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September 9, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 9, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter RBGHOTU
Spelling Bee for September 9, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter G: January 25, 2023
Center letter H: December 19, 2021
Center letter O: December 12, 2020

words: 64
score: 384 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 11
bingo: yes

B x 20
G x 5
H x 1
O x 7
R x 11
T x 18
U x 2

5L x 31
6L x 18
7L x 9
8L x 4
9L x 1
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
B 9 6 3 1 1 - 20
G 3 2 - - - - 5
H - 1 - - - - 1
O 3 - 3 1 - - 7
R 6 3 1 1 - - 11
T 8 6 2 1 - 1 18
U 2 - - - - - 2
tot 31 18 9 4 1 1 64

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BO x 6 BR x 8 BU x 6
GO x 1 GR x 3 GU x 1
GOR x 1
HO x 1
OG x 1 OR x 2 OU x 4
RO x 9 RU x 2
TH x 6 TO x 2 TR x 6 TU x 4
UH x 1 UR x 1

cmp 6 7 8 10 tot
B 1 - 1 - 2
O - 2 1 - 3
R 2 1 1 - 4
T - 1 - 1 2
tot 3 4 3 1 11

debut appearances 19

BROUGHT

word       length      
BOORT 5
BOORU 5
BORBORBOR 9
BORGO 5
BOROUGH 7 debut
BOURG 5 debut, disallowed elsewhere
BROGH 5
BROHUG * 6
BROOGH 6
BROTH 5 debut
BROUGH 6
BROUGHT 7 perfect pangram, debut
BRUBRU 6
BRUGH 5
BURBOT 6 debut
BURGH 5 debut
BURGOO 6 debut
BURGOUT 7
BURRO 5 debut
BUTTHURT * 8
GORRU 5
GROTTO 6
GROUT 5
GRUGRU 6
GUROO 5
HORROR 6
OGOGORO 7
ORTHO 5
ORUTU 5
OUTRO 5
OUTROOT * 7
OUTTHROB * 8
OUTTROT * 7
ROBOT 5
ROHOB 5
ROOTROT * 7
ROTGUT * 6
ROTOR 5
ROUGH 5
ROUGHOUT * 8
ROUGHT 6
ROUTH 5
RUBOR 5
RUBOUT * 6
THORO 5
THOROUGH 8 debut
THROB 5 debut
THROUGH 7 debut
THROUGHOUT * 10 debut
THRUOUT * 7
TOGROG 6
TOROTH 6
TROTH 5
TROTRO 6
TROUGH 6 debut
TROUT 5
TRUGG 5
TRUTH 5 debut
TURBO 5 debut
TURBOT 6 debut
TURGOR 6
TUTOR 5
UHURU 5
URUBU 5

* compound(ish) word

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