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 1, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 1, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with DU.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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center letter ODGHRTU
Spelling Bee for December 1, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter U: June 22, 2020
Center letter T: December 20, 2019

words: 131
score: 516 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 21
bingo: yes

D x 33
G x 21
H x 15
O x 17
R x 13
T x 31
U x 1

4L x 55
5L x 32
6L x 24
7L x 14
8L x 4
10L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 10 tot
D 12 9 7 4 1 - 33
G 10 6 3 1 1 - 21
H 7 1 6 1 - - 15
O 5 7 - 4 - 1 17
R 6 3 2 1 1 - 13
T 14 6 6 3 1 1 31
U 1 - - - - - 1
tot 55 32 24 14 4 2 131

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DH x 1 DO x 23 DR x 5 DU x 4
DUD x 1 DUG x 1 DUR x 2
GO x 14 GR x 5 GU x 2
HO x 14 HU x 1
OD x 2 OG x 1 OR x 4 OT x 1 OU x 9
RO x 13
TH x 8 TO x 13 TR x 8 TU x 2
UG x 1

cmp 4 5 6 7 8 10 tot
D - - 1 2 1 - 4
G - - - 1 1 - 2
H - - 2 1 - - 3
O - 2 - 3 - 1 6
R - - 1 1 1 - 3
T 1 - - 1 - 1 3
tot 1 2 4 9 3 2 21

DROUGHT

word       length      
DHOOR 5
DODD 4
DODO 4
DOGGO 5
DOGHOOD * 7
DOGTOOTH * 8
DOGTROT * 7
DOOD 4
DOODOO 6
DOOGH 5
DOOR 4
DOOT 4
DORR 4
DORT 4
DORTOUR 7
DORU 4
DOTH 4
DOUDOU 6
DOUDU 5
DOUGH 5
DOUGHT 6
DOUR 4
DOUT 4
DOUTH 5
DROOG 5
DROTT 5
DROUGHT 7 perfect pangram
DROUTH 6
DRUGGO 6
DUDOU 5
DUGOUT * 6
DURO 4
DUROOD 6
GODHOOD * 7 disallowed elsewhere
GODORD 6
GOGO 4
GOOD 4
GOODO 5
GOOG 4
GOOGOO 6
GOOR 4
GORRU 5
GOTH 4
GOUD 4
GOUR 4
GOURD 5
GOUT 4
GROG 4
GROT 4
GROTTO 6
GROUD 5
GROUT 5
GUROO 5
GURUHOOD * 8
HOGHOOD * 7
HOGO 4
HOOD 4
HOODOO 6
HOOT 4
HORO 4
HORROR 6
HOTDOG * 6
HOTR 4
HOTROD * 6 allowed elsewhere
HOTT 4
HOUGH 5
HOUR 4
HOUTOU 6
HUDOOD 6
ODOR 4
ODOUR 5
OGOGORO 7
ORDO 4
ORDU 4
ORTHO 5
ORUTU 5
OTTO 4
OUGH 4
OUGHT 5
OUTDO * 5
OUTDOOR * 7
OUTGO * 5
OUTRO 5
OUTROOT * 7
OUTTHOUGHT * 10
OUTTROT * 7
ROHU 4
ROOD 4
ROOT 4
ROOTROT * 7
RORT 4
ROTGUT * 6
ROTO 4 disallowed elsewhere
ROTOR 5
ROUGH 5
ROUGHOUT * 8
ROUGHT 6
ROUT 4
ROUTH 5
THORO 5
THOROUGH 8
THOU 4
THOUGH 6
THOUGHT 7
THROUGH 7
THROUGHOUT * 10
THRUOUT * 7
TODO * 4
TOGROG 6
TOHO 4
TOOT 4
TOOTH 5
TORO 4
TOROTH 6
TORR 4
TORT 4
TOTO 4
TOUGH 5
TOUR 4
TOUT 4
TROD 4
TROG 4
TROT 4
TROTH 5
TROTRO 6
TROU 4
TROUGH 6
TROUT 5
TURGOR 6
TUTOR 5
UGGO 4

* compound(ish) word

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