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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
plurals: 3
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
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

plu 5 6 8 tot
C - 1 - 1
P 1 - - 1
T - - 1 1
tot 1 1 1 3

debut appearances 29

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

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

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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