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December 31, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 31, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter CAHLNOY
Spelling Bee for December 31, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter A: December 10, 2023

words: 158
score: 1,007 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 18
C x 97
H x 8
L x 11
N x 16
O x 3
Y x 5

5L x 47
6L x 59
7L x 26
8L x 14
9L x 5
10L x 5
11L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 4 9 4 1 - - - 18
C 26 45 14 7 3 2 - 97
H 3 1 2 - - 1 1 8
L 8 2 1 - - - - 11
N 2 - 5 4 2 2 1 16
O 1 1 - 1 - - - 3
Y 3 1 - 1 - - - 5
tot 47 59 26 14 5 5 2 158

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 5 AH x 1 AL x 4 AN x 7 AO x 1
CA x 20 CC x 1 CH x 28 CL x 8 CO x 34 CY x 6
HA x 4 HO x 4
LA x 1 LO x 9 LY x 1
NA x 4 NO x 12
OC x 1 ON x 1 OO x 1
YA x 5

debut appearances 11

HALCYON

word       length      
ACALYCAL 8
ACANA 5
ACHOO 5
ACLONAL 7
ACYLAL 6
AHCHOO 6 disallowed elsewhere
ALCANNA 7
ALCOHOL 7 debut
ALCOOL 6
ALCYON 6
ANANCY 6
ANCHAL 6
ANCHO 5
ANCON 5
ANCONA 6
ANCONAL 7
ANCONY 6
AONACH 6
CACAO 5
CACHACA 7
CACOON 6
CALALOO 7
CALLA 5
CALLALOO 8
CALLOO 6
CALYON 6
CANAL 5
CANCAN 6
CANCHA 6
CANNA 5 allowed elsewhere
CANNACH 7
CANNOLO 7
CANNON 6
CANNY 5
CANOLA 6 debut
CANON 5
CANYON 6
CAYCAY 6
CCOYA 5
CHACHA 6
CHACHACHA 9
CHACHALACA 10
CHALAH 6
CHALAN 6
CHALLA 6
CHALLAH 7
CHALLAN 7
CHANA 5
CHANCLA 7
CHANCY 6
CHANLON 7
CHANNA 6
CHAYA 5
CHAYAH 6
CHHANA 6
CHOANA 6
CHOANAL 7
CHOCCY 6
CHOCHA 6
CHOCHO 6
CHOCOLO 7
CHOLLA 6
CHOLYL 6
CHOOCH 6
CHOOCHOO 8
CHOOLA 6
CHOON 5
CLACHAN 7
CLANCY 6
CLANNY 6
CLOACA 6 allowed elsewhere
CLOACAL 7
CLOACALLY 9
CLONAL 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CLONALLY 8
COACH 5
COACHY 6
COALA 5
COALLY 6
COALY 5
COCAL 5
COCCAL 6
COCHAL 6
COCOA 5
COCONA 6
COCOON 6
COLACHON 8
COLCANNON 9 debut
COLLA 5
COLLOCAL 8
COLLY 5
COLOANAL 8
COLOCOLO 8
COLON 5
COLONY 6
CONAL 5
CONCH 5
CONCHA 6
CONCHAL 7
CONCHO 6
CONCHY 6
CONNY 5
COOCH 5
COOCHY 6
COOCOO 6
COOLLY 6 debut
COONCAN 7
COYLY 5 debut
COYOL 5
CYANO 5
CYANOL 6
CYCLO 5
CYCLOALLYL 10
CYCLOL 6
CYLCON 6
HALACHA 7
HALCYON 7 perfect pangram, debut
HALOALCOHOL 11
HANCH 5
HOCCO 5
HOLOCLONAL 10
HONCHO 6
HOOCH 5
LANCH 5
LOACH 5 allowed elsewhere
LOCAL 5
LOCALLY 7 debut
LOCAO 5
LOCHAN 6
LOCON 5
LOHOCH 6
LONCO 5
LOOCH 5
LYNCH 5 debut
NACHO 5
NANCHON 7
NANOCANAL 9
NANOCLAY 8
NONALCOHOL 10
NONCALL 7
NONCANAL 8
NONCLAY 7
NONCLONAL 9
NONCLONALLY 11
NONCOAL 7
NONCOCOA 8
NONCOLA 7
NONCY 5
NONLOCAL 8 debut
NONLOCALLY 10
OCHNA 5
ONYCHA 6
OOLACHAN 8
YACAL 5
YACCA 5
YACON 5
YANACONA 8
YAOCHO 6

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