August 13, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 13, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.
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 L: October 20, 2023Center letter N: June 11, 2021
Identical letters: December 13, 2020
words: 136
score: 708 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 2
compounds: 2
bingo: yes
A x 9
C x 43
H x 33
L x 12
N x 8
T x 22
U x 9
4L x 27
5L x 36
6L x 38
7L x 24
8L x 9
9L x 1
10L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| A | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 |
| C | 3 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| H | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 33 |
| L | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| N | - | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| T | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | 22 |
| U | - | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| tot | 27 | 36 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 136 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AC x 3 | AH x 3 | AN x 1 | AT x 2 |
| CA x 10 | CH x 24 | CL x 5 | CU x 4 |
| HA x 27 | HU x 6 | ||
| LA x 8 | LU x 4 | ||
| NA x 4 | NU x 4 | ||
| TA x 8 | TH x 10 | TU x 4 | |
| UH x 1 | UN x 8 |
| cmp | 8 | tot |
| C | 1 | 1 |
| N | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 2 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 14 |
TULCHAN, UNLATCH
| word | length | |||
| ACANTH | 6 | |||
| ACANTHA | 7 | |||
| ACHA | 4 | |||
| AHATA | 5 | |||
| AHAU | 4 | |||
| AHULL | 5 | |||
| ANCHAL | 6 | |||
| ATHAN | 5 | |||
| ATTACH | 6 | |||
| CACHACA | 7 | |||
| CACHUCA | 7 | |||
| CACHUCHA | 8 | |||
| CALTHA | 6 | |||
| CANCHA | 6 | |||
| CANNACH | 7 | |||
| CANTHAL | 7 | |||
| CATCH | 5 | |||
| CATCHALL | * 8 | debut | ||
| CATH | 4 | |||
| CHAAT | 5 | |||
| CHACHA | 6 | |||
| CHACHACHA | 9 | |||
| CHACHALACA | 10 | |||
| CHALAH | 6 | |||
| CHALAN | 6 | |||
| CHALANT | 7 | |||
| CHALLA | 6 | |||
| CHALLAH | 7 | debut | ||
| CHALLAN | 7 | |||
| CHANA | 5 | |||
| CHANCLA | 7 | |||
| CHANNA | 6 | |||
| CHANT | 5 | |||
| CHANTANT | 8 | |||
| CHAT | 4 | |||
| CHATTA | 6 | |||
| CHAUTHA | 7 | |||
| CHHANA | 6 | |||
| CHULA | 5 | |||
| CHULAN | 6 | |||
| CHULHA | 6 | |||
| CHULTUN | 7 | |||
| CHUT | 4 | |||
| CLACHAN | 7 | |||
| CLATCH | 6 | |||
| CLAUCHT | 7 | |||
| CLUNCH | 6 | |||
| CLUTCH | 6 | debut | ||
| CULCH | 5 | |||
| CULTCH | 6 | |||
| CUTCH | 5 | |||
| CUTCHA | 6 | |||
| HAAT | 4 | |||
| HAHA | 4 | |||
| HALA | 4 | |||
| HALACHA | 7 | |||
| HALAL | 5 | |||
| HALALA | 6 | |||
| HALALAH | 7 | |||
| HALANT | 6 | |||
| HALAU | 5 | |||
| HALL | 4 | |||
| HALLAH | 6 | |||
| HALLAL | 6 | |||
| HALLAN | 6 | |||
| HALLUCAL | 8 | |||
| HALT | 4 | debut | ||
| HANCH | 5 | |||
| HANT | 4 | |||
| HATCH | 5 | |||
| HATH | 4 | |||
| HATHA | 5 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| HATTA | 5 | |||
| HATTAH | 6 | |||
| HAUCH | 5 | |||
| HAUL | 4 | debut | ||
| HAUNCH | 6 | debut | ||
| HAUNT | 5 | |||
| HAUT | 4 | |||
| HUHU | 4 | |||
| HULA | 4 | debut | ||
| HULL | 4 | |||
| HUNCH | 5 | debut | ||
| HUNT | 4 | |||
| HUTCH | 5 | |||
| LANCH | 5 | |||
| LANTHANA | 8 | |||
| LATAH | 5 | |||
| LATCH | 5 | debut | ||
| LATH | 4 | debut | ||
| LAUCH | 5 | |||
| LAUHALA | 7 | |||
| LAUNCH | 6 | debut | ||
| LUACH | 5 | |||
| LUAH | 4 | |||
| LUNCH | 5 | debut | ||
| LUTH | 4 | |||
| NAHUAL | 6 | |||
| NALLAH | 6 | |||
| NATCH | 5 | |||
| NAUTCH | 6 | |||
| NUCHA | 5 | |||
| NUCHAL | 6 | |||
| NULLAH | 6 | |||
| NUTHATCH | * 8 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| TACH | 4 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| TAHA | 4 | |||
| TAHAN | 5 | |||
| TAHUA | 5 | |||
| TANHA | 5 | |||
| TANNAH | 6 | |||
| TATH | 4 | |||
| TATHATA | 7 | |||
| THAA | 4 | |||
| THAN | 4 | |||
| THANA | 5 | |||
| THANAH | 6 | |||
| THANNA | 6 | |||
| THANNAH | 7 | |||
| THAT | 4 | |||
| THATCH | 6 | |||
| THULA | 5 | |||
| THULUTH | 7 | |||
| TUATH | 5 | |||
| TUATHA | 6 | |||
| TUCHUN | 6 | |||
| TULCHAN | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| UHLAN | 5 | |||
| UNCATCH | 7 | |||
| UNCLUTCH | 8 | debut | ||
| UNHALAL | 7 | |||
| UNHAT | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| UNHUNCH | 7 | |||
| UNLATCH | 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| UNLAUNCH | 8 | |||
| UNTHATCH | 8 |
* compound(ish) word