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October 16, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 16, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with GR.


Instructions

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center letter AFGLRUY
Spelling Bee for October 16, 2018

words: 151
score: 596 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 4
bingo: yes

A x 43
F x 30
G x 36
L x 13
R x 16
U x 1
Y x 12

4L x 58
5L x 53
6L x 20
7L x 14
8L x 6

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 13 17 7 6 - 43
F 12 6 4 4 4 30
G 11 17 4 3 1 36
L 5 5 2 - 1 13
R 8 5 2 1 - 16
U 1 - - - - 1
Y 8 3 1 - - 12
tot 58 53 20 14 6 151

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AF x 5 AG x 6 AL x 11 AR x 11 AU x 9 AY x 1
FA x 10 FL x 7 FR x 5 FU x 8
GA x 18 GL x 3 GR x 5 GU x 7 GY x 3
GRA x 5
LA x 10 LU x 2 LY x 1
RA x 10 RU x 5 RY x 1
UG x 1
YA x 10 YU x 2

cmp 7 8 tot
F 1 1 2
G 2 - 2
tot 3 1 4

FRUGALLY

word       length      
AFAR 4
AFARA 5
AFFRAY 6
AFFY 4
AFLY 4
AGAL 4
AGAR 4
AGGRY 5
AGRA 4
AGRAFF 6
AGUA 4
ALALA 5
ALAR 4
ALARY 5
ALFALFA 7
ALGA 4
ALGAL 5 allowed elsewhere
ALLAY 5
ALLY 4
ALLYL 5
ALULA 5
ALULAR 6
ARARA 5
ARFAL 5
ARGAL 5
ARGALA 6
ARGUFY 6
ARGYLL 6
ARRAY 5
ARRAYAL 7
ARUGULA 7
ARURA 5
ARYL 4
AUFLAUF 7
AUGUR 5
AUGURAL 7 disallowed elsewhere
AUGURY 6
AULA 4
AURA 4
AURAL 5
AURALLY 7
AURAR 5
AYLLU 5
FAAL 4
FAFF 4
FAFFY 5
FALL 4
FALLAL 6
FALLGUY * 7
FARFAL 6
FARFARA 7
FARL 4
FAUR 4
FLAFF 5
FLAG 4
FLAGARY 7
FLAGFALL * 8
FLAGGY 6
FLARY 5
FLAY 4
FRAG 4
FRAU 4
FRAY 4
FRUGAL 6
FRUGALLY 8 pangram
FUAR 4
FUGA 4
FUGAL 5
FUGALLY 7
FULGURAL 8
FULLA 5
FURAL 5
FURFURAL 8
GAFF 4
GAFFA 5
GAGA 4
GAGGY 5
GALA 4
GALL 4
GALLFLY * 7
GALLU 5
GALLY 5
GARRY 5
GARRYA 6
GARUA 5
GAUR 4
GAURA 5
GAYAL 5
GAYFUL 6
GAYFULLY 8
GAYLY 5
GLARY 5
GLAUR 5
GLAURY 6
GRAF 4
GRAFF 5
GRAY 4
GRAYLAG * 7
GRAYLY 6
GUAR 4
GUARA 5
GUGA 4
GULA 4
GULAG 5
GULAL 5
GULAR 5
GYRA 4
GYRAL 5
GYRALLY 7
LAGGY 5 allowed elsewhere
LALL 4
LALLY 5
LALLYGAG 8
LARF 4
LARRY 5
LAULAU 6
LAURA 5
LAURYL 6
LAYA 4
LUAU 4
LUFFA 5
LYRA 4
RAFF 4
RAGA 4
RAGG 4
RAGGA 5
RAGGY 5
RAGU 4 allowed elsewhere
RAGULY 6
RALLY 5
RARF 4
RAYA 4
RUGA 4
RUGAL 5
RUGULA 6
RURAL 5
RURALLY 7
RYAL 4
UGAL 4
YAAR 4
YAFF 4
YAGURA 6
YARAY 5
YARFA 5
YARG 4
YARL 4
YARR 4
YAUL 4
YAYA 4
YUGA 4
YURLA 5

* compound(ish) word

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