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October 5, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 5, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with OR.


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center letter IHLNORT
Spelling Bee for October 5, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter R: December 30, 2022

words: 170
score: 807 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

H x 11
I x 20
L x 23
N x 27
O x 12
R x 14
T x 63

4L x 56
5L x 39
6L x 33
7L x 17
8L x 13
9L x 8
10L x 2
11L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
H 7 3 - 1 - - - - 11
I 6 6 3 1 2 1 1 - 20
L 12 3 6 - - 1 - 1 23
N 6 6 8 4 1 1 - 1 27
O 3 1 3 2 3 - - - 12
R 5 2 2 2 2 1 - - 14
T 17 18 11 7 5 4 1 - 63
tot 56 39 33 17 13 8 2 2 170

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
HI x 6 HO x 5
IL x 5 IN x 13 IR x 2
LI x 17 LO x 6
NI x 8 NO x 19
OI x 1 OL x 2 ON x 3 OO x 1 OR x 3 OT x 2
ORI x 2 ORN x 1
RH x 3 RI x 4 RO x 7
TH x 14 TI x 14 TO x 14 TR x 21

cmp 4 6 7 8 9 tot
I 1 1 - - - 2
T - - 1 1 1 3
tot 1 1 1 1 1 5

debut appearances 8
previously disallowed debuts 1

RHINOLITH, TRILITHON, TRILLIONTH

word       length      
HILI 4
HILL 4
HILOT 5
HILT 4
HINT 4
HIRN 4
HOIHO 5
HOIT 4
HOLIN 5
HORI 4
HORNITO 7
ILLINITION 10
ILLLIT * 6
ILLO 4
ILLTH 5
ILOT 4
INION 5
INNIT 5
INRO 4
INTHRILL 8
INTI 4
INTIL 5
INTO * 4
INTORT 6
INTORTION 9
INTORTOR 8
INTRO 5
INTROIT 7
INTRON 6
IRON 4
IRORI 5
LILITH 6
LILL 4
LILO 4
LILT 4
LININ 5
LINN 4
LINO 4
LINT 4
LINTOL 6
LION 4
LIROT 5
LIROTH 6
LIRT 4
LITH 4
LITHO 5
LITHOTINT 9
LITHOTRITOR 11
LOIN 4
LOIR 4
LONNIN 6
LORIOT 6
LOTI 4
LOTION 6
NIHIL 5
NILL 4
NINON 5
NINTH 5
NITINOL 7
NITON 5
NITRO 5
NITROL 6
NOIL 4
NOIR 4
NOIT 4
NOLITION 8
NONHIT 6
NONI 4
NONILL 6
NONILLION 9
NONILLIONTH 11 debut, previously disallowed, disallowed elsewhere
NONION 6
NONIRON 7
NONITOL 7
NONOIL 6
NONTHIN 7
NONTIN 6
NOOIT 5
NORI 4 allowed elsewhere
NORRIN 6
NOTION 6
OINT 4
OLIO 4
OLITORIN 8
ONION 5
ONOI 4
ONONIN 6
OOLITH 6
ORILLION 8
ORILLON 7
ORNITHON 8
OTOLIN 6
OTOLITH 7
RHINION 7
RHINO 5 debut
RHINOLITH 9 pangram
RILL 4
RIOT 4
RIRORIRO 8
RITT 4
ROIL 4
RONIN 5
ROTI 4
ROTINI 6 allowed elsewhere
ROTOLI 6
ROTOTILL 8 debut
ROTTOLI 7
THILL 5
THIN 4
THINHORN * 8
THIOL 5
THIONIN 7
THIONOL 7
THIR 4
THIRL 5
THOIL 5
THOLI 5
THOLIN 6
THOLOI 6
THORIN 6
THRILL 6 debut
TILI 4
TILL 4
TILT 4
TILTH 5 allowed elsewhere
TILTROTOR * 9
TINHORN * 7 debut
TINT 4
TIRL 4
TIRO 4
TIRR 4
TITHI 5
TITI 4
TITIN 5
TITLO 5
TOIL 4
TOIT 4
TOITOI 6
TONI 4
TONIR 5
TONOI 5
TORI 4
TORII 5
TORIL 5
TORNI 5
TORNILLO 8
TORRIL 6
TORTILLON 9
TORTONI 7
TRILITH 7
TRILITHON 9 pangram
TRILL 5 debut
TRILLI 6
TRILLIN 7
TRILLION 8 debut
TRILLIONTH 10 pangram, debut
TRILLO 6
TRILON 6
TRIN 4
TRINITRIN 9
TRINITRO 8
TRIO 4
TRIOL 5
TRION 5
TRIOR 5
TRIRON 6
TRIT 4
TRITON 6
TRITOON 7
TROTTOIR 8

* compound(ish) word

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