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August 7, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 7, 2018, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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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center letter CEMNOPT
Spelling Bee for August 7, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter P: February 11, 2023
Center letter M: December 19, 2019
Center letter O: June 8, 2019

words: 31
score: 241 pts
pangrams: 4
compounds: 1
plurals: 1

C x 24
E x 2
N x 3
O x 1
P x 1

5L x 8
6L x 6
7L x 10
8L x 2
9L x 2
10L x 1
11L x 1
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
C 4 4 9 2 2 1 1 1 24
E 1 - 1 - - - - - 2
N 1 2 - - - - - - 3
O 1 - - - - - - - 1
P 1 - - - - - - - 1
tot 8 6 10 2 2 1 1 1 31

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 2 CO x 22
EC x 1 EM x 1
NE x 1 NO x 2
OC x 1
OCT x 1
PE x 1

cmp 5 tot
E 1 1
tot 1 1

plu 5 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 29

COMPETENCE, COMPETENT, COMPONENT, CONTEMPT

word       length      
CEMENT 6 debut
CENTO 5 debut, disallowed elsewhere
COCOON 6
COMET 5 debut
COMMENCE 8 debut
COMMENCEMENT 12 debut
COMMENT 7 debut
COMMON 6
COMPETE 7 debut
COMPETENCE 10 pangram, debut
COMPETENT 9 pangram, debut
COMPONENT 9 pangram, debut
COMPOTE 7 debut
CONCEPT 7 debut
CONCOCT 7 debut
CONNECT 7 debut
CONNOTE 7 debut
CONTE 5 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CONTEMN 7 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CONTEMPT 8 pangram, debut
CONTENT 7 debut
CONTENTMENT 11 debut
COOPT 5 debut
COTTON 6 debut
ECOTONE 7 debut
EMCEE * 5
NEOCON 6
NONCE 5
NONCOM 6
OCTET 5 debut
PENCE  5 debut

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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