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
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 20, 2018, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter IABCLNR
Spelling Bee for October 20, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter C: July 21, 2019

words: 60
score: 297 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 2
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 8
B x 14
C x 13
I x 1
L x 11
N x 2
R x 11

4L x 18
5L x 16
6L x 8
7L x 5
8L x 9
9L x 3
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 3 2 1 2 - - - 8
B 3 3 1 1 5 1 - 14
C 1 5 2 1 3 1 - 13
I - 1 - - - - - 1
L 5 3 2 - - 1 - 11
N 1 - 1 - - - - 2
R 5 2 1 1 1 - 1 11
tot 18 16 8 5 9 3 1 60

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

plu 5 6 7 tot
A 1 - - 1
B - - 1 1
C 2 1 - 3
L 1 - - 1
tot 4 1 1 6

debut appearances 12
previously disallowed debuts 1

RABBINICAL

word       length      
ABACI  5
ACACIA 6
ACAI 4
AIRBALL * 7 debut
ALIBI 5
ARABICA 7
ARIA 4
ARIL 4
BACILLI  7 debut
BAIL 4
BARBARIAN 9
BARBARIC 8
BIBLICAL 8 debut
BICARB 6
BILABIAL 8
BILL 4
BIRACIAL 8 debut
BLIN 4
BLINI 5
BRAIN 5
BRAINIAC 8 debut
BRIAR 5
CABIN 5 debut
CAIRN 5
CANNIBAL 8 debut
CILIA  5
CINNABAR 8 debut
CIRCA 5
CIRRI  5
CLINIC 6
CLINICAL 8
CLINICIAN 9
CRANIA  6
CRANIAL 7
CRIB 4
ILIAC 5
LABIA  5
LABIAL 6
LAIC 4
LAICAL 6
LAIN 4
LAIR 4
LANAI 5
LIAR 4
LIBRARIAN 9 debut
LILAC 5
LIRA 4
NAIL 4
NIACIN 6
RABBI 5
RABBINIC 8 debut
RABBINICAL 10 pangram, debut
RACIAL 6
RAIL 4
RAILCAR * 7
RAIN 4
RANI 4 debut, previously disallowed
RIAL 4
RICIN 5
RILL 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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