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September 3, 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 3, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter PFILORT
Spelling Bee for September 3, 2018

words: 73
score: 481 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 19
plurals: 0

F x 5
L x 3
O x 3
P x 36
R x 7
T x 19

5L x 21
6L x 26
7L x 11
8L x 7
9L x 7
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
F - 2 - 1 2 - 5
L - 1 1 1 - - 3
O 1 1 - 1 - - 3
P 15 12 3 3 3 - 36
R - 3 2 1 1 - 7
T 5 7 5 - 1 1 19
tot 21 26 11 7 7 1 73

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
FI x 1 FL x 1 FO x 3
LO x 3
OI x 1 OP x 1 OR x 1
PI x 10 PL x 2 PO x 17 PR x 7
RI x 3 RO x 4
TI x 3 TO x 7 TR x 9
TIP x 3

cmp 6 7 8 9 tot
F - - 1 2 3
L - 1 - - 1
O - - 1 - 1
P 1 1 1 1 4
R 1 2 1 1 5
T 3 1 - 1 5
tot 5 5 4 5 19

debut appearances 21

PORTFOLIO, TROOPLIFT

word       length      
FILLIP 6 debut
FLIPFLOP * 8 debut
FOOLPROOF * 9 debut
FORPIT 6
FORPROFIT * 9
LOLLIPOP 8 debut
LOLLOP 6
LOOPTOP * 7
OILPROOF * 8 debut
OPILIO 6
ORLOP 5 disallowed elsewhere
PILOT 5 debut
PILOTI 6
PIOPIO 6
PIPIPI 6
PIPIRI 6
PIPIT 5
PIROOT 6
PITIRRI 7
PITOT 5
PITPROP * 7
PLITT 5
PLOOP 5
POLIO 5 debut
POLLOI 6
POLTFOOT * 8
POOPOO 6
POORI 5
POORT 5
POPLIT 6
POPOLO 6
POPOTILLO 9
POPPIT 6
POROPORO 8
PORTFOLIO 9 pangram, debut
PORTO 5
POTLI 5
POTOO 5
POTOROO 7
POTTO 5
PRILL 5
PRIOR 5
PROFIT 6 debut
PROOF 5 debut
PROPOFOL 8
PROPROTOR * 9
PROTIP * 6
RIFLIP 6
RIOTPROOF * 9
RIPOFF * 6 debut
ROLLTOP * 7
ROOFTOP * 7 debut
ROOPIT 6
ROTPROOF * 8
TIPITI 6
TIPOFF * 6 debut
TIPTOP * 6 debut
TOLIPROLOL 10
TOOLTIP * 7
TOPIL 5
TOPLIT * 6
TOPOI 5
TOPPO 5
TORPOR 6
TRILOOP 7
TRIPIT 6
TRIPLOT 7
TRIPOLI 7
TROLLOP 7
TROOP 5
TROOPLIFT * 9 pangram
TROPO 5
TROPPO 6

* compound(ish) word

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