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October 18, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with DE.


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center letter FABDELT
Spelling Bee for October 18, 2022

words: 157
score: 868 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 7
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 10
B x 16
D x 20
E x 7
F x 89
L x 10
T x 5

4L x 38
5L x 20
6L x 39
7L x 29
8L x 22
9L x 2
10L x 6
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 1 2 3 2 1 1 - - 10
B 3 1 9 1 1 - - 1 16
D 6 2 3 2 5 - 2 - 20
E - 2 2 3 - - - - 7
F 24 13 18 18 13 - 3 - 89
L 2 - 3 1 2 1 1 - 10
T 2 - 1 2 - - - - 5
tot 38 20 39 29 22 2 6 1 157

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 1 AE x 1 AF x 5 AL x 3
BA x 8 BE x 8
DA x 3 DE x 17
DEA x 2 DEE x 1 DEF x 12 DEL x 2
EF x 5 EL x 2
FA x 33 FE x 32 FL x 24
LA x 1 LE x 9
TA x 3 TE x 2

cmp 7 8 tot
D - 1 1
F 1 2 3
L - 2 2
T 1 - 1
tot 2 5 7

plu 4 6 8 tot
B - 1 - 1
F 1 - 3 4
L - - 1 1
tot 1 1 4 6

DEFEATABLE, DEFLATABLE, FLATBED, FLATBEDDED

word       length      
BATTLEFLEET 11
DEFEATABLE 10 pangram
DEFLATABLE 10 pangram
FLABELLATE 10
FLATBEDDED 10 pangram
FLEABEETLE 10
LEAFLETTED 10
AFFEEBLED 9
LEAFLETED 9
AFFLATED 8
BEFLEAED 8
DEADFALL * 8 disallowed elsewhere
DEFATTED 8
DEFEATED 8
DEFLATED 8
DEFLEAED 8
FABELLAE  8
FADEABLE 8
FALDETTA 8
FEEDABLE 8
FEELABLE 8
FELLABLE 8
FELLATED 8
FELLATEE 8
FLABELLA  8
FLATETTE 8
FLATFEET *  8
FLATLEAF * 8
FLEEABLE 8
LEADFEET *  8
LEAFFALL * 8
AFFABLE 7
ALFALFA 7
BAFFLED 7
DEFLATE 7
DEFLEAD 7
EFFABLE 7
EFFLATE 7
ELFETTE 7
FABELLA 7
FADABLE 7
FADDLED 7
FAFFLED 7
FALAFEL 7
FALBALA 7
FALDFEE 7
FEDDLED 7
FEEBATE 7
FEELBAD 7
FELAFEL 7
FELLATE 7
FETTLED 7
FLAFFED 7
FLATBED * 7 perfect pangram
FLATLET 7
FLATTED 7
FLEETED 7
LEAFLET 7
TAFFETA 7
TEALEAF * 7
AEFALD 6
AFETAL 6
AFTABA 6
BAFFED 6
BAFFLE 6
BAFTAE  6
BEDAFF 6
BEDAFT 6
BEEFED 6
BEFALL 6
BEFELL 6
BEFLEA 6
DAFFED 6
DEFEAT 6
DEFLEA 6
EFFELL 6
EFFETE 6
FABADA 6
FABBED 6
FABLED 6
FADDLE 6
FAFFED 6
FAFFLE 6
FALLAL 6
FALLED 6
FATELE 6
FATTED 6 allowed elsewhere
FEALED 6
FEATED 6
FEDDLE 6
FEEBLE 6
FELLED 6
FELTED 6
FETTLE 6
FLEAED 6
LAFFED 6
LEAFED 6
LEAFET 6
TAFTED 6
ABAFT 5
ALEFT 5
BAFTA 5
DEFAT 5
DELFT 5
EFFED 5
ELFED 5
FABLE 5
FADED 5
FALDA 5
FATAL 5
FATED 5
FELLA 5
FETAL 5
FETED 5
FETTA 5
FLAFF 5
FLEAD 5
FLEED 5
FLEET 5
ALEF 4
BAFF 4
BAFT 4
BEEF 4
DAFF 4
DAFT 4
DEAF 4
DEEF 4
DEFT 4
DELF 4
FAAL 4
FABE 4
FADA 4
FADE 4
FAFF 4
FALL 4
FALT 4
FATE 4
FEAL 4
FEAT 4
FEEB 4
FEED 4
FEEL 4
FEET  4
FELL 4
FELT 4
FETA 4
FETE 4
FLAB 4
FLAT 4
FLEA 4
FLED 4
FLEE 4
FLET 4
LEAF 4
LEFT 4
TAFT 4
TEFF 4 allowed elsewhere

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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