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August 16, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 16, 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 YADKORW
Spelling Bee for August 16, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter A: June 27, 2023
Center letter D: December 4, 2020

words: 22
score: 159 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 2
compounds: 8

A x 2
D x 8
K x 2
R x 2
W x 6
Y x 2

5L x 12
6L x 2
7L x 5
8L x 3

  5 6 7 8 tot
A 1 1 - - 2
D 5 - 2 1 8
K 2 - - - 2
R 1 - 1 - 2
W 3 - 2 1 6
Y - 1 - 1 2
tot 12 2 5 3 22

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AR x 2
DA x 2 DO x 5 DR x 1
KA x 1 KO x 1
KAY x 1
RO x 2
WA x 1 WO x 5
YA x 2

cmp 7 8 tot
D 2 1 3
R 1 - 1
W 2 1 3
Y - 1 1
tot 5 3 8

debut appearances 18

DAYWORK, WORKADAY, WORKDAY, YARDWORK

word       length      
ARRAY 5
ARROYO 6
DADDY 5
DAYWORK * 7 perfect pangram, debut
DOORWAY * 7 debut
DOORYARD * 8 debut
DORKY 5 debut
DOWDY 5 debut
DOWRY 5 debut
DRYAD 5
KAYAK 5
KOOKY 5
ROADWAY * 7 debut
ROWDY 5 debut
WAYWARD * 7 debut
WOODY 5 debut
WORDY 5 debut
WORKADAY * 8 pangram, debut
WORKDAY * 7 perfect pangram, debut
WORRY 5
YARDWORK * 8 pangram, debut
YARROW 6

* compound(ish) word

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