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August 31, 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 31, 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.

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center letter BACDKOR
Spelling Bee for August 31, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter O: September 17, 2024
Center letter C: August 28, 2023

words: 106
score: 686 pts
pangrams: 5
compounds: 17
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 12 AD x 2 AR x 5
BA x 23 BO x 20 BR x 6
CA x 7 CO x 7 CR x 2
DA x 4 DO x 4 DR x 2
KA x 4
KAB x 3 KAR x 1
OA x 1 OB x 1
RA x 2 RO x 4

cmp 6 7 8 9 tot
B - 2 4 1 7
C 1 - 1 4 6
D 1 - - - 1
O - 1 - - 1
R - - 1 1 2
tot 2 3 6 6 17

BACKBOARD, BACKDOOR, BACKROAD, CORKBOARD, RACKBOARD

word       length      
ABACA 5
ABACK 5
ABADA 5
ABAKA 5
ABKAR 5
ABOARD 6
ABORAD 6
ABORD 5
ABRACADABRA 11
ABROAD 6
ABROOD 6
ABROOK 6
ADOBO 5
ADORB 5
ARABA 5
ARAROBA 7
ARBOR 5
AROBA 5
ARROBA 6
BABACO 6
BABKA 5
BABOO 5
BACCA 5
BACCARA 7
BACCOO 6
BACKARARAR 10
BACKARC * 7
BACKBOARD * 9 pangram
BACKCARD * 8
BACKDOOR * 8 pangram
BACKROAD * 8 pangram
BACOO 5
BAKKRA 6
BAOBAB 6
BARBACK * 7 allowed elsewhere
BARBACOA 8 allowed elsewhere
BARDO 5
BARKADA 7
BAROCCO 7
BARRA 5
BARRACK 7
BARRAD 6
BOARD 5
BOBAC 5
BOBAK 5
BOBAR 5
BOBBAR 6
BOCCA 5
BOCOR 5
BODABODA 8
BODARK 6
BODOCK 6
BOKOR 5
BOOBOO 6
BOOBOOK 7
BOOCOO 6
BOOKOO 6
BOOKRACK * 8
BORAK 5
BORBORBOR 9
BORDAR 6
BORRA 5
BRACK 5
BROAD 5
BROCARD 7
BROCK 5
BROOD 5
BROOK 5
CAOBA 5
CARABAO 7
CARBO 5
CARBORA 7
CARBRO * 6
CARDBOARD * 9
CAROB 5
COARB 5
COBBRA 6
COBOARD 7
COBRA 5
COOKBOOK * 8
CORDOBA 7
CORKBOARD * 9 pangram
CRACKBACK * 9
CROOKBACK * 9
DABAO 5
DABBA 5
DADBOD * 6
DARBAR 6
DOBRA 5
DOBRO 5
DODAB 5
DOODAB 6
DRABA 5
DROOB 5
KABAKA 6
KABOB 5
KABOOK 6
KAROB 5
OAKBARK * 7
OBROK 5
RABAB 5
RACKBOARD * 9 pangram
ROADBOOK * 8
ROBAB 5
ROBOCAR 7
ROORBACK 8

* compound(ish) word

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