August 6, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

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, alongside other analysis.

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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Spelling Bee for August 6, 2018

Related puzzles

Center 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

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

HANDBILL

word	length
ABANDANNAAD	11
ABANDANNAD	10
BALLABILI	9
LIBIDINAL	9
NANDINIID	9
BANDANNA	8
BANDHANI	8
BILABIAL	8
DAHABIAH	8
DALADALA	8
DHABIHAH	8
HABDALAH	8
HANDBALL	* 8
HANDBILL	* 8	pangram
HANDLAID	* 8
ILLABIAL	8
AHAAINA	7
ALBINAL	7
ANILIID	7
ANILLIN	7
BADLAND	* 7
BALADIN	7
BALANDA	7
BALANID	7
BANDAID	* 7
BANDALA	7
BANDANA	7
BANDINI	7
BANNIAN	7
DHABIHA	7
HAHNIID	7
HALALAH	7
HALLALI	7
IBALIID	7
LALLAND	7
NANDINA	7
ABANAL	6
ABILLA	6
ADLAND	* 6
ALAIHI	6
ALALIA	6
ALANNA	6
ALLIIN	6
ANILID	6
BABALA	6
BABLAH	6
BADIAN	6
BAHADA	6
BAILLI	6
BAININ	6
BALIAN	6
BALLAD	6
BALLAN	6
BALLIA	6
BANABA	6
BANANA	6
BANDHA	6
BANIAN	6
BHABHI	6
BILAND	6
DAHLIA	6
DALAAL	6
DANAID	6
DHANIA	6
DIALID	6
DIALIN	6
HABNAB	6
HADADA	6
HALALA	6
HALLAH	6
HALLAL	6
HALLAN	6
INBAND	* 6
INDABA	6
INLAID	* 6
INLAND	* 6
LABANA	6
LABIAL	6
LABIID	6
LABLAB	6
LABNAH	6
LALLAN	6
LANIID	6
NAIDID	6
NALLAH	6
NANDID	6
NANNAN	6
NIDDAH	6
NINDAN	6
AALII	5
ABADA	5
ABDAL	5
ABHAL	5
ADHAN	5
ADLIB	* 5
AHIND	5
AIDID	5
ALALA	5
ALAND	5
ALBAN	5
ALIBI	5
ANANA	5
ANNAL	5	allowed elsewhere
BADLA	5
BAILA	5
BAILI	5
BANAL	5
BANDA	5
BANDH	5
BANIA	5
BANNA	5
BHAND	5
BINNA	5
BLAIN	5
BLAND	5
DAANA	5
DABBA	5
DADDA	5
DALAL	5
DANDA	5
DANDI	5
DHAAL	5
DHABA	5
DIDNA	5
DILAL	5
DINNA	5
HADAL	5
HADNA	5
HALAL	5
HALDI	5
HALID	5
HANAI	5
HANDI	5
HILAL	5
IDDAH	5
ILALA	5
ILIAD	5	disallowed elsewhere
ILIAL	5
INDAN	5
INDIA	5
INIAD	5
INIAL	5
LABBA	5
LABIA	5
LABNA	5
LANAI	5
LIANA	5
NABAL	5
NABAN	5
NABID	5
NABLA	5
NAIAD	5
NALLA	5
NANNA	5
NIDAL	5
NIDDA	5
ABBA	4
ADAD	4
ADAH	4
ADDA	4
ALAN	4
ALBA	4
ANAL	4
ANAN	4
ANIL	4
ANNA	4
BAAL	4
BABA	4
BAIL	4
BAIN	4
BALD	4
BALL	4
BAND	4
BANI	4
BHAI	4
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLAD	4
BLAH	4
DAAD	4
DAAL	4
DADA	4
DAHI	4
DAHL	4
DALA	4
DALI	4
DALL	4
DANA	4
DAND	4
DHAL	4
DIAD	4
DIAL	4
HADD	4
HAHA	4
HAIL	4
HAIN	4
HALA	4
HALL	4
HAND	4
HILA	4
ILIA	4
INIA	4
LAID	4
LAIN	4
LALL	4
LANA	4
LAND	4
LILA	4
NAAI	4
NAAN	4
NABI	4
NADA	4
NAIB	4
NAIL	4
NAIN	4
NALA	4
NALL	4
NANA	4
NINA	4

* compound(ish) word

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
IB x 1	ID x 1	IL x 5	IN x 9
LA x 17	LI x 3
NA x 23	NI x 5

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