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August 8, 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 8, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter AEHLNVY
Spelling Bee for August 8, 2018

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Center letter N: August 13, 2019

words: 94
score: 549 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 19
E x 3
H x 32
L x 12
N x 10
V x 16
Y x 2

5L x 46
6L x 31
7L x 10
8L x 7

  5 6 7 8 tot
A 8 7 2 2 19
E 2 - - 1 3
H 13 12 5 2 32
L 5 6 - 1 12
N 7 2 1 - 10
V 10 3 2 1 16
Y 1 1 - - 2
tot 46 31 10 7 94

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 13 AN x 4 AV x 1 AY x 1
AVE x 1
EL x 2 EN x 1
HA x 16 HE x 11 HY x 5
LA x 6 LE x 6
NA x 9 NY x 1
VA x 9 VE x 7
YA x 1 YE x 1

cmp 7 tot
A 1 1
H 2 2
tot 3 3

plu 5 6 7 tot
H - 1 1 2
V 1 1 - 2
tot 1 2 1 4

debut appearances 27

HEAVENLY

word       length      
ALLYLENE 8
AVELLANE 8
ENALLENE 8
HEAVENLY 8 pangram, debut
HELVELLA 8
LAVALAVA 8
VALYLENE 8
ALLENYL 7
ALLHEAL * 7
HALALAH 7
HALAVAH 7
HAVENAE * 7
HEALALL * 7
HYAENAE  7
NAVALLY 7 debut, disallowed elsewhere
VELELLA 7
VENALLY 7 debut
ALANNA 6
ALANYL 6
ALLELE 6
ALLENE 6
ANALLY 6
ANNEAL 6
AYEAYE 6
HALALA 6
HALAVA 6
HALLAH 6
HALLAL 6
HALLAN 6
HALLEL 6
HALVAH 6 debut
HEALEE 6
HEAVEN 6 debut
HYAENA 6
HYALEA 6
HYENAE  6
LALLAN 6
LANELY 6
LEALLY 6
LEANLY 6
LEAVEE 6
LEAVEN 6 debut
NALLAH 6
NANNAN 6
VALLEY 6 debut
VALVAE  6
VALVAL 6
YEEHAH 6
ALALA 5
ALANE 5
ALLAY 5
ALLEE 5
ALLEY 5
ALLYL 5
ANANA 5
ANNAL 5 allowed elsewhere
ELAYL 5
ELVAN 5
HALAL 5
HALVA 5 debut
HALVE 5 debut
HAVAN 5
HAVEN 5 debut
HAYEY 5
HEAVE 5 debut
HEAVY 5 debut
HELLA 5
HENNA 5
HEVEA 5
HEVVA 5
HYENA 5
LALLY 5
LAVVY 5
LAYAN 5
LEAVE 5 debut
LEVAN 5
NALLA 5
NANNA 5
NANNY 5
NAVAL 5 debut
NAVEL 5 debut
NAVVY 5
NYALA 5
VALLA 5
VALVA 5
VALVE 5 debut
VALYL 5
VANNA 5
VEALY 5
VEENA 5
VELAL 5
VENAE  5
VENAL 5 debut
YALAH 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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