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August 6, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 6, 2018, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with BA.


Instructions

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center letter ABDHILN
Spelling Bee for August 6, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter B: October 29, 2023
Center letter L: May 31, 2020
Center letter I: September 12, 2019

words: 39
score: 150 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 4
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 2
B x 14
D x 2
H x 6
I x 3
L x 7
N x 5

4L x 19
5L x 8
6L x 6
7L x 1
8L x 4
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 1 1 - - - - 2
B 7 2 2 1 2 - 14
D 1 - 1 - - - 2
H 3 1 - - 2 - 6
I - 1 2 - - - 3
L 3 2 1 - - 1 7
N 4 1 - - - - 5
tot 19 8 6 1 4 1 39

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 1 AN x 1
BA x 10 BI x 1 BL x 3
BAB x 1 BAI x 1 BAL x 3 BAN x 5
DA x 1 DI x 1
HA x 6
IL x 1 IN x 2
LA x 6 LI x 1
NA x 5

cmp 6 8 tot
H - 2 2
I 2 - 2
tot 2 2 4

plu 5 tot
L 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 15

HANDBILL

word       length      
ALIBI 5
ANAL 4
BABA 4
BAIL 4
BALD 4
BALL 4
BALLAD 6
BANAL 5 debut
BANANA 6
BAND 4 debut
BANDANA 7 debut
BANDANNA 8 debut
BILABIAL 8
BLAB 4
BLAH 4
BLAND 5 debut
DAHLIA 6 debut
DIAL 4
HAIL 4 debut
HALAL 5 debut
HALL 4 debut
HAND 4
HANDBALL * 8 debut
HANDBILL * 8 pangram, debut
ILIAD 5 disallowed elsewhere
INLAID * 6 debut
INLAND * 6 debut
LABIA  5
LABIAL 6
LAID 4
LAIN 4
LANAI 5
LAND 4
LIBIDINAL 9 debut
NAAN 4
NADA 4
NAIAD 5 debut
NAIL 4
NANA 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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