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August 28, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 28, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with YA.


Instructions

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center letter NAHLMUY
Spelling Bee for August 28, 2018

words: 97
score: 425 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
bingo: yes

A x 18
H x 8
L x 11
M x 19
N x 23
U x 13
Y x 5

4L x 31
5L x 32
6L x 23
7L x 7
8L x 3
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 5 6 6 - 1 - 18
H 1 1 3 2 1 - 8
L 6 2 3 - - - 11
M 4 7 5 2 1 - 19
N 8 10 5 - - - 23
U 5 4 - 3 - 1 13
Y 2 2 1 - - - 5
tot 31 32 23 7 3 1 97

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 5 AN x 13
HA x 3 HU x 2 HY x 3
LA x 6 LL x 1 LU x 4
MA x 16 MU x 1 MY x 2
NA x 13 NU x 7 NY x 3
UH x 1 UL x 2 UN x 9 UU x 1
YA x 3 YU x 2
YAL x 1 YAM x 1 YAN x 1

cmp 6 7 tot
L 1 - 1
M - 1 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 20

HUMANLY, UNHUMANLY

word       length      
ALAN 4
ALANNA 6
ALANYL 6
ALUMN 5
ALUMNA 6 debut
ANAL 4
ANALLY 6
ANAMU 5
ANAN 4
ANANA 5
ANANYM 6
ANNA 4
ANNAL 5 allowed elsewhere
ANNUAL 6 debut
ANNUALLY 8 debut
ANNUL 5 debut
ANNUM 5
ANYU 4
HALLAN 6
HANMUN 6
HANUMAN 7
HUMAN 5 debut
HUMANLY 7 perfect pangram, debut
HYMN 4
HYMNAL 6 debut
HYMNALLY 8
LALLAN 6
LANA 4
LAUAN 5
LAYAN 5
LAYMAN * 6 debut
LAYN 4
LLYN 4
LUAN 4
LUNA 4 debut
LUNULA 6 debut
LUNY 4
MANA 4
MANAL 5
MANANA 6
MANHAUL * 7
MANHUA 6
MANLY 5 debut
MANNA 5
MANNAN 6
MANNY 5
MANUAL 6 debut
MANUALLY 8 debut
MANUL 5
MANY 4
MAULANA 7
MAUN 4
MAUNNA 6
MUNAL 5
MYNA 4
MYNAH 5 debut
NAAM 4
NAAN 4
NAHUAL 6
NALA 4
NALL 4
NALLA 5
NALLAH 6
NAMUL 5
NANA 4
NANMU 5
NANNA 5
NANNAN 6
NANNY 5
NULL 4
NULLA 5
NULLAH 6
NUMMY 5
NUMNAH 6
NUNLY 5
NUNU 4
NYAH 4
NYALA 5
NYULA 5
UHLAN 5
ULAN 4
ULNA 4 debut
UNAL 4
UNAU 4
UNHALAL 7
UNHUMAN 7 debut
UNHUMANLY 9 pangram, debut
UNLAY 5
UNMAN 5 debut
UNMANLY 7 debut
UNNUN 5
UUYN 4
YALMAN 6
YAMUN 5
YANA 4
YUAN 4 debut
YULAN 5

* compound(ish) word

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