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December 23, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 23, 2018.


Instructions

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center letter ABCIKLM
Spelling Bee for December 23, 2018

words: 62
score: 251 pts
pangrams: 1
bingo: yes

A x 8
B x 16
C x 11
I x 5
K x 2
L x 9
M x 11

4L x 26
5L x 19
6L x 7
7L x 2
8L x 5
9L x 3

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 1 4 2 1 - - 8
B 8 2 - 1 2 3 16
C 4 5 1 - 1 - 11
I 2 2 1 - - - 5
K - - - - 2 - 2
L 4 3 2 - - - 9
M 7 3 1 - - - 11
tot 26 19 7 2 5 3 62

BLACKMAIL

word       length      
ABACI 5
ABACK 5
ACACIA 6
ACAI 4
ACCLAIM 7
ALACK 5
ALIBI 5
ALKALI 6
BABA 4
BABKA 5
BACILLI 7
BACK 4
BAIL 4
BALALAIKA 9
BALK 4
BALL 4
BALM 4
BIBLICAL 8
BILABIAL 8
BLAB 4
BLACK 5
BLACKBALL 9
BLACKMAIL 9 pangram
BLAM 4
CABAL 5
CABALA 6
CALL 4
CALLA 5
CALLBACK 8
CALM 4
CAMI 4
CILIA 5
CLACK 5
CLAIM 5
CLAM 4
IAMB 4
IAMBI 5
IAMBIC 6
ILIAC 5
IMAM 4
KICKBACK 8
KICKBALL 8
LABIA 5
LABIAL 6
LACK 4
LAIC 4
LAICAL 6
LAMA 4
LAMB 4
LILAC 5
LLAMA 5
MACK 4 disallowed elsewhere
MAIL 4
MAIM 4
MAKI 4
MALIC 5
MALL 4
MAMA 4
MAMBA 5
MAMMA 5
MAMMAL 6
MICA 4

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