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 16, 2022 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 16, 2022, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter PAIORTY
Spelling Bee for December 16, 2022

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Center letter I: April 24, 2024
Center letter O: July 13, 2021

words: 59
score: 263 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 5

A x 5
P x 35
R x 5
T x 13
Y x 1

4L x 20
5L x 15
6L x 11
7L x 10
8L x 2
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 1 1 1 2 - - 5
P 12 10 6 4 2 1 35
R 2 - 1 2 - - 5
T 5 3 3 2 - - 13
Y - 1 - - - - 1
tot 20 15 11 10 2 1 59

cmp 6 7 tot
A - 1 1
P - 1 1
R - 1 1
T 1 1 2
tot 1 4 5

debut appearances 0
newly disallowed words 1 aport

TOPIARY

word       length      
PARATROOP 9
PORTRAIT 8
PRIORITY 8
AIRPORT * 7
APPARAT 7
PARTITA 7
PATRIOT 7
PITAPAT * 7
PORTRAY 7
RAPPORT 7
RATTRAP * 7
TAPROOT * 7
TOPIARY 7 perfect pangram
APIARY 6
PAPAYA 6
PAPYRI 6
PARITY 6
PARROT 6
POTATO 6
PRIORY 6
RAPTOR 6
TIPTOP * 6
TORPOR 6
TRIPPY 6
APART 5
PAPPY 5
PARRY 5
PARTY 5
PATIO 5
PATTY 5
PIPIT 5
POPPA 5
POPPY 5
POTTY 5
PRIOR 5
TAPIR 5
TIPPY 5
TROOP 5
YAPPY 5
ATOP 4
PAIR 4
PAPA 4
PART 4
PITA 4
PITY 4
POOP 4
POOR 4
PORT 4
PRAT 4
PRAY 4
PROP 4
PYRO 4
RAPT 4
ROPY 4
TAPA 4
TARP 4
TRAP 4
TRIP 4
TYPO 4

* compound(ish) word

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