August 3, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

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

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Instructions

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Spelling Bee for August 3, 2018

words: 174
score: 1,246 pts
pangrams: 7
compounds: 7
plurals: 8
bingo: yes

A x 44
C x 74
I x 14
L x 13
M x 25
N x 2
Y x 2

5L x 32
6L x 56
7L x 31
8L x 25
9L x 20
10L x 6
11L x 4

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	5	13	14	3	7	-	2	44
C	14	25	6	15	8	4	2	74
I	3	6	2	1	1	1	-	14
L	2	6	2	3	-	-	-	13
M	6	5	7	2	4	1	-	25
N	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	2
Y	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
tot	32	56	31	25	20	6	4	174

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AC x 18	AL x 8	AM x 7	AN x 11
CA x 30	CI x 12	CL x 16	CY x 16
CAI x 3	CAL x 13	CAM x 4	CAN x 8	CAY x 2
IC x 1	IL x 5	IM x 2	IN x 6
LA x 9	LI x 4
MA x 15	MI x 10
NA x 1	NI x 1
YA x 2

cmp	5	6	7	8	9	tot
C	-	-	-	1	-	1
I	-	1	-	-	-	1
L	1	-	-	-	-	1
M	-	-	2	-	1	3
N	-	-	-	1	-	1
tot	1	1	2	2	1	7

plu	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	1	-	1	-	-	2
C	1	-	2	1	1	5
I	-	1	-	-	-	1
tot	2	1	3	1	1	8

debut appearances	6
previously disallowed debuts	1

CALCIMYCIN, CINNAMYL, CLAIMANCY, CYCLAMIN, INIMICALLY, MANIACALLY, MANICALLY

word	length
ACYCLICALLY	11
ALLYLICALLY	11
CICLACILLIN	11
CYCLACILLIN	11
CALCIMYCIN	10	pangram
CINNAMYCIN	10
CLINICALLY	10
CYCLICALLY	10
INIMICALLY	10	pangram, debut
MANIACALLY	10	pangram, debut
ACLINICAL	9
ACYCLICAL	9
ALICYCLIC	9
AMICYANIN	9
ANACLINAL	9
ANACYCLIC	9
ANNAMYCIN	9
CALCYCLIN	9
CALYCINAL	9
CANAMYCIN	9
CINCINNAL	9
CLAIMANCY	9	pangram
CLINAMINA	^† 9
CLINICIAN	9
CYNICALLY	9
INANIMACY	9
MANICALLY	9	pangram, debut
MIMICALLY	9
MINICANAL	* 9
MINIMYCIN	9
ACALYCAL	8
ANILINIC	8
ANIMALIC	8
CAIMACAM	8
CANALMAN	* 8
CINCINNI	^† 8
CINNAMAL	8
CINNAMIC	8
CINNAMYL	8	pangram
CLAMANCY	8
CLAMMILY	8
CLINALLY	8
CLINICAL	8
CYCLAMIC	8
CYCLAMIN	8	pangram
CYCLICAL	8
CYCLICLY	8
CYCLINAC	8
INIMICAL	8
LACINIAL	8
LAICALLY	8	disallowed elsewhere
LANCININ	8
MANIACAL	8
MILIACIN	8
NANNYCAM	* 8
ACACIIN	7
ACCLAIM	7
ACINACI	^† 7
ACLINAL	7
ACLINIC	7
ACYANIC	7
ACYCLIC	7
ALCANNA	7
ALLICIN	7
ALLYLIC	7
ALMANAC	7
ANCILIA	7
ANCILLA	7
ANIMACY	7
CALCIAN	7
CALYCIN	7
CANNILY	7
CICINNI	^† 7
CLIMACI	^† 7
CYNICAL	7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
LACINIA	7
LILACIN	7
MALACCA	7
MALACIA	7
MALACIC	7
MANCALA	7
MIMICAL	7
MINICAM	* 7
MINICAN	* 7
ACACIA	6
ACACIN	6
ACINIC	6
ACYLAL	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
AMICAL	6
AMIMIC	6
AMINIC	6
AMYLIC	6
ANANCY	6
ANICCA	6
ANILIC	6
CAIMAC	6
CAIMAN	6
CALAMI	6
CALCIC	6
CALCIN	6
CALMLY	6	debut
CAMACA	6
CAMAIL	6
CANCAN	6
CANINI	6
CAYCAY	6
CAYMAN	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CLAMMY	6	debut
CLANCY	6
CLANNY	6
CLINAL	6
CLINIA	6
CLINIC	6
CYANIC	6
CYANIN	6
CYCLAM	6
CYCLIC	6
CYCLIN	6
ILIACI	^† 6
ILICIN	6
IMAMIC	6
IMINIC	6
INCALL	* 6
INIMIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACCIN	6
LACILY	6
LAICAL	6
LANCIN	6
LIMNIC	6
MACANA	6
MANACA	6
MANCIA	6
MANIAC	6
MINIAC	6
NIACIN	6
ACANA	5
ACINI	5
ACMIC	5
AMICI	^† 5
AMNIC	5
CALIN	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CALMY	5
CAMAN	5
CAMIA	5
CANAL	5
CANNA	5	allowed elsewhere
CANNY	5
CILIA	^† 5
CILLY	5
CLAIM	5
CYCLI	5
CYNIC	5
ICILY	5
ILIAC	5	debut, previously disallowed
INIAC	5
LILAC	5
LINAC	* 5
MACIN	5
MALIC	5
MANCA	5
MANIC	5
MIMIC	5
MINCY	5
YACAL	5
YACCA	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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