October 27, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 27, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LI.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter O: July 18, 2020Center letter L: February 23, 2020
Center letter P: March 1, 2019
words: 158
score: 824 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 2
compounds: 5
bingo: yes
D x 26
H x 13
I x 19
L x 23
N x 20
O x 18
P x 39
4L x 37
5L x 39
6L x 36
7L x 22
8L x 14
9L x 7
10L x 1
11L x 1
12L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | tot | |
| D | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 26 |
| H | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 13 |
| I | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| L | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| N | 5 | 5 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 20 |
| O | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 18 |
| P | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 39 |
| tot | 37 | 39 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 158 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| DH x 2 | DI x 20 | DO x 4 | |||
| HI x 9 | HO x 4 | ||||
| ID x 5 | IL x 1 | IN x 7 | IO x 3 | IP x 3 | |
| LI x 16 | LO x 7 | ||||
| LID x 2 | LIL x 4 | LIN x 3 | LIO x 2 | LIP x 5 | |
| NI x 6 | NO x 14 | ||||
| OD x 3 | OI x 1 | OL x 3 | ON x 3 | OO x 2 | OP x 6 |
| PH x 4 | PI x 26 | PL x 1 | PO x 8 |
| cmp | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| H | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| I | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| L | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| P | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
DOLPHIN, PINHOLD
| word | length | |||
| DHINDO | 6 | |||
| DHONI | 5 | |||
| DIDI | 4 | |||
| DIDO | 4 | |||
| DIION | 5 | |||
| DILDO | 5 | |||
| DILL | 4 | |||
| DINLO | 5 | |||
| DINO | 4 | |||
| DINOI | 5 | |||
| DINOPID | 7 | |||
| DIOID | 5 | |||
| DIOL | 4 | |||
| DIPION | 6 | |||
| DIPLODIPLOID | 12 | |||
| DIPLOID | 7 | |||
| DIPLON | 6 | |||
| DIPLOPOD | 8 | |||
| DIPNOID | 7 | |||
| DIPOD | 5 | |||
| DIPODID | 7 | |||
| DIPODOID | 8 | |||
| DOID | 4 | |||
| DOLIOLID | 8 | |||
| DOLPHIN | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| DOPPIO | 6 | |||
| HILI | 4 | |||
| HILL | 4 | |||
| HIND | 4 | |||
| HIPHOP | * 6 | |||
| HIPPID | 6 | |||
| HIPPIN | 6 | |||
| HIPPO | 5 | |||
| HIPPOID | 7 | |||
| HIPPOPODIID | 11 | |||
| HOIHO | 5 | |||
| HOLIN | 5 | |||
| HOLOPLOID | 9 | |||
| HOONDI | 6 | |||
| IDIOPID | 7 | |||
| IDLI | 4 | |||
| IDOL | 4 | |||
| IDOLON | 6 | |||
| IDPOL | * 5 | |||
| ILLO | 4 | |||
| INDIN | 5 | |||
| INDOIN | 6 | |||
| INDOLIN | 7 | |||
| INHOLD | * 6 | |||
| INIID | 5 | |||
| INIOID | 6 | |||
| INION | 5 | |||
| IODIPIN | 7 | |||
| IODOL | 5 | |||
| IODOPHIL | 8 | |||
| IPIL | 4 | |||
| IPNOPID | 7 | |||
| IPPON | 5 | |||
| LIDO | 4 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| LIDOL | 5 | |||
| LILIID | 6 | |||
| LILIOID | 7 | |||
| LILL | 4 | |||
| LILO | 4 | |||
| LININ | 5 | |||
| LINN | 4 | |||
| LINO | 4 | |||
| LION | 4 | |||
| LIONHOOD | * 8 | |||
| LIPID | 5 | |||
| LIPIDOID | 8 | |||
| LIPIN | 5 | |||
| LIPO | 4 | |||
| LIPOID | 6 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| LOID | 4 | |||
| LOIN | 4 | |||
| LOLLIPOP | 8 | |||
| LONNIN | 6 | |||
| LOOPOID | 7 | |||
| LOPHID | 6 | |||
| LOPHIID | 7 | |||
| NIDI | 4 | |||
| NIHIL | 5 | |||
| NILL | 4 | |||
| NINON | 5 | |||
| NINPO | 5 | |||
| NIOPO | 5 | |||
| NODI | 4 | |||
| NOIL | 4 | |||
| NOLID | 5 | |||
| NONDIPLOID | 10 | |||
| NONHIP | 6 | |||
| NONI | 4 | |||
| NONILL | 6 | |||
| NONILLION | 9 | |||
| NONION | 6 | |||
| NONIONID | 8 | |||
| NONLIPID | 8 | |||
| NONOIL | 6 | |||
| NONOPIOID | 9 | |||
| NONPOLIO | 8 | |||
| ODHNI | 5 | |||
| ODIID | 5 | |||
| ODINIID | 7 | |||
| OIDIOID | 7 | |||
| OLID | 4 | |||
| OLIO | 4 | |||
| OLOID | 5 | |||
| ONION | 5 | |||
| ONOI | 4 | |||
| ONONIN | 6 | |||
| OOID | 4 | |||
| OONOPID | 7 | |||
| OPHIDIID | 8 | |||
| OPHIDIOID | 9 | |||
| OPILIO | 6 | |||
| OPILIONID | 9 | |||
| OPINION | 7 | |||
| OPIOID | 6 | |||
| PHILINID | 8 | |||
| PHILIP | 6 | |||
| PHOLID | 6 | |||
| PHONINO | 7 | |||
| PIHOIHOI | 8 | |||
| PILI | 4 | |||
| PILID | 5 | |||
| PILIN | 5 | |||
| PILL | 4 | |||
| PILLION | 7 | |||
| PILOID | 6 | |||
| PILON | 5 | |||
| PINDOLOL | 8 | |||
| PINHOLD | * 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| PINID | 5 | |||
| PININ | 5 | |||
| PINION | 6 | |||
| PINNID | 6 | |||
| PINOID | 6 | |||
| PINOLILLO | 9 | |||
| PINON | 5 | |||
| PINOPOD | 7 | |||
| PION | 4 | |||
| PIOPHILID | 9 | |||
| PIOPIO | 6 | |||
| PIPI | 4 | |||
| PIPID | 5 | |||
| PIPIPI | 6 | |||
| PIPOID | 6 | |||
| PIPPIN | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| PLIP | 4 | |||
| PODONID | 7 | |||
| POID | 4 | |||
| POIND | 5 | |||
| POLIO | 5 | |||
| POLLOI | 6 | |||
| POLOID | 6 | |||
| POOID | 5 | |||
| POPLIN | 6 |
* compound(ish) word