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


Instructions

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center letter PCEHILN
Spelling Bee for October 18, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter I: March 19, 2020
Center letter C: November 10, 2019

words: 127
score: 730 pts
pangrams: 4
compounds: 10
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

C x 15
E x 11
H x 11
I x 3
L x 9
N x 6
P x 72

4L x 28
5L x 25
6L x 33
7L x 14
8L x 8
9L x 9
10L x 5
11L x 2
12L x 3

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
C 3 5 1 2 1 2 1 - - 15
E 2 2 - 2 2 1 - 1 1 11
H 2 - 6 1 1 1 - - - 11
I 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - 3
L 2 2 2 2 1 - - - - 9
N 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - - 6
P 17 16 22 6 3 3 2 1 2 72
tot 28 25 33 14 8 9 5 2 3 127

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 1 CH x 6 CI x 3 CL x 5
EL x 1 EP x 10
HE x 5 HI x 6
IL x 1 IN x 1 IP x 1
LE x 1 LI x 8
NE x 3 NI x 3
PE x 29 PH x 8 PI x 30 PL x 5
PHE x 3 PHI x 5

cmp 5 7 8 9 tot
C - - - 1 1
E 1 - - - 1
H - 1 1 1 3
L - 1 1 - 2
N - 1 - 1 2
P - - 1 - 1
tot 1 3 3 3 10

plu 4 5 9 tot
N - - 1 1
P 1 2 1 4
tot 1 2 2 5

CINEPHILE, CINEPHILIC, NEPHELINIC, PHILHELLENIC

word       length      
EPINEPHELINE 12
PENICILLINIC 12
PHILHELLENIC 12 pangram
EPINEPHELIN 11
PHILHELLENE 11
CINEPHILIC 10 pangram
INCIPIENCE 10
NEPHELINIC 10 pangram
PENICILLIN 10
PHILHIPPIC 10
CHINPIECE * 9
CINEPHILE 9 pangram
EPICILLIN 9
HEELPIECE * 9
NEPHELINE 9
NINEPENCE *  9
PENICILLI  9
PHENICINE 9
PHILIPPIC 9
CHICHIPE 8
EPICLINE 8
EPIPELIC 8
HELPLINE * 8
LINCHPIN * 8
PELLICLE 8
PENNEECH 8
PIPELINE * 8
CHIPPIE 7
CLIPPIE 7
EPICENE 7
EPININE 7
HIPLINE * 7
LIPINIC 7
LIPLINE * 7
NINEPIN * 7
PENCELL 7
PENICHE 7
PENICIL 7
PENNILL 7
PENNINE 7
PIPELLE 7
CLIPEI 6
HELPEE 6
HEPPEN 6
HIPPEN 6
HIPPIC 6
HIPPIE 6
HIPPIN 6
ILLIPE 6
LIPPEN 6
LIPPIE 6
NIPPLE 6
PEELIE 6
PEENIE 6
PEEPEE 6
PENCEL 6
PENCIL 6
PENILE 6
PHENIC 6
PHILIP 6
PICEIN 6
PICENE 6
PICINE 6
PICNIC 6
PIECEN 6
PINCHE 6
PINENE 6
PINNEE 6
PINNIE 6
PIPIPI 6
PIPPIE 6
PIPPIN 6 allowed elsewhere
PIPPLE 6
PLENCH 6
CHEEP 5
CHELP 5
CIPPI 5
CLEEP 5
CLEPE 5
ELPEE * 5
EPEEN 5
LIPIC 5
LIPIN 5
PEELE 5
PEINE 5
PENCE  5
PENII 5
PENNE 5
PENNI 5
PEPLI  5
PHENE 5
PICHI 5
PIECE 5
PILCH 5
PILEI 5
PILIN 5
PINCH 5
PININ 5
PLENE 5
CEPE 4
CHIP 4
CLIP 4
EPEE 4
EPIC 4
HELP 4
HIPE 4
IPIL 4
LEEP 4
LIPE 4
NEEP 4
PECH 4
PEEL 4
PEEN 4
PEEP 4
PEIN 4
PELL 4
PICE 4
PICI 4
PILE 4
PILI  4
PILL 4
PINE 4
PIPE 4
PIPI 4
PLEC 4
PLIE 4
PLIP 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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