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August 18, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 18, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter CAEHKMT
Spelling Bee for August 18, 2018

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words: 26
score: 172 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

A x 4
C x 8
E x 1
H x 3
K x 1
M x 5
T x 4

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

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A - 2 2 - - 4
C 5 1 1 - 1 8
E 1 - - - - 1
H 1 - 1 1 - 3
K 1 - - - - 1
M 2 1 1 - 1 5
T 2 1 1 - - 4
tot 12 5 6 1 2 26

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 1 AT x 3
CA x 3 CH x 5
CHE x 5
EM x 1
HA x 3
KE x 1
MA x 4 ME x 1
TA x 1 TE x 2 TH x 1

cmp 5 7 8 9 tot
C - - - 1 1
E 1 - - - 1
H - - 1 - 1
M - - - 1 1
T - 1 - - 1
tot 1 1 1 2 5

debut appearances 19
previously disallowed debuts 1

CHECKMATE, MATCHMAKE

word       length      
ACETATE 7
ATTACH 6
ATTACHE 7 debut
ATTACK 6 debut
CACHE 5
CACHET 6 debut
CATCH 5
CHEAT 5 debut
CHECK 5
CHECKMATE * 9 pangram, debut
CHEEK 5
CHEETAH 7 debut
EMCEE * 5
HATCH 5
HATCHECK * 8 debut
HATCHET 7 debut
KETCH 5 debut
MACHETE 7 debut
MATCH 5
MATCHA 6
MATCHMAKE * 9 pangram, debut
MECCA 5 debut
TACET 5
TEACAKE * 7 debut
TEACH 5 debut
THATCH 6

* compound(ish) word

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