August 6, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 6, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with HI.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Please note: This is not the solution set for today’s Spelling Bee, which instead uses N as the center letter. For that solution set, click the date highlighted below.
Related puzzles
Center letter N: November 25, 2024 ← latestCenter letter B: October 29, 2023
Center letter L: May 31, 2020
Center letter I: September 12, 2019
words: 219
score: 999 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 10
bingo: yes
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AA x 1 | AB x 8 | AD x 6 | AH x 2 | AI x 1 | AL x 11 | AN x 9 |
| BA x 42 | BH x 3 | BI x 3 | BL x 6 | |||
| DA x 21 | DH x 6 | DI x 7 | ||||
| HA x 27 | HI x 2 | |||||
| HIL x 2 | ||||||
| IB x 1 | ID x 1 | IL x 5 | IN x 9 | |||
| LA x 17 | LI x 3 | |||||
| NA x 23 | NI x 5 |
| cmp | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| A | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| B | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| H | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| I | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| tot | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| debut appearances | 15 |
HANDBILL
| word | length | |||
| AALII | 5 | |||
| ABADA | 5 | |||
| ABANAL | 6 | |||
| ABANDANNAAD | 11 | |||
| ABANDANNAD | 10 | |||
| ABBA | 4 | |||
| ABDAL | 5 | |||
| ABHAL | 5 | |||
| ABILLA | 6 | |||
| ADAD | 4 | |||
| ADAH | 4 | |||
| ADDA | 4 | |||
| ADHAN | 5 | |||
| ADLAND | * 6 | |||
| ADLIB | * 5 | |||
| AHAAINA | 7 | |||
| AHIND | 5 | |||
| AIDID | 5 | |||
| ALAIHI | 6 | |||
| ALALA | 5 | |||
| ALALIA | 6 | |||
| ALAN | 4 | |||
| ALAND | 5 | |||
| ALANNA | 6 | |||
| ALBA | 4 | |||
| ALBAN | 5 | |||
| ALBINAL | 7 | |||
| ALIBI | 5 | |||
| ALLIIN | 6 | |||
| ANAL | 4 | |||
| ANAN | 4 | |||
| ANANA | 5 | |||
| ANIL | 4 | |||
| ANILID | 6 | |||
| ANILIID | 7 | |||
| ANILLIN | 7 | |||
| ANNA | 4 | |||
| ANNAL | 5 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| BAAL | 4 | |||
| BABA | 4 | |||
| BABALA | 6 | |||
| BABLAH | 6 | |||
| BADIAN | 6 | |||
| BADLA | 5 | |||
| BADLAND | * 7 | |||
| BAHADA | 6 | |||
| BAIL | 4 | |||
| BAILA | 5 | |||
| BAILI | 5 | |||
| BAILLI | 6 | |||
| BAIN | 4 | |||
| BAININ | 6 | |||
| BALADIN | 7 | |||
| BALANDA | 7 | |||
| BALANID | 7 | |||
| BALD | 4 | |||
| BALIAN | 6 | |||
| BALL | 4 | |||
| BALLABILI | 9 | |||
| BALLAD | 6 | |||
| BALLAN | 6 | |||
| BALLIA | 6 | |||
| BANABA | 6 | |||
| BANAL | 5 | debut | ||
| BANANA | 6 | |||
| BAND | 4 | debut | ||
| BANDA | 5 | |||
| BANDAID | * 7 | |||
| BANDALA | 7 | |||
| BANDANA | 7 | debut | ||
| BANDANNA | 8 | debut | ||
| BANDH | 5 | |||
| BANDHA | 6 | |||
| BANDHANI | 8 | |||
| BANDINI | 7 | |||
| BANI | 4 | |||
| BANIA | 5 | |||
| BANIAN | 6 | |||
| BANNA | 5 | |||
| BANNIAN | 7 | |||
| BHABHI | 6 | |||
| BHAI | 4 | |||
| BHAND | 5 | |||
| BILABIAL | 8 | |||
| BILAND | 6 | |||
| BINNA | 5 | |||
| BLAA | 4 | |||
| BLAB | 4 | |||
| BLAD | 4 | |||
| BLAH | 4 | |||
| BLAIN | 5 | |||
| BLAND | 5 | debut | ||
| DAAD | 4 | |||
| DAAL | 4 | |||
| DAANA | 5 | |||
| DABBA | 5 | |||
| DADA | 4 | |||
| DADDA | 5 | |||
| DAHABIAH | 8 | |||
| DAHI | 4 | |||
| DAHL | 4 | |||
| DAHLIA | 6 | debut | ||
| DALA | 4 | |||
| DALAAL | 6 | |||
| DALADALA | 8 | |||
| DALAL | 5 | |||
| DALI | 4 | |||
| DALL | 4 | |||
| DANA | 4 | |||
| DANAID | 6 | |||
| DAND | 4 | |||
| DANDA | 5 | |||
| DANDI | 5 | |||
| DHAAL | 5 | |||
| DHABA | 5 | |||
| DHABIHA | 7 | |||
| DHABIHAH | 8 | |||
| DHAL | 4 | |||
| DHANIA | 6 | |||
| DIAD | 4 | |||
| DIAL | 4 | |||
| DIALID | 6 | |||
| DIALIN | 6 | |||
| DIDNA | 5 | |||
| DILAL | 5 | |||
| DINNA | 5 | |||
| HABDALAH | 8 | |||
| HABNAB | 6 | |||
| HADADA | 6 | |||
| HADAL | 5 | |||
| HADD | 4 | |||
| HADNA | 5 | |||
| HAHA | 4 | |||
| HAHNIID | 7 | |||
| HAIL | 4 | debut | ||
| HAIN | 4 | |||
| HALA | 4 | |||
| HALAL | 5 | debut | ||
| HALALA | 6 | |||
| HALALAH | 7 | |||
| HALDI | 5 | |||
| HALID | 5 | |||
| HALL | 4 | debut | ||
| HALLAH | 6 | |||
| HALLAL | 6 | |||
| HALLALI | 7 | |||
| HALLAN | 6 | |||
| HANAI | 5 | |||
| HAND | 4 | |||
| HANDBALL | * 8 | debut | ||
| HANDBILL | * 8 | pangram, debut | ||
| HANDI | 5 | |||
| HANDLAID | * 8 | |||
| HILA | 4 | |||
| HILAL | 5 | |||
| IBALIID | 7 | |||
| IDDAH | 5 | |||
| ILALA | 5 | |||
| ILIA | 4 | |||
| ILIAD | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| ILIAL | 5 | |||
| ILLABIAL | 8 | |||
| INBAND | * 6 | |||
| INDABA | 6 | |||
| INDAN | 5 | |||
| INDIA | 5 | |||
| INIA | 4 | |||
| INIAD | 5 | |||
| INIAL | 5 | |||
| INLAID | * 6 | debut | ||
| INLAND | * 6 | debut | ||
| LABANA | 6 | |||
| LABBA | 5 | |||
| LABIA | 5 | |||
| LABIAL | 6 | |||
| LABIID | 6 | |||
| LABLAB | 6 | |||
| LABNA | 5 | |||
| LABNAH | 6 | |||
| LAID | 4 | |||
| LAIN | 4 | |||
| LALL | 4 | |||
| LALLAN | 6 | |||
| LALLAND | 7 | |||
| LANA | 4 | |||
| LANAI | 5 | |||
| LAND | 4 | |||
| LANIID | 6 | |||
| LIANA | 5 | |||
| LIBIDINAL | 9 | debut | ||
| LILA | 4 | |||
| NAAI | 4 | |||
| NAAN | 4 | |||
| NABAL | 5 | |||
| NABAN | 5 | |||
| NABI | 4 | |||
| NABID | 5 | |||
| NABLA | 5 | |||
| NADA | 4 | |||
| NAIAD | 5 | debut | ||
| NAIB | 4 | |||
| NAIDID | 6 | |||
| NAIL | 4 | |||
| NAIN | 4 | |||
| NALA | 4 | |||
| NALL | 4 | |||
| NALLA | 5 | |||
| NALLAH | 6 | |||
| NANA | 4 | |||
| NANDID | 6 | |||
| NANDINA | 7 | |||
| NANDINIID | 9 | |||
| NANNA | 5 | |||
| NANNAN | 6 | |||
| NIDAL | 5 | |||
| NIDDA | 5 | |||
| NIDDAH | 6 | |||
| NINA | 4 | |||
| NINDAN | 6 |
* compound(ish) word