October 18, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 2022, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
words: 119
score: 830 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 7
plurals: 5
bingo: yes
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AB x 1 | AE x 1 | AF x 5 | AL x 2 |
| BA x 6 | BE x 7 | ||
| DA x 1 | DE x 13 | ||
| EF x 5 | EL x 2 | ||
| FA x 25 | FE x 22 | FL x 18 | |
| LA x 1 | LE x 7 | ||
| TA x 2 | TE x 1 |
| cmp | 7 | 8 | tot |
| D | - | 1 | 1 |
| F | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| L | - | 2 | 2 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| plu | 6 | 8 | tot |
| B | 1 | - | 1 |
| F | - | 3 | 3 |
| L | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| debut appearances | 9 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | abaft |
DEFEATABLE, DEFLATABLE, FLATBED, FLATBEDDED
| word | length | |||
| ABAFT | 5 | newly disallowed | ||
| AEFALD | 6 | |||
| AFETAL | 6 | |||
| AFFABLE | 7 | |||
| AFFEEBLED | 9 | |||
| AFFLATED | 8 | |||
| AFTABA | 6 | |||
| ALEFT | 5 | |||
| ALFALFA | 7 | |||
| BAFFED | 6 | |||
| BAFFLE | 6 | |||
| BAFFLED | 7 | debut | ||
| BAFTA | 5 | |||
| BAFTAE | † 6 | |||
| BATTLEFLEET | 11 | |||
| BEDAFF | 6 | |||
| BEDAFT | 6 | |||
| BEEFED | 6 | |||
| BEFALL | 6 | |||
| BEFELL | 6 | |||
| BEFLEA | 6 | |||
| BEFLEAED | 8 | |||
| DAFFED | 6 | |||
| DEADFALL | * 8 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| DEFAT | 5 | |||
| DEFATTED | 8 | |||
| DEFEAT | 6 | |||
| DEFEATABLE | 10 | pangram | ||
| DEFEATED | 8 | |||
| DEFLATABLE | 10 | pangram | ||
| DEFLATE | 7 | debut | ||
| DEFLATED | 8 | debut | ||
| DEFLEA | 6 | |||
| DEFLEAD | 7 | |||
| DEFLEAED | 8 | |||
| DELFT | 5 | debut | ||
| EFFABLE | 7 | |||
| EFFED | 5 | |||
| EFFELL | 6 | |||
| EFFETE | 6 | |||
| EFFLATE | 7 | |||
| ELFED | 5 | |||
| ELFETTE | 7 | |||
| FABADA | 6 | |||
| FABBED | 6 | |||
| FABELLA | 7 | |||
| FABELLAE | † 8 | |||
| FABLE | 5 | |||
| FABLED | 6 | debut | ||
| FADABLE | 7 | |||
| FADDLE | 6 | |||
| FADDLED | 7 | |||
| FADEABLE | 8 | |||
| FADED | 5 | |||
| FAFFED | 6 | |||
| FAFFLE | 6 | |||
| FAFFLED | 7 | |||
| FALAFEL | 7 | |||
| FALBALA | 7 | |||
| FALDA | 5 | |||
| FALDETTA | 8 | |||
| FALDFEE | 7 | |||
| FALLAL | 6 | |||
| FALLED | 6 | |||
| FATAL | 5 | |||
| FATED | 5 | |||
| FATELE | 6 | |||
| FATTED | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| FEALED | 6 | |||
| FEATED | 6 | |||
| FEDDLE | 6 | |||
| FEDDLED | 7 | |||
| FEEBATE | 7 | |||
| FEEBLE | 6 | |||
| FEEDABLE | 8 | |||
| FEELABLE | 8 | |||
| FEELBAD | 7 | |||
| FELAFEL | 7 | |||
| FELLA | 5 | |||
| FELLABLE | 8 | |||
| FELLATE | 7 | |||
| FELLATED | 8 | debut | ||
| FELLATEE | 8 | |||
| FELLED | 6 | |||
| FELTED | 6 | |||
| FETAL | 5 | |||
| FETED | 5 | |||
| FETTA | 5 | |||
| FETTLE | 6 | |||
| FETTLED | 7 | |||
| FLABELLA | † 8 | |||
| FLABELLATE | 10 | |||
| FLAFF | 5 | |||
| FLAFFED | 7 | |||
| FLATBED | * 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| FLATBEDDED | 10 | pangram | ||
| FLATETTE | 8 | |||
| FLATFEET | * † 8 | |||
| FLATLEAF | * 8 | |||
| FLATLET | 7 | |||
| FLATTED | 7 | |||
| FLEABEETLE | 10 | |||
| FLEAD | 5 | |||
| FLEAED | 6 | |||
| FLEEABLE | 8 | |||
| FLEED | 5 | |||
| FLEET | 5 | |||
| FLEETED | 7 | |||
| LAFFED | 6 | |||
| LEADFEET | * † 8 | |||
| LEAFED | 6 | debut | ||
| LEAFET | 6 | |||
| LEAFFALL | * 8 | |||
| LEAFLET | 7 | |||
| LEAFLETED | 9 | |||
| LEAFLETTED | 10 | |||
| TAFFETA | 7 | |||
| TAFTED | 6 | |||
| TEALEAF | * 7 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun