August 12, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 12, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 12, 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 redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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Spelling Bee for August 12, 2018

Related puzzles

Center letter O: May 20, 2024
Center letter M: May 25, 2022
Center letter N: June 13, 2019

words: 181
score: 809 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 5
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 46
M x 59
N x 25
O x 8
T x 33
X x 2
Y x 8

4L x 60
5L x 53
6L x 32
7L x 21
8L x 12
9L x 2
10L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	14	13	7	10	2	-	-	46
M	19	14	12	6	5	2	1	59
N	9	10	4	1	1	-	-	25
O	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	8
T	11	12	6	2	2	-	-	33
X	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2
Y	5	1	-	-	2	-	-	8
tot	60	53	32	21	12	2	1	181

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	6	7	tot
A	1	-	-	1
M	-	1	1	2
T	-	2	-	2
tot	1	3	1	5

plu	4	tot
T	1	1
tot	1	1

TAXONOMY, TAXONYM, TAXONYMY

word	length
AMANATY	7
AMMA	4
AMMO	4
AMMONO	6
ANAMMOX	7
ANAN	4
ANANA	5
ANANYM	6
ANATMAN	7
ANATOMY	7
ANATTA	6
ANATTO	6
ANAX	4
ANNA	4
ANNATTO	7
ANNONA	6
ANNOTTO	7
ANNOY	5
ANNOYANT	8
ANOA	4
ANOMY	5
ANON	4
ANONA	5
ANONYM	6	disallowed elsewhere
ANONYMA	7
ANTA	4
ANTONYM	7
ANTONYMY	8
ANTY	4
ANXOM	5
ANYON	5
ATAMAN	6
ATAXY	5
ATMAN	5
ATMO	4
ATOM	4
ATOMY	5
ATONY	5
ATTA	4
ATTAMAN	7
AXMAN	* 5
AXON	4
AXONY	5
AXOTOMY	7
AYAT	4
AYONT	5
MAAT	4
MAMA	4
MAMMA	5
MAMMON	6
MAMMOTOMY	9
MAMMY	5	disallowed elsewhere
MAMO	4
MAMOTTY	7
MAMOTY	6
MANA	4
MANANA	6
MANAT	5
MANNA	5
MANNAN	6
MANNY	5
MANO	4
MANOAO	6
MANTA	5
MANTO	5
MANTON	6
MANTY	5
MANX	4
MANY	4
MANYAT	6
MANYATA	7
MANYATTA	8
MAOMAO	6
MAON	4
MATAMATA	8
MATAMATAM	9
MATMAN	* 6
MATT	4
MATTA	5
MATTY	5
MATY	4
MAYA	4
MAYO	4
MOAN	4
MOANY	5
MOAT	4
MOMMA	5
MONA	4
MONAXON	7
MONOAO	6
MONOAXON	8
MONTAN	6
MONTANT	7
MOOTA	5
MOOTMAN	* 7
MOTA	4
MOXA	4
MOYAMOYA	8
MYNA	4
MYOANATOMY	10
MYOMA	5
MYOMATA	7
MYXA	4
MYXOMA	6
MYXOMATA	8
NAAM	4
NAAN	4
NAAT	4
NANA	4
NANNA	5
NANNAN	6
NANNY	5
NANO	4
NANOTOMY	8
NANTO	5
NANTY	5
NATANT	6
NATO	4
NATTO	5
NATTY	5
NATYA	5
NOMA	4
NONAOXO	7
NONMAN	6
NONNA	5
NONTAX	6	disallowed elsewhere
NOTA	4
NOTAM	5
NOXA	4
NOYAN	5
OATY	4
OMATA	5
OMATO	5
OOAA	4
OOTAXA	6
OOTAXON	7
OTAMAN	6
OTTOMAN	7
TAAN	4
TAMMY	5
TANA	4
TANNA	5
TANNOY	6
TANTO	5
TANTY	5
TANYA	5
TANYAN	6
TATA	4
TATOO	5
TATT	4
TATTA	5
TATTOO	6
TATTY	5
TAXA	^† 4
TAXMAN	* 6
TAXON	5
TAXONOMY	8	pangram
TAXONYM	7	perfect pangram
TAXONYMY	8	pangram
TAYO	4
TOAT	4
TOATY	5
TOMA	4
TOMAN	5
TOMATO	6
TONA	4
TONNATO	7
TONYA	5
TOTA	4
TOYMAN	* 6
TYAN	4
XOANA	5
XOANON	6
YAMAMOMO	8
YANA	4
YANO	4
YATT	4
YATTA	5
YAYA	4
YAYO	4
YOTTATON	8

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AM x 4	AN x 27	AT x 9	AX x 4	AY x 2
MA x 37	MO x 15	MY x 7
NA x 16	NO x 9
OA x 1	OM x 2	OO x 3	OT x 2
TA x 22	TO x 10	TY x 1
XO x 2
YA x 7	YO x 1

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