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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.

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 CEMNOPT
Spelling Bee for August 7, 2018

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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
PE x 1

cmp 5 tot
E 1 1
tot 1 1

plu 5 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

COMPETENCE, COMPETENT, COMPONENT, CONTEMPT

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

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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