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August 22, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 22, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter MBELNOT
Spelling Bee for August 22, 2018

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Center letter T: July 6, 2021

words: 158
score: 794 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 12
plurals: 12
bingo: yes

B x 17
E x 16
L x 8
M x 79
N x 13
O x 5
T x 20

4L x 41
5L x 36
6L x 36
7L x 26
8L x 10
9L x 4
10L x 3
11L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
B 3 3 4 5 - 1 1 - 17
E 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 16
L 2 3 1 2 - - - - 8
M 26 19 19 9 5 1 - - 79
N 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 13
O 2 - 1 1 1 - - - 5
T 4 4 5 5 2 - - - 20
tot 41 36 36 26 10 4 3 2 158

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BE x 4 BL x 2 BO x 11
EL x 2 EM x 10 EN x 3 ET x 1
LE x 6 LO x 2
ME x 28 MN x 2 MO x 49
NE x 4 NO x 9
OE x 1 OM x 4
TE x 6 TO x 14

cmp 6 7 8 10 tot
B 1 3 - 1 5
L - 1 - - 1
M - 1 1 - 2
N 1 - 1 - 2
T - 2 - - 2
tot 2 7 2 1 12

plu 6 7 8 tot
B - 3 - 3
L - 1 - 1
M - 1 - 1
N 2 - 1 3
T 1 3 - 4
tot 3 8 1 12

debut appearances 28

ENNOBLEMENT

word       length      
ENNOBLEMENT 11 pangram, debut
NONMONOTONE 11
BELLBOTTOM * 10
ENTOMBMENT 10 debut
NONELEMENT 10
BOMETOLOL 9
EMBLEMENT 9
MELONETTE 9
NONMOLTEN 9
EMBOTTLE 8
MONOLETE 8
MONONEME 8
MONOTONE 8 debut
MOONBOOT * 8
MOONMOON 8
NOBLEMEN *  8 debut
OMELETTE 8 debut
TENEMENT 8
TENOTOME 8
BELLMEN *  7 debut
BELTMEN *  7
BOMBLET 7
BOOMLET 7 debut
BOOTMEN *  7
ELEMENT 7 debut
EMBLOOM 7
EMBOLON 7
LEETMEN *  7
LEMONOL 7
MELLONE 7
MELOMEL 7
MEMENTO 7 debut
MOELLON 7
MOMENTO 7
MONOENE 7
MONONOM 7
MOONLET 7
MOOTMEN *  7
NONBOOM 7
OENOMEL 7
TELEMEN  7
TOLLMEN *  7
TOMBOLO 7
TOMELET 7
TOOLMEN *  7
BEMEET 6
BOMBEE 6
BONMOT * 6
BOTTOM 6
EMBLEM 6 debut
EMBOLE 6
EMBOLO 6
ENTOMB 6 debut
LOMENT 6
MEETEN 6
MELENE 6
MELLON 6
MELTON 6
MEMOME 6
MENTEE 6
MENTON 6
METTLE 6
MNEMON 6
MOLTEN 6 debut
MOMENT 6 debut
MOMMET 6
MONEME 6
MONOME 6
MONTEM 6
MONTON 6
MOOMOO 6
MOTMOT 6
MOTTLE 6 debut
NETMEN *  6
NONMEN  6
OMELET 6 debut
TELOME 6
TEMENE  6
TOMONT 6
TOMTOM 6
TONEME 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
BLOOM 5
BOMBE 5 debut
BOMBO 5
ELMEN 5
EMEME 5
EMMET 5
EMOTE 5 debut
LEMEL 5
LEMME 5
LEMON 5
MELEE 5
MELEM 5
MELLO 5
MELON 5
MENTO 5
METOL 5
MNEME 5
MOBLE 5
MOLLE 5
MOLTO 5
MOMME 5
MOMOT 5
MONME 5
MONTE 5 debut
MOTEL 5 debut
MOTET 5 debut
MOTON 5
MOTTE 5
MOTTO 5
NEEMB 5
NOEME 5
NOMEN 5
TOMBO 5
TOMOE 5
TOMOL 5
TOTEM 5 debut
BLEM 4
BOMB 4 debut
BOOM 4 debut
ETEM 4
LEME 4
LOOM 4
MEEM 4
MEET 4
MELE 4
MELL 4
MELT 4
MEME 4
MEMO 4 debut
MENE 4
METE 4
METT 4
MOBE 4
MOEL 4
MOLE 4
MOLL 4
MOLT 4
MOME 4
MOMO 4
MONE 4
MONO 4
MONT 4
MOOL 4
MOON 4
MOOT 4
MOTE 4 debut
MOTO 4
MOTT 4
NEEM 4
NEMO 4
NOME 4
OMEE 4
OMEN 4 debut
TEEM 4
TOMB 4
TOME 4 debut
TOOM 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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