY 4
ONLAY * 5
ONLY 4
TABBY 5
TALLBOY * 7
TALLY 5
TATTY 5
TONALLY 7
TONY 4
TOTALLY 7

* compound(ish) word

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