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October 9, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 9, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with OO.


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center letter ODHIKNW
Spelling Bee for October 9, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter I: January 15, 2024
Identical letters: April 1, 2022
Center letter N: March 23, 2020

words: 109
score: 448 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 11
bingo: yes

D x 21
H x 15
I x 5
K x 26
N x 18
O x 10
W x 14

4L x 43
5L x 25
6L x 24
7L x 9
8L x 6
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
D 12 5 3 - 1 - 21
H 7 3 3 - 1 1 15
I 1 1 2 1 - - 5
K 8 6 8 3 1 - 26
N 6 5 3 3 1 - 18
O 3 4 1 2 - - 10
W 6 1 4 - 2 1 14
tot 43 25 24 9 6 2 109

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DH x 3 DI x 5 DO x 13
HI x 3 HO x 12
IK x 1 IN x 4
KH x 1 KI x 10 KN x 3 KO x 12
NI x 2 NO x 16
OD x 3 OI x 3 ON x 3 OO x 1
OOI x 1
WH x 2 WI x 6 WO x 6

cmp 5 7 8 9 tot
D - - 1 - 1
H - - 1 - 1
I - 1 - - 1
K - 3 1 - 4
N 1 - - - 1
W - - 2 1 3
tot 1 4 5 1 11

debut appearances 9

HOODWINK

word       length      
HINOKININ 9
WIDOWHOOD * 9 debut
DOWNWIND * 8
HOODWINK * 8 pangram, debut
KINDHOOD * 8
NONIONID 8
WINDDOWN * 8
WOODWIND * 8
INKWOOD * 7
KIDHOOD * 7
KINHOOD * 7
KNOWHOW * 7 debut
NONWIND 7
NONWOOD 7
NOODNIK 7
ODINIID 7
OIDIOID 7
DHINDO 6
DODKIN 6
DOODOO 6
HINOKI 6
HOODOO 6
HOONDI 6
INDOIN 6
INIOID 6
KIDDOW 6
KINOIN 6
KODKOD 6
KOINON 6
KOKIHI 6
KOKOON 6
KONINI 6
KOODOO 6
NONION 6
NONKIN 6
NONODD 6
ONONIN 6
WINDOW 6
WINNOW 6
WOOHOO 6
WOOWOO 6
DHONI 5
DIION 5
DINOI 5
DIOID 5
DOINK 5
HIKOI 5
HOIHO 5
HOOND 5
INION 5
KIDDO 5 debut
KIKOI 5
KINOK 5
KINOO 5
KNOWN 5 debut
KOKKO 5
NIKKO 5
NINON 5
NOHOW * 5
NONDO 5
NONNO 5
ODHNI 5
ODIID 5
OIKOI 5
ONION 5
WIDOW 5
DHOW 4
DIDO 4
DINO 4
DODD 4
DODO 4
DOID 4
DONK 4
DOOD 4
DOOK 4
DOON 4
DOWD 4
DOWN 4
HOIK 4
HOKI 4
HONK 4
HOOD 4
HOOK 4 debut
HOON 4
HOWK 4
IKON 4
KHON 4
KINO 4
KNOW 4 debut
KODO 4
KOKI 4
KOKO 4
KONK 4
KOOK 4
NODI 4
NONI 4
NONO 4
NOOK 4
NOON 4
NOWD 4
OINK 4 debut
ONOI 4
OOID 4
WHIO 4
WHOO 4
WINO 4
WONK 4 debut
WOOD 4
WOON 4

* compound(ish) word

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