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 for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 18, 2020, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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: 36
score: 221 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 5
plurals: 0

A x 6
B x 12
L x 6
N x 5
O x 1
T x 6

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

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 3 1 1 1 - 6
B 4 5 2 - 1 12
L 3 - 2 1 - 6
N 4 - 1 - - 5
O 1 - - - - 1
T 3 - 3 - - 6
tot 18 6 9 2 1 36

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

debut appearances 1
previously disallowed debuts 1

NOTABLY

word       length      
ALLAY 5
ALLOY 5
ANALLY 6
ANNOY 5
ATONALLY 8
ATTABOY 7 debut, previously disallowed
BALLBOY * 7
BANALLY 7
BANYAN 6
BATBOY * 6
BATTY 5
BLABBY 6
BLATANTLY 9
BLOBBY 6
BONNY 5
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
ONLAY * 5
TABBY 5
TALLBOY * 7
TALLY 5
TATTY 5
TONALLY 7
TOTALLY 7

* compound(ish) word

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