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December 22, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 22, 2018, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter AKLNOPT
Spelling Bee for December 22, 2018

words: 48
score: 188 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 1
bingo: yes

A x 9
K x 5
L x 4
N x 4
O x 1
P x 17
T x 8

4L x 20
5L x 15
6L x 8
7L x 3
8L x 1
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 4 2 3 - - - 9
K 1 3 1 - - - 5
L 2 1 1 - - - 4
N 2 1 1 - - - 4
O 1 - - - - - 1
P 6 5 1 3 1 1 17
T 4 3 1 - - - 8
tot 20 15 8 3 1 1 48

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 2 AN x 2 AP x 2 AT x 3
KA x 3 KO x 2
LA x 2 LL x 1 LO x 1
NA x 4
OP x 1
PA x 8 PL x 6 PO x 3
TA x 6 TO x 2

cmp 6 tot
L 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 19
previously disallowed debuts 1

PLANKTON

word       length      
ALLOT 5
ALTO 4
ANAL 4
ANON 4
APOLLO 6 disallowed elsewhere
APPALL 6
ATOLL 5
ATONAL 6 debut
ATOP 4
KAPOK 5
KAPPA 5 debut
KATANA 6 debut
KOALA 5
KOLA 4
LANK 4 debut
LAPTOP * 6 debut
LLANO 5 debut
LOAN 4 debut
NAAN 4
NANA 4
NATAL 5
NATANT 6
OPAL 4
PALATAL 7 debut
PALL 4
PALOOKA 7
PALP 4 debut, previously disallowed
PANT 4
PANTALOON 9 debut
PAPA 4
PAPAL 5
PLAN 4
PLANK 5 debut
PLANKTON 8 pangram, debut
PLANT 5 debut
PLAT 4 debut
PLATOON 7 debut
POLKA 5
POPPA 5
POTATO 6
TALK 4 debut
TALL 4
TALON 5 debut
TANK 4 debut
TAPA 4
TATTOO 6
TONAL 5 debut
TOTAL 5

* compound(ish) word

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