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July 17, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from July 17, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter LBDFINO
Spelling Bee for July 17, 2018

words: 69
score: 450 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 9
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

B x 25
D x 6
F x 6
I x 7
L x 8
N x 10
O x 7

5L x 25
6L x 21
7L x 12
8L x 7
9L x 3
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 11 tot
B 10 5 6 2 1 1 25
D 3 2 - 1 - - 6
F 4 1 1 - - - 6
I 1 3 2 - 1 - 7
L 2 4 1 1 - - 8
N 1 3 2 3 1 - 10
O 4 3 - - - - 7
tot 25 21 12 7 3 1 69

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BI x 12 BL x 6 BO x 7
DI x 3 DO x 3
FI x 2 FL x 2 FO x 2
ID x 1 IN x 5 IO x 1
LI x 6 LO x 2
NO x 10
OB x 5 OL x 1 ON x 1

cmp 6 7 8 9 11 tot
B - 1 2 1 1 5
F - 1 - - - 1
I 2 1 - - - 3
tot 2 3 2 1 1 9

debut appearances 22

BILLIONFOLD, BLINDFOLD, BLOODFIN

word       length      
BILLIONFOLD * 11 pangram
BLINDFOLD * 9 pangram, debut
INFILLION 9
NONILLION 9 debut
BILLFOLD * 8 debut
BLOODFIN * 8 pangram
DOLIOLID 8
LIBIDIBI 8
NONBLIND 8
NONBLOOD 8
NONFLOOD 8
BIFOLIO 7
BILLION 7 debut
BILOBOL 7
BIOFOIL 7
BOILOFF * 7
BOLILLO 7
FINFOLD * 7
INDOLIN 7
INFLOOD * 7
LILIOID 7
NOBILIN 7
NONBOLD 7
BIFOLD 6 debut
BILLIO 6
BILLON 6
BIOOIL 6
BOBBOL 6
DIOBOL 6
DOBLON 6
FOLDON 6
IDOLON 6
INFILL * 6 debut
INFOLD * 6
LIBIDO 6 debut
LILIID 6
LOBOLO 6
LONNIN 6
NONILL 6
NONOIL 6
NONOLD 6
OBLOID 6
OBOLID 6
OBOLOI 6
BILBO 5
BILIN 5
BLIND 5 debut
BLINI 5 debut
BLOND 5 debut
BLOOD 5
BOBOL 5
BOLDO 5
BOLIN 5
BOLON 5
DILDO 5 debut
DINLO 5
DODOL 5
FILLO 5
FLOOD 5 debut
FLOOF 5
FOLIO 5
IODOL 5
LIDOL 5
LININ 5
NOLID 5
OBOLI 5
OBOLO 5
OLOID 5
ONDOL 5

* compound(ish) word

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