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August 31, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 31, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with DO.


Instructions

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center letter BACDKOR
Spelling Bee for August 31, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter O: September 17, 2024
Center letter C: August 28, 2023

words: 153
score: 733 pts
pangrams: 5
compounds: 17
bingo: yes

A x 24
B x 78
C x 21
D x 14
K x 7
O x 3
R x 6

4L x 47
5L x 48
6L x 25
7L x 15
8L x 9
9L x 7
10L x 1
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 5 11 6 1 - - - 1 24
B 29 20 12 8 6 2 1 - 78
C 5 5 2 4 1 4 - - 21
D 4 7 3 - - - - - 14
K 3 2 2 - - - - - 7
O 1 1 - 1 - - - - 3
R - 2 - 1 2 1 - - 6
tot 47 48 25 15 9 7 1 1 153

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 16 AD x 2 AR x 6
BA x 30 BO x 36 BR x 12
CA x 9 CO x 9 CR x 3
DA x 5 DO x 6 DR x 3
DOA x 1 DOB x 2 DOD x 1 DOO x 2
KA x 4 KO x 2 KR x 1
OA x 1 OB x 2
RA x 2 RO x 4

cmp 6 7 8 9 tot
B - 2 4 1 7
C 1 - 1 4 6
D 1 - - - 1
O - 1 - - 1
R - - 1 1 2
tot 2 3 6 6 17

debut appearances 13

BACKBOARD, BACKDOOR, BACKROAD, CORKBOARD, RACKBOARD

word       length      
ABACA 5
ABACK 5
ABADA 5
ABAKA 5
ABBA 4
ABDO 4
ABKAR 5
ABOARD 6 debut
ABOB 4
ABORAD 6
ABORD 5
ABRA 4
ABRACADABRA 11 debut
ABROAD 6 debut
ABROOD 6
ABROOK 6
ADOBO 5
ADORB 5
ARABA 5
ARAROBA 7
ARBA 4
ARBOR 5
AROBA 5
ARROBA 6
BABA 4
BABACO 6
BABKA 5
BABOO 5
BACCA 5
BACCARA 7
BACCOO 6
BACK 4
BACKARARAR 10
BACKARC * 7
BACKBOARD * 9 pangram, debut
BACKCARD * 8
BACKDOOR * 8 pangram, debut
BACKROAD * 8 pangram
BACOO 5
BAKA 4
BAKKRA 6
BAOBAB 6
BARA 4
BARB 4
BARBACK * 7 allowed elsewhere
BARBACOA 8 allowed elsewhere
BARD 4
BARDO 5
BARK 4
BARKADA 7
BAROCCO 7
BARRA 5
BARRACK 7
BARRAD 6
BOAB 4
BOAK 4
BOAR 4
BOARD 5 debut
BOBA 4
BOBAC 5
BOBAK 5
BOBAR 5
BOBBAR 6
BOBO 4
BOCA 4
BOCCA 5
BOCK 4
BOCOR 5
BODABODA 8
BODARK 6
BODOCK 6
BOKA 4
BOKO 4
BOKOR 5
BOOB 4
BOOBOO 6
BOOBOOK 7
BOOCOO 6
BOOK 4
BOOKOO 6
BOOKRACK * 8 debut
BOOR 4
BORA 4
BORAK 5
BORBORBOR 9
BORD 4
BORDAR 6
BORK 4
BORO 4
BORRA 5
BRACK 5
BRAD 4
BRAK 4
BROA 4
BROAD 5 debut
BROB 4
BROCARD 7
BROCK 5
BROD 4
BROO 4
BROOD 5
BROOK 5
CABA 4
CAOBA 5
CARABAO 7
CARB 4
CARBO 5
CARBORA 7
CARBRO * 6
CARDBOARD * 9 debut
CAROB 5 debut
COARB 5
COBB 4
COBBRA 6
COBOARD 7
COBRA 5 debut
COOKBOOK * 8
CORB 4
CORDOBA 7
CORKBOARD * 9 pangram, debut
CRAB 4
CRACKBACK * 9
CROOKBACK * 9
DABAO 5
DABBA 5
DADBOD * 6
DARB 4
DARBAR 6
DOAB 4
DOBRA 5
DOBRO 5
DODAB 5
DOOB 4
DOODAB 6
DRAB 4
DRABA 5
DROOB 5
KABAKA 6
KABOB 5 debut
KABOOK 6
KAROB 5
KOBA 4
KOBO 4
KRAB 4
OAKBARK * 7
OBBO 4
OBROK 5
RABAB 5
RACKBOARD * 9 pangram
ROADBOOK * 8
ROBAB 5
ROBOCAR 7
ROORBACK 8

* compound(ish) word

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