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August 18, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 18, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with HA.


Instructions

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center letter CAEHKMT
Spelling Bee for August 18, 2018

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Center letter M: September 4, 2023

words: 151
score: 776 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 9
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

A x 20
C x 61
E x 8
H x 13
K x 7
M x 19
T x 23

4L x 39
5L x 39
6L x 24
7L x 29
8L x 10
9L x 6
10L x 4

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 5 2 6 5 2 - - 20
C 14 14 10 14 6 2 1 61
E 5 2 1 - - - - 8
H 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 13
K 2 4 - 1 - - - 7
M 5 6 2 4 - 1 1 19
T 5 8 4 3 - 2 1 23
tot 39 39 24 29 10 6 4 151

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 12 AE x 1 AM x 1 AT x 6
CA x 18 CE x 3 CH x 40
EA x 1 EC x 4 EE x 1 EM x 1 ET x 1
HA x 9 HE x 4
HAC x 5 HAT x 4
KA x 3 KE x 4
MA x 13 ME x 6
TA x 11 TE x 7 TH x 5

cmp 5 7 8 9 10 tot
C - 1 1 1 1 4
E 1 - - - - 1
H - - 1 - - 1
M - - - 1 1 2
T - 1 - - - 1
tot 1 2 2 2 2 9

plu 6 7 10 tot
C - 1 1 2
T 1 - - 1
tot 1 1 1 3

CHECKMATE, MATCHMAKE, MATCHMAKEE

word       length      
ACCA 4
ACETA 5
ACETATE 7
ACHA 4
ACHAETE 7
ACHATE 6
ACHE 4
ACKEE 5
ACMAEA 6
ACME 4
ACTA 4
ACTEME 6
AECHMEA 7
AMACHA 6
ATHECATE 8
ATTACCA 7
ATTACH 6
ATTACHE 7
ATTACK 6
ATTACKEE 8
CACA 4
CACHACA 7
CACHE 5
CACHET 6
CACHETTE 8
CACK 4
CAECA 5
CAKE 4
CAKETTE 7
CAMA 4
CAMACA 6
CAME 4
CATCH 5
CATE 4
CATH 4
CATHECT 7
CATMEAT * 7
CATTE 5
CECA 4
CETACEA 7
CETE 4
CHAAT 5
CHACHA 6
CHACHACHA 9
CHACK 5
CHACMA 6
CHAETA 6
CHAETAE  7
CHAKACHA 8
CHAM 4
CHAMA 5
CHAMCHA 7
CHAMECK 7
CHAT 4
CHATAKA 7
CHATCHKA 8
CHATCHKE 8
CHATE 5
CHATMATE * 8
CHATTA 6
CHATTACK 8
CHATTAK 7
CHATTEE 7
CHEAT 5
CHEATEE 7
CHECHE 6
CHECK 5
CHECKMATE * 9 pangram
CHEE 4
CHEEK 5
CHEEKE 6
CHEEKTEETH *  10
CHEEM 5
CHEETAH 7
CHEKA 5
CHEKMAK 7
CHEM 4 disallowed elsewhere
CHET 4
CHETAH 6
CHETAK 6
CHETH 5
EACH 4
ECCE 4
ECHEME 6
ECHT 4
ECKA 4
EETCH 5
EMCEE * 5
ETCH 4
HACEK 5
HACK 4
HACKEE 6
HACKETTE 8
HACKMATACK 10
HATCH 5
HATCHECK * 8
HATCHEK 7
HATCHET 7
HECH 4
HECHT 5
HECK 4
HEMACHATE 9
KACHA 5
KACHCHA 7
KACK 4
KECAK 5
KECK 4
KEECH 5
KETCH 5
MACA 4
MACE 4
MACH 4
MACHACA 7
MACHE 5
MACHETE 7
MACK 4 disallowed elsewhere
MACTATE 7
MATCH 5
MATCHA 6
MATCHET 7
MATCHMAKE * 9 pangram
MATCHMAKEE * 10 pangram
MEACH 5
MECATE 6
MECCA 5
MECHA 5
MECK 4
MEECH 5
TACAMAHAC 9
TACAMAHACA 10
TACE 4
TACET 5
TACH 4
TACHE 5
TACK 4
TACKET 6
TACMAHACK 9
TACT 4
TATAC 5
TEACAKE * 7
TEACH 5
TEACHE 6
TECH 4
TECTA 5
TECTATE 7
TETCH 5
THACK 5
THATCH 6
THECA 5
THECAE  6
THECATE 7

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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