September 27, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

September 27, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 27, 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 September 27, 2018

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Center letter F: June 29, 2022
Center letter T: February 17, 2020

words: 211
score: 1,206 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 1
compounds: 8
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 37
C x 47
F x 45
I x 18
L x 38
T x 23
Y x 3

4L x 49
5L x 47
6L x 36
7L x 32
8L x 17
9L x 14
10L x 6
11L x 6
12L x 2
13L x 1
15L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	tot
A	7	9	7	5	1	2	1	3	2	-	-	37
C	6	11	10	6	4	3	2	3	-	1	1	47
F	10	6	6	8	8	5	2	-	-	-	-	45
I	4	5	4	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	18
L	12	8	7	6	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	38
T	8	7	2	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	23
Y	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
tot	49	47	36	32	17	14	6	6	2	1	1	211

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	tot
C	-	3	3
F	-	1	1
I	1	-	1
L	1	1	2
T	-	1	1
tot	2	6	8

plu	4	5	6	tot
C	-	1	-	1
I	1	-	1	2
T	1	-	-	1
tot	2	1	1	4

FACIALITY, FACILITY, FACTIALITY, FACTICALLY, FAYALITIC, LACTIFY

word	length
CATALLACTICALLY	15
CATALYTICALLY	13
ACATALLACTIC	12
ACYCLICALITY	12
ACYCLICALLY	11
ALLYLICALLY	11
ATACTICALLY	11
CATALLACTIC	11
CATALYTICAL	11
CYCLICALITY	11
ACYCLICITY	10
CALCILYTIC	10
CYCLICALLY	10
FACTIALITY	10	pangram
FACTICALLY	10	pangram
TACTICALLY	10
ACYCLICAL	9
ALICYCLIC	9
CATALATIC	9
CATALYTIC	9
CYCLICITY	9
FACIALITY	9	pangram
FACTITIAL	9
FAYALITIC	9	pangram
FICTILITY	9
FILIALITY	9
ILLICITLY	9
LAICALITY	9
LYTICALLY	9
TACTILITY	9	allowed elsewhere
ACALYCAL	8
CALCIFIC	8
CALCITIC	8
CYCLICAL	8
CYCLICLY	8
FACIALLY	8
FACILITY	8	pangram
FACTICAL	8
FATALITY	8
FILIALLY	8
FLACCIFY	8
FLICFLAC	8
FLITTILY	8
LACTIFIC	8
LACTYLIC	8
LAICALLY	8	disallowed elsewhere
TACTICAL	8
ACYCLIC	7
AFFLICT	7
ALACTIC	7
ALFALFA	7
ALLYLIC	7
CAFFILA	7
CALCIFY	7
CATCALL	* 7
CATFALL	* 7
CATTAIL	* 7
CATTILY	7	allowed elsewhere
FALCATA	7
FALCIAL	7
FALLACY	7
FATALLY	7
FATTILY	7
FILICAL	7
FILICIC	7
FLATLAY	* 7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
ILLICIT	7
ILLITIC	7
LACTIFY	7	perfect pangram
LAICITY	7
LATITAT	7
LATITIC	7
LAYFLAT	* 7
LICITLY	7
TACITLY	7
TAILFLY	* 7
TATTILY	7
ACYLAL	6
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALFAIA	6
ATLATL	6
ATTILA	6
CAFILA	6
CALCIC	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CLATTY	6
CLIFFY	6
CLIFTY	6
CLITIC	6
CLITTY	6
CYCLIC	6
FACIAL	6
FALLAL	6
FILIAL	6
FLATLY	6
FLATTY	6
FLITTY	6
IFFILY	6
ILIACI	^† 6
ILLLIT	* 6
ITALIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACILY	6
LACTIC	6
LACTYL	6
LAICAL	6
LITFIC	* 6
LITTLY	6
TALLAT	6
TALLIT	6	allowed elsewhere
AALII	5
AILLT	5
ALALA	5
ALFIL	5
ALIYA	5
ALLAY	5
ALLYL	5
ATALL	5
ATILT	5
CALIF	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CATLY	5
CIFAL	5
CILIA	^† 5
CILLY	5
CITAL	5
CLIFF	5
CLIFT	5
CYCLI	5
FATAL	5
FATLY	5	allowed elsewhere
FILLY	5
FITLY	5
FLAFF	5
FLAIL	5
ICILY	5
ICTAL	5
ILALA	5
ILIAC	5
ILIAL	5
LAITY	5
LALLY	5
LICIT	5
LILAC	5
LITAI	5
LITTY	5
LYTIC	5
LYTTA	5
TALCY	5
TALLA	5
TALLY	5
TICAL	5
TILIA	5
TILLY	5
TILTY	5
YACAL	5
ACYL	4
AFLY	4
ALIF	4
ALIT	4
ALLY	4
ALTA	4
ALTI	4
CALF	4
CALL	4
CILL	4
CLAT	4
CLAY	4
CLIT	4
FAAL	4
FAIL	4
FALL	4
FALT	4
FILA	4
FILL	4
FLAT	4
FLAY	4
FLIC	4
FLIT	4
IFIL	4
ILIA	^† 4
ILLY	4
ITAL	4
LACY	4
LAIC	4
LAIT	4
LALL	4
LATA	4
LATI	4
LAYA	4
LIFT	4
LILA	4
LILL	4
LILT	4
LILY	4
TAIL	4
TALA	4
TALC	4
TALI	^† 4
TALL	4
TILI	4
TILL	4
TILT	4
YALI	4
YILL	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AC x 9	AF x 2	AI x 1	AL x 19	AT x 5
CA x 23	CI x 7	CL x 10	CY x 7
FA x 22	FI x 10	FL x 13
IC x 2	IF x 2	IL x 12	IT x 2
LA x 23	LI x 12	LY x 3
TA x 16	TI x 7
YA x 2	YI x 1

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