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 20, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 20, 2018, including disallowed words.


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 LACHIRV
Spelling Bee for December 20, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter I: February 10, 2024
Center letter R: November 4, 2020
Center letter H: February 7, 2020
Center letter R: July 15, 2019

words: 159
score: 846 pts
pangrams: 3
bingo: yes

A x 26
C x 49
H x 23
I x 8
L x 25
R x 9
V x 19

4L x 34
5L x 43
6L x 39
7L x 18
8L x 14
9L x 7
10L x 3
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 3 7 9 4 2 1 - - 26
C 4 13 13 5 6 4 3 1 49
H 7 5 5 4 2 - - - 23
I 1 3 1 2 - 1 - - 8
L 10 9 5 - 1 - - - 25
R 3 1 1 2 1 1 - - 9
V 6 5 5 1 2 - - - 19
tot 34 43 39 18 14 7 3 1 159

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AC x 3 AL x 9 AR x 11 AV x 2
CA x 20 CH x 16 CI x 7 CL x 6
HA x 17 HI x 6
IL x 8
LA x 18 LI x 7
RA x 5 RH x 1 RI x 3
VA x 8 VI x 11

ARCHIVAL, ARCHRIVAL, CHIVALRIC

word       length      
CALICIVIRAL 11
CALCIVIRAL 10
CARLAVIRAL 10
CHACHALACA 10
ARCHRIVAL 9 pangram
CAILLIACH 9
CALVARIAL 9
CHILIARCH 9
CHIVALRIC 9 pangram
ILARVIRAL 9
RHACHILLA 9
ALCAVALA 8
ARCHIVAL 8 pangram
CAILLACH 8
CALCARIA 8
CALCARIC 8
CALVARIA 8
CHILARIA 8
CHIRALIC 8
HALACHIC 8
HALLICAL 8
LAVALAVA 8
RACHILLA 8
VAALHAAI 8
VICARIAL 8
ACHIRAL 7
ALLARIC 7
ARACIAL 7
ARRIVAL 7
CARACAL 7
CAVALLA 7
CHALARA 7
CHALLAH 7
CHILACA 7
HALACHA 7
HALALAH 7
HALAVAH 7
HALLALI 7
ILIACAL 7
ILLICIA 7
RACHIAL 7
RAILCAR 7
VIRILIA 7
ACHILL 6
ALAIHI 6
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALCAIC 6
ARALIA 6
ARCHIL 6
ARILLI 6
ARVILL 6
CALCAR 6
CALCIC 6
CHALAH 6
CHALLA 6
CHILLA 6
CHILLI 6
CHIRAL 6
CICALA 6
CILIAL 6
CIRRAL 6
CLAVAL 6
CLIVAL 6
CLIVIA 6
HALALA 6
HALAVA 6
HALLAH 6
HALLAL 6
HALVAH 6
ILIACI 6
LACCIC 6
LAHARA 6
LAICAL 6
LARAHA 6
LARVAL 6
RACIAL 6
VALIHA 6
VALVAL 6
VARIAL 6
VILLAR 6
VIRIAL 6
AALII 5
ACRAL 5
ALALA 5
ALVAR 5
ARVAL 5
ARVIL 5
AVAIL 5
CALLA 5
CALLI 5
CALVA 5
CAVAL 5
CAVIL 5
CHILI 5
CHILL 5
CHIRL 5
CILIA 5
CIVIL 5
CLAVA 5
CLAVI 5
CLIVI 5
HALAL 5
HALVA 5
HILAL 5
HILAR 5
HILCH 5
ILALA 5
ILIAC 5
ILIAL 5
LAARI 5
LAHAR 5
LAICH 5
LARCH 5
LARVA 5
LAVIC 5
LAVRA 5
LICHI 5
LILAC 5
RIVAL 5
VALLA 5
VALVA 5
VILLA 5
VILLI 5
VIRAL 5
ALAR 4
ARIL 4
AVAL 4
CALL 4
CARL 4
CILL 4
CIRL 4
HAIL 4
HALA 4
HALL 4
HARL 4
HILA 4
HILI 4
HILL 4
ILIA 4
LAIC 4
LAIR 4
LALL 4
LARI 4
LAVA 4
LIAR 4
LICH 4
LILA 4
LILL 4
LIRA 4
RAIL 4
RIAL 4
RILL 4
VAIL 4
VALI 4
VIAL 4
VILA 4
VILL 4
VIRL 4

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