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August 19, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 19, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AF.


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center letter FAEILMN
Spelling Bee for August 19, 2023

words: 148
score: 746 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 2
compounds: 21
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AF x 5 AL x 7 AM x 1
AFA x 2 AFF x 2 AFL x 1
EF x 1 EL x 3 EN x 1
FA x 27 FE x 20 FI x 23 FL x 15
IF x 1 IM x 1 IN x 10
LE x 5 LI x 5
MA x 5 ME x 1 MI x 4
NA x 5 NE x 2 NI x 6

cmp 6 7 8 tot
F 2 3 2 7
I 3 - 1 4
L - - 5 5
M - - 4 4
N - - 1 1
tot 5 3 13 21

plu 6 7 8 tot
F 1 1 1 3
tot 1 1 1 3

debut appearances 3

AMIFLAMINE, FEMINAL, FILENAME, INFLAME, LEAFMINE

word       length      
AFALINA 7
AFAMIN 6
AFFINAL 7
AFFINE 6
AFLAME 6
ALEF 4
ALFAIA 6
ALFALFA 7
ALFIL 5
ALFIN 5
ALIEF 5
ALIF 4
AMIFLAMINE 10 pangram
EFFELL 6
ELAFIN 6
ELFEN 5
ELFIN 5
ENFLAME 7
FAAL 4
FAENA 5
FAFF 4
FAFFLE 6
FAIL 4
FAILLE 6
FAIN 4
FAINNE 6
FALAFEL 7
FALL 4
FALLAL 6
FALLEN 6
FAME 4
FAMIL 5
FAMILIA 7
FAMILIAE  8
FAMILIAL 8
FAMILLE 7
FAMINE 6 debut
FANA 4
FANAL 5
FANAM 5
FANE 4
FANFILM * 7
FANLEAF * 7
FANMAIL * 7
FANNEL 6
FEAL 4
FEEL 4
FEELIE 6
FEEN 4
FELAFEL 7
FELINE 6
FELL 4
FELLA 5
FEMALE 6
FEMALIA 7
FEME 4
FEMINA 6
FEMINAL 7 perfect pangram
FEMINIE  7
FEMININE 8
FEMME 5
FENI 4
FENMAN * 6
FENMEN *  6
FENNEL 6
FIEF 4
FIFE 4
FIFI 4
FIFIE 5
FIFINELLA 9
FILA 4
FILAMIN 7
FILE 4
FILENAME * 8 pangram, debut
FILIAL 6
FILL 4
FILM 4
FILMI 5
FINAL 5
FINALE 6
FINE 4
FINELEAF * 8
FINIAL 6
FINIF 5
FINIFF 6
FINNA 5
FINNIF 6
FINNIFF 7
FLAFF 5
FLAIL 5
FLAM 4
FLAME 5
FLAMEN 6
FLAN 4
FLANNEL 7
FLANNEN 7
FLANNIE 7
FLEA 4
FLEAM 5
FLEE 4
FLEEN 5
FLIE 4
FLIMFLAM 8
IFIL 4
IMAFEN 6
INFALL * 6
INFALLEN * 8
INFAME 6
INFAMIE 7
INFELL * 6
INFILL * 6
INFILM 6
INFIMA 6
INFIMAL 7
INFLAME 7 perfect pangram, debut
LEAF 4
LEAFEN 6
LEAFFALL * 8
LEAFMEAL * 8
LEAFMINE * 8 pangram
LIEF 4
LIFE 4
LIFELINE * 8
LIFIE 5
LINEFILL * 8
MAFE 4
MAFFLE 6
MAFIA 5
MAILFILE * 8
MAINFALL * 8
MEFF 4
MIFF 4
MILF 4
MINELIFE * 8
MINIFILM * 8
NAFEN 5
NAFF 4
NAIF 4
NAILFILE * 8
NALMEFENE 9
NEAF 4
NEIF 4
NIEF 4
NIFE 4
NIFF 4
NIFFLE 6
NIFFNAFF 8
NIFLE 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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