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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 AD.


Instructions

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center letter ABDHILN
Spelling Bee for August 6, 2018

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  ← latest
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

A x 38
B x 54
D x 34
H x 29
I x 16
L x 20
N x 28

4L x 63
5L x 67
6L x 53
7L x 20
8L x 11
9L x 3
10L x 1
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 10 14 8 4 - - 1 1 38
B 13 12 16 9 3 1 - - 54
D 13 11 6 1 3 - - - 34
H 8 8 6 3 4 - - - 29
I 2 8 4 1 1 - - - 16
L 6 5 7 1 - 1 - - 20
N 11 9 6 1 - 1 - - 28
tot 63 67 53 20 11 3 1 1 219

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
ADA x 2 ADD x 1 ADH x 1 ADL x 2
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

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

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