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August 7, 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 7, 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 CEMNOPT
Spelling Bee for August 7, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter P: February 11, 2023
Center letter M: December 19, 2019
Center letter O: June 8, 2019

words: 87
score: 679 pts
pangrams: 9
compounds: 6
bingo: yes

C x 52
E x 6
M x 3
N x 12
O x 8
P x 4
T x 2

5L x 19
6L x 21
7L x 22
8L x 7
9L x 7
10L x 5
11L x 2
12L x 2
13L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 tot
C 12 12 14 5 3 3 2 1 - 52
E 1 - 4 1 - - - - - 6
M - - 1 - 1 - - - 1 3
N 1 4 - - 3 2 - 1 1 12
O 3 3 2 - - - - - - 8
P 2 1 1 - - - - - - 4
T - 1 - 1 - - - - - 2
tot 19 21 22 7 7 5 2 2 2 87

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 6 CM x 1 CO x 44 CT x 1
COC x 3 COM x 18 CON x 16 COO x 4 COP x 1 COT x 2
EC x 4 EM x 1 EN x 1
ME x 1 MO x 2
NE x 1 NO x 11
OC x 4 ON x 3 OT x 1
PE x 3 PO x 1
TE x 1 TO x 1

cmp 5 6 8 9 tot
C - 1 - 1 2
E 1 - - - 1
O - 1 - - 1
T - 1 1 - 2
tot 1 3 1 1 6

debut appearances 29

COMPETENCE, COMPETENT, COMPONENT, CONTEMPO, CONTEMPT, MONOCOMPONENT, NONCOMPETE, NONCOMPETENCE, NONCOMPETENT

word       length      
CEMENT 6 debut
CENEME 6
CENOME 6
CENOTE 6
CENTO 5 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CETENE 6
CMENE 5
COCONE 6
COCOON 6
COCOTTE 7
COMEN 5
COMET 5 debut
COMMENCE 8 debut
COMMENCEMENT 12 debut
COMMENT 7 debut
COMMON 6
COMMOT 6
COMMOTE 7
COMPETE 7 debut
COMPETENCE 10 pangram, debut
COMPETENT 9 pangram, debut
COMPO 5
COMPONE 7
COMPONEE 8
COMPONENCE 10
COMPONENT 9 pangram, debut
COMPOTE 7 debut
COMTE 5
CONCEPT 7 debut
CONCETTO 8
CONCOCT 7 debut
CONMEN * 6
CONNECT 7 debut
CONNECTOME 10
CONNOTE 7 debut
CONTE 5 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CONTEMN 7 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CONTEMPO 8 pangram
CONTEMPT 8 pangram, debut
CONTENEMENT 11
CONTENT 7 debut
CONTENTMENT 11 debut
CONTO 5
CONTONE 7
COOCOO 6
COOEE 5
COOPETE 7
COOPT 5 debut
COPPE 5
COTTON 6 debut
COTTONTOP * 9
CTENE 5
ECOPOEM 7
ECOPOET 7
ECOTONE 7 debut
ECOTOPE 7
EMCEE * 5
ENTOCONE 8
MENOCTONE 9
MONOCOMPONENT 13 pangram
MONOCOT 7
NEOCON 6
NOCENT 6
NONCE 5
NONCEMENT 9
NONCOM 6
NONCOMMON 9
NONCOMPETE 10 pangram, allowed elsewhere
NONCOMPETENCE 13 pangram
NONCOMPETENT 12 pangram
NONCONTENT 10
NONCOP 6
NONCOTTON 9
OCTENE 6
OCTET 5 debut
OCTETT 6
OCTETTE 7
ONCET 5
ONCOM 5
ONCOME * 6
OTOCONE 7
PECCO 5
PECTEN 6
PENCE 5 debut
POTENCE 7
TENPENCE * 8
TOCOME * 6

* compound(ish) word

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