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August 4, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 4, 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 LABKOPY
Spelling Bee for August 4, 2018

words: 26
score: 158 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 0

A x 5
B x 5
K x 1
L x 5
P x 9
Y x 1

5L x 13
6L x 7
7L x 4
8L x 2

  5 6 7 8 tot
A 3 2 - - 5
B 2 3 - - 5
K 1 - - - 1
L 3 1 1 - 5
P 3 1 3 2 9
Y 1 - - - 1
tot 13 7 4 2 26

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 2 AP x 3
BA x 1 BL x 3 BY x 1
KO x 1
LO x 5
PA x 5 PL x 2 PO x 2
PLA x 2
YO x 1

cmp 6 7 8 tot
B 1 - - 1
P - 1 1 2
tot 1 1 1 3

debut appearances 22

PLAYBOOK

word       length      
ALLAY 5
ALLOY 5
APOLLO 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
APPALL 6
APPLY 5
BALKY 5 debut
BLABBY 6
BLOBBY 6
BLOOP 5 debut
BYPLAY * 6 debut
KOALA 5
LOBBY 5
LOLLOP 6 debut
LOOPY 5 debut
LOYAL 5
LOYALLY 7
PALOOKA 7 debut
PALPABLY 8 debut
PAPAL 5
PAPALLY 7
PAYOLA 6 debut
PLAYBOOK * 8 pangram, debut
PLAYBOY * 7 debut
POLKA 5 debut
POLYP 5 debut
YOLKY 5 debut

* compound(ish) word

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