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August 20, 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 20, 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 ODNPRUW
Spelling Bee for August 20, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter N: February 15, 2020
Center letter U: July 14, 2019

words: 65
score: 411 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 13
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

D x 14
N x 11
O x 2
P x 17
R x 6
U x 12
W x 3

5L x 23
6L x 18
7L x 13
8L x 9
9L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
D 6 5 - 3 - 14
N 3 3 3 2 - 11
O 2 - - - - 2
P 7 4 3 3 - 17
R 2 - 2 1 1 6
U 2 5 5 - - 12
W 1 1 - - 1 3
tot 23 18 13 9 2 65

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DO x 7 DR x 4 DU x 3
DON x 1 DOO x 2 DOU x 3 DOW x 1
NO x 11
OD x 1 OO x 1
PO x 9 PR x 6 PU x 2
RO x 4 RU x 2
UN x 8 UP x 2 UR x 2
WO x 3

cmp 5 6 7 8 9 tot
D - - - 2 - 2
P 1 1 2 - - 4
R - - 2 1 1 4
U - 1 1 - - 2
W - - - - 1 1
tot 1 2 5 3 2 13

debut appearances 14

DOWNPOUR

word       length      
DONOR 5
DOODOO 6
DOOWOP 6
DOUDOU 6
DOUDU 5
DOUNDOUN 8
DOWNPOUR * 8 pangram, debut
DROOP 5
DROPDOWN * 8
DROWN 5
DROWND 6
DUDOU 5
DUNNO 5
DUROOD 6
NONDO 5
NONDONOR 8
NONNO 5
NONODD 6
NONOP 5
NONPOOR 7
NONPRO 6
NONROUND 8
NONRUN 6
NONWOOD 7
NONWORD 7
ODOUR 5
OOWOP 5
PONOR 5
POOPOO 6
POPUP * 5
PORNO 5
POROPORO 8
PORRON 6
POUND 5 debut
POUPOU 6
POWWOW * 6 debut
PRODROP * 7
PRONOUN 7 debut
PROPOUND 8 debut
PROUD 5 debut
PROWORD * 7
PRUNO 5
PUDOR 5
PUNDONOR 8
RONDO 5
ROUND 5
ROUNDUP * 7 debut
ROUNDWOOD * 9
RUNDOWN * 7
RUNROUND * 8
UNDROWN 7
UNPOP 5
UNPROP 6
UNPROUD 7
UNROUND 7
UNWON 5
UNWORN 6
UNWOUND 7
UPPROP * 6
UPWOUND * 7
UROPOD 6
URWORD 6
WOOWOO 6
WOUND 5
WOUNDWOOD * 9

* compound(ish) word

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