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 23, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 23, 2018, alongside other analysis.


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 ABCIKLM
Spelling Bee for December 23, 2018

words: 62
score: 251 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

A x 8
B x 16
C x 11
I x 5
K x 2
L x 9
M x 11

4L x 26
5L x 19
6L x 7
7L x 2
8L x 5
9L x 3

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 1 4 2 1 - - 8
B 8 2 - 1 2 3 16
C 4 5 1 - 1 - 11
I 2 2 1 - - - 5
K - - - - 2 - 2
L 4 3 2 - - - 9
M 7 3 1 - - - 11
tot 26 19 7 2 5 3 62

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 2 AC x 3 AL x 3
BA x 9 BI x 2 BL x 5
CA x 7 CI x 1 CL x 3
IA x 3 IL x 1 IM x 1
KI x 2
LA x 7 LI x 1 LL x 1
MA x 10 MI x 1

cmp 8 9 tot
B - 2 2
C 1 - 1
K 2 - 2
tot 3 2 5

BLACKMAIL

word       length      
ABACI 5
ABACK 5
ACACIA 6
ACAI 4
ACCLAIM 7
ALACK 5
ALIBI 5
ALKALI 6
BABA 4
BABKA 5
BACILLI 7
BACK 4
BAIL 4
BALALAIKA 9
BALK 4
BALL 4
BALM 4
BIBLICAL 8
BILABIAL 8
BLAB 4
BLACK 5
BLACKBALL * 9
BLACKMAIL * 9 pangram
BLAM 4
CABAL 5
CABALA 6
CALL 4
CALLA 5
CALLBACK * 8
CALM 4
CAMI 4
CILIA 5
CLACK 5
CLAIM 5
CLAM 4
IAMB 4
IAMBI 5
IAMBIC 6
ILIAC 5
IMAM 4
KICKBACK * 8
KICKBALL * 8
LABIA 5
LABIAL 6
LACK 4
LAIC 4
LAICAL 6
LAMA 4
LAMB 4
LILAC 5
LLAMA 5
MACK 4 disallowed elsewhere
MAIL 4
MAIM 4
MAKI 4
MALIC 5
MALL 4
MAMA 4
MAMBA 5
MAMMA 5
MAMMAL 6
MICA 4

* compound(ish) word

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