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August 4, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 4, 2018, 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 redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter LABKOPY
Spelling Bee for August 4, 2018

words: 118
score: 693 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 10
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 1 AL x 9 AP x 5
BA x 7 BL x 7 BO x 8 BY x 2
KA x 6 KL x 1 KO x 4
LA x 8 LO x 17
OB x 1 OK x 1 OL x 1 OO x 1
PA x 16 PL x 8 PO x 12
YA x 2 YO x 1
YAK x 2

cmp 5 6 7 8 tot
B - 2 1 - 3
L 1 - - 3 4
P - - 1 2 3
tot 1 2 2 5 10

PLAYBOOK

word       length      
ABOLLA 6
ALAAP 5
ALALA 5
ALAPA 5
ALBOLL 6
ALKYL 5
ALLAY 5
ALLOY 5
ALLYL 5
ALOLL 5
APALA 5
APOLLO 6 disallowed elsewhere
APPAL 5
APPALL 6
APPLY 5
BABALA 6
BABBLY 6
BALBOA 6
BALKY 5
BALLBOY * 7 allowed elsewhere
BALLY 5
BALOO 5
BLABBY 6
BLOAK 5
BLOBBY 6
BLOLLY 6
BLOOK 5
BLOOP 5
BLOOPY 6
BOBBLY 6
BOBBOL 6
BOBOL 5
BOOBYALLA 9
BOOKLY 6
BOOLY 5
BOYLA 5
BOYLY 5
BYPLAY * 6
BYPOLL * 6
KABALA 6
KABBALA 7
KALLALOO 8
KALPA 5
KALPAK 6
KAPALA 6
KLAPA 5
KOALA 5
KOLAK 5
KOLLYBA 7
KOLOA 5
LABBA 5
LABLAB 6
LALLY 5
LAOYA 5
LAPALAPA 8
LAPPA 5
LAPPY 5
LAYBY * 5
LOBAL 5
LOBBY 5
LOBLOLLY * 8 allowed elsewhere
LOBOLA 6
LOBOLO 6
LOKAO 5
LOLLOP 6
LOLLOPY 7
LOLLY 5
LOLLYPOP * 8
LOOBY 5
LOOKBOOK * 8 allowed elsewhere
LOOKY 5
LOOPY 5
LOPPY 5
LOYAL 5
LOYALLY 7
OBOLO 5
OKAYLY 6
OLLAY 5
OOLAK 5
PAKALOLO 8
PAKOL 5
PALAK 5
PALAPA 6 allowed elsewhere
PALAY 5
PALLA 5
PALLY 5
PALOLO 6
PALOOKA 7
PALPABLY 8
PALPAL 6
PAOLO 5
PAPAL 5
PAPALLY 7
PAYABLY 7
PAYOLA 6
PLAYA 5
PLAYBALL * 8
PLAYBOOK * 8 pangram
PLAYBOY * 7
PLOOK 5
PLOOKY 6
PLOOP 5
PLOPPY 6
POKAL 5
POLAO 5
POLKA 5
POLLY 5
POLYABOLO 9
POLYALLYL 9
POLYKAY 7
POLYOL 6
POLYP 5
POLYPOLY 8
POPOLO 6
POPPLY 6
YAKAL 5
YAKALO 6
YOLKY 5

* compound(ish) word

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