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
October 20, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 20, 2018, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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 IABCLNR
Spelling Bee for October 20, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter C: July 21, 2019

words: 42
score: 279 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 2
bingo: yes

A x 5
B x 11
C x 12
I x 1
L x 6
N x 1
R x 6

5L x 16
6L x 8
7L x 5
8L x 9
9L x 3
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 2 1 2 - - - 5
B 3 1 1 5 1 - 11
C 5 2 1 3 1 - 12
I 1 - - - - - 1
L 3 2 - - 1 - 6
N - 1 - - - - 1
R 2 1 1 1 - 1 6
tot 16 8 5 9 3 1 42

cmp 7 tot
A 1 1
R 1 1
tot 2 2

debut appearances 12
previously disallowed debuts 1

RABBINICAL

word       length      
RABBINICAL 10 pangram, debut
BARBARIAN 9
CLINICIAN 9
LIBRARIAN 9 debut
BARBARIC 8
BIBLICAL 8 debut
BILABIAL 8
BIRACIAL 8 debut
BRAINIAC 8 debut
CANNIBAL 8 debut
CINNABAR 8 debut
CLINICAL 8
RABBINIC 8 debut
AIRBALL * 7 debut
ARABICA 7
BACILLI 7 debut
CRANIAL 7
RAILCAR * 7
ACACIA 6
BICARB 6
CLINIC 6
CRANIA 6
LABIAL 6
LAICAL 6
NIACIN 6
RACIAL 6
ABACI 5
ALIBI 5
BLINI 5
BRAIN 5
BRIAR 5
CABIN 5 debut
CAIRN 5
CILIA 5
CIRCA 5
CIRRI 5
ILIAC 5
LABIA 5
LANAI 5
LILAC 5
RABBI 5
RICIN 5

* compound(ish) word

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