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


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center letter BACLNOY
Spelling Bee for November 8, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter Y: September 27, 2022
Center letter O: August 27, 2020
Center letter L: May 20, 2020
Center letter A: July 5, 2019

words: 129
score: 790 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 7
bingo: yes

A x 10
B x 66
C x 19
L x 11
N x 18
O x 1
Y x 4

5L x 56
6L x 40
7L x 17
8L x 11
9L x 2
10L x 2
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 4 4 1 1 - - - 10
B 27 25 7 5 1 1 - 66
C 5 5 5 3 - 1 - 19
L 6 4 - 1 - - - 11
N 9 2 4 1 1 - 1 18
O 1 - - - - - - 1
Y 4 - - - - - - 4
tot 56 40 17 11 2 2 1 129

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 7 AL x 3
BA x 38 BL x 5 BO x 22 BY x 1
CA x 12 CO x 7
LA x 5 LO x 6
NA x 8 NO x 10
OB x 1
YA x 3 YO x 1
YOB x 1

cmp 5 7 8 10 tot
B - 1 1 - 2
C - 1 1 1 3
L 1 - 1 - 2
tot 1 2 3 1 7

debut appearances 10
previously disallowed debuts 1
newly disallowed words 1 cocobolo

BALCONY, BALLOONACY

word       length      
NANOBALLOON 11
BALLOONACY 10 pangram
CANNONBALL * 10 debut
BOOBYALLA 9
NONBANANA 9
ABANALLY 8
BABAYLAN 8
BALLCLAY * 8
BALLOONY 8
BANYALLA 8
BONNACON 8
COALBALL * 8
COCOBOLA 8
COCOBOLO 8 newly disallowed
LOBLOLLY * 8 allowed elsewhere
NANOBALL 8
ALBANOL 7
BACALAO 7
BACCALA 7
BALCONY 7 perfect pangram, debut
BALLBOY * 7 debut, previously disallowed
BALLOON 7 debut
BANALLY 7
BONACON 7
CABBALA 7
CABOCLO 7
CALABAN 7
CALLBOY * 7
COLLABO 7
NONBABY 7
NONBALL 7
NONBLOC 7
NONBONY 7
ABANAL 6
ABBACY 6 debut
ABOLLA 6
ALBOLL 6
BABACO 6
BABALA 6
BABBLY 6
BABOON 6 debut
BACCOO 6
BACONY 6
BALBOA 6
BALLAN 6
BALLON 6
BANABA 6
BANANA 6
BANCAL 6
BANYAN 6
BAOBAB 6
BLABBY 6
BLANCO 6
BLOBBY 6
BLOLLY 6
BOBBLY 6
BOBBOL 6
BONBON 6
BONOBO 6
BOOBOO 6
BOOCOO 6
BYLYNA 6
CABALA 6
CABANA 6
CALABA 6
COBBLY 6
COLLAB 6 allowed elsewhere
LABANA 6
LABLAB 6
LOBOLA 6
LOBOLO 6
NOBBLY 6
NONLAB 6
ABACA 5
ABAYA 5
ABOON 5
ALBAN 5
BABBY 5
BABOO 5
BACCA 5
BACCY 5
BACON 5 debut
BACOO 5
BALLY 5
BALOO 5
BANAL 5
BANCO 5
BANNA 5
BANYA 5
BAYAN 5
BLANC 5
BOABY 5
BOBAC 5
BOBBY 5
BOBOL 5
BOCAL 5
BOCCA 5
BOLON 5
BONNY 5
BOOBY 5
BOOLY 5
BOOYA 5
BOYLA 5
BOYLY 5
CABAL 5
CABAN 5
CABBY 5 debut
CAOBA 5
COBBY 5
LABBA 5
LABNA 5
LAYBY * 5
LOBAL 5
LOBBY 5
LOOBY 5
NABAL 5
NABAN 5
NABBY 5
NABLA 5
NABOB 5 debut
NAYAB 5
NOBBY 5
NOBLY 5 debut
NOOBY 5
OBOLO 5
YABBA 5
YABBO 5
YABBY 5
YOBBO 5

* compound(ish) word

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