August 29, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 29, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with RA.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter C: July 3, 2024Center letter R: March 13, 2022
Center letter L: April 26, 2020
Center letter A: October 18, 2019
words: 116
score: 516 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 2
compounds: 15
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
A x 10
C x 28
K x 41
L x 9
O x 6
R x 10
W x 12
4L x 41
5L x 34
6L x 15
7L x 12
8L x 9
9L x 5
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 |
| C | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| K | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | 41 |
| L | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 9 |
| O | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| R | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| W | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| tot | 41 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 116 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AC x 2 | AK x 1 | AL x 3 | AR x 2 | AW x 2 |
| CA x 8 | CL x 5 | CO x 7 | CR x 8 | |
| KA x 20 | KL x 1 | KO x 16 | KR x 4 | |
| LA x 5 | LO x 4 | |||
| OA x 1 | OK x 3 | OL x 1 | OO x 1 | |
| RA x 3 | RO x 7 | |||
| RAC x 3 | ||||
| WA x 8 | WL x 1 | WO x 2 | WR x 1 |
| cmp | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot |
| A | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| C | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| L | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| O | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| W | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| tot | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| debut appearances | 9 |
LACWORK, WARLOCK
| word | length | |||
| ACOCK | 5 | |||
| ACROOK | 6 | |||
| AKARA | 5 | |||
| ALACK | 5 | |||
| ALCOLOCK | 8 | |||
| ALLWORK | * 7 | |||
| ARAK | 4 | |||
| ARRACK | 6 | |||
| AWORK | 5 | |||
| AWRACK | 6 | |||
| CACK | 4 | |||
| CAKRA | 5 | |||
| CALK | 4 | |||
| CARACK | 6 | |||
| CARK | 4 | |||
| CARLOCK | 7 | |||
| CARRACK | 7 | |||
| CAWK | 4 | |||
| CLACK | 5 | |||
| CLACKA | 6 | |||
| CLOAK | 5 | |||
| CLOCK | 5 | |||
| CLOCKWORK | * 9 | debut | ||
| COAK | 4 | |||
| COCK | 4 | |||
| COCKAL | 6 | |||
| COCKCROW | * 8 | |||
| COLORWORK | * 9 | |||
| COOK | 4 | |||
| CORK | 4 | |||
| CRACK | 5 | debut | ||
| CRACKALOO | 9 | |||
| CRACKOW | 7 | |||
| CRAKOW | 6 | |||
| CRAWK | 5 | |||
| CROAK | 5 | |||
| CROCK | 5 | |||
| CROOK | 5 | |||
| KACK | 4 | |||
| KAKA | 4 | |||
| KAKAR | 5 | |||
| KAKKAK | 6 | |||
| KAKRO | 5 | |||
| KALAKAAR | 8 | |||
| KALAKAR | 7 | |||
| KALLALOO | 8 | |||
| KALO | 4 | |||
| KARA | 4 | |||
| KARACK | 6 | |||
| KARAKA | 6 | |||
| KARO | 4 | |||
| KAROO | 5 | |||
| KARORO | 6 | |||
| KARROO | 6 | |||
| KARWA | 5 | |||
| KAWAKA | 6 | |||
| KAWAKAWA | 8 | |||
| KAWAL | 5 | |||
| KLAR | 4 | |||
| KOALA | 5 | |||
| KOARO | 5 | |||
| KOKA | 4 | |||
| KOKAKO | 6 | |||
| KOKKO | 5 | |||
| KOKO | 4 | |||
| KOKRA | 5 | |||
| KOLA | 4 | |||
| KOLAK | 5 | |||
| KOLK | 4 | |||
| KOLO | 4 | |||
| KOLOA | 5 | |||
| KOOK | 4 | |||
| KOOKA | 5 | |||
| KORA | 4 | |||
| KORO | 4 | |||
| KRAAL | 5 | |||
| KRAAR | 5 | |||
| KRAR | 4 | |||
| KROO | 4 | |||
| LACK | 4 | |||
| LACKALL | * 7 | |||
| LACWORK | * 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| LARK | 4 | debut | ||
| LAWK | 4 | |||
| LOCK | 4 | |||
| LOCKWORK | * 8 | |||
| LOKAO | 5 | |||
| LOOK | 4 | |||
| OARLOCK | * 7 | |||
| OKARA | 5 | |||
| OKKA | 4 | |||
| OKRA | 4 | |||
| OLLOCK | 6 | |||
| OOLAK | 5 | |||
| RACK | 4 | debut | ||
| RACKAROCK | * 9 | |||
| RACKWORK | * 8 | |||
| ROCK | 4 | |||
| ROCKWORK | * 8 | |||
| ROKO | 4 | |||
| ROLLOCK | 7 | |||
| ROOK | 4 | |||
| ROWKA | 5 | |||
| ROWLOCK | * 7 | |||
| WACK | 4 | debut | ||
| WACKO | 5 | debut | ||
| WAKA | 4 | |||
| WALK | 4 | debut | ||
| WALLCLOCK | * 9 | |||
| WARK | 4 | |||
| WARLOCK | * 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| WARWORK | * 7 | |||
| WLOKA | 5 | |||
| WOOLWORK | 8 | |||
| WORK | 4 | |||
| WRACK | 5 | debut |
* compound(ish) word