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 12, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 12, 2018, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter ALNRTUY
Spelling Bee for December 12, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter U: July 26, 2022
Center letter R: June 9, 2020
Center letter T: August 7, 2019

words: 71
score: 357 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 20
L x 5
N x 10
R x 8
T x 19
U x 7
Y x 2

4L x 19
5L x 21
6L x 14
7L x 9
8L x 2
9L x 5
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 11 tot
A 5 7 3 2 2 1 - 20
L 2 1 1 1 - - - 5
N 3 3 1 1 - 2 - 10
R 1 3 2 2 - - - 8
T 5 4 7 2 - 1 - 19
U 1 3 - 1 - 1 1 7
Y 2 - - - - - - 2
tot 19 21 14 9 2 5 1 71

debut appearances 14

NATURALLY, UNNATURALLY

word       length      
ALLAY 5
ALLY 4
ALTAR 5
ANAL 4
ANALLY 6
ANNUAL 6
ANNUALLY 8
ANNUL 5
ANNULAR 7 debut
ANNULARLY 9 debut
ARRANT 6
ARRANTLY 8 debut
ARRAY 5
ARTY 4
ATTAR 5
AUNT 4
AUNTY 5
AURA 4
AURAL 5
AURALLY 7
LUAU 4
LUNA 4
LUNAR 5 debut
LUNULA 6
LUNULAR 7 debut, disallowed elsewhere
NAAN 4
NANA 4
NANNY 5
NARY 4
NATAL 5 debut
NATANT 6
NATTY 5
NATURAL 7 debut
NATURALLY 9 pangram, debut
NURTURANT 9 disallowed elsewhere
RALLY 5
RANT 4
RATATAT 7
RATTAN 6
RATTLY 6
RATTY 5
RURAL 5
RURALLY 7
TALL 4
TALLY 5
TANTARA 7
TANTRA 6
TARANTULA 9 debut
TARRY 5
TART 4
TARTAN 6
TARTAR 6
TARTLY 6
TATTY 5
TAUNT 5
TAUT 4
TAUTLY 6
TRAY 4
TRUANT 6
TUNA 4
TYRANNY 7
TYRANT 6
ULNA 4
ULNAR 5 debut
ULTRA 5
ULULANT 7 debut, disallowed elsewhere
UNARY 5 debut, disallowed elsewhere
UNNATURAL 9 debut
UNNATURALLY 11 pangram, debut
YARN 4
YUAN 4

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