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October 18, 2022 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 2022, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with TA.


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 FABDELT
Spelling Bee for October 18, 2022

words: 58
score: 256 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 3
bingo: yes

A x 2
B x 6
D x 11
E x 1
F x 33
L x 4
T x 1

4L x 22
5L x 10
6L x 11
7L x 9
8L x 6

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A - - - 2 - 2
B 1 - 4 1 - 6
D 3 2 1 1 4 11
E - - 1 - - 1
F 16 8 4 3 2 33
L 2 - 1 1 - 4
T - - - 1 - 1
tot 22 10 11 9 6 58

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AF x 1 AL x 1
BA x 2 BE x 4
DA x 1 DE x 10
EF x 1
FA x 9 FE x 16 FL x 8
LE x 4
TA x 1
TAF x 1

cmp 7 8 tot
D - 1 1
F 1 1 2
tot 1 2 3

debut appearances 9
newly disallowed words 1 abaft

FLATBED

word       length      
AFFABLE 7
ALFALFA 7
BAFFLE 6
BAFFLED 7 debut
BEEF 4
BEEFED 6
BEFALL 6
BEFELL 6
DAFT 4
DEADFALL * 8 debut, disallowed elsewhere
DEAF 4
DEFAT 5
DEFATTED 8
DEFEAT 6
DEFEATED 8
DEFLATE 7 debut
DEFLATED 8 debut
DEFT 4
DELFT 5 debut
EFFETE 6
FABLE 5
FABLED 6 debut
FADE 4
FADED 5
FALAFEL 7
FALL 4
FATAL 5
FATE 4
FATED 5
FEAT 4
FEEBLE 6
FEED 4
FEEL 4
FEET 4
FELL 4
FELLA 5
FELLATE 7
FELLATED 8 debut
FELLED 6
FELT 4
FETA 4
FETAL 5
FETE 4
FETED 5
FETTLE 6
FLAB 4
FLAT 4
FLATBED * 7 perfect pangram, debut
FLATFEET * 8
FLEA 4
FLED 4
FLEE 4
FLEET 5
LEAF 4
LEAFED 6 debut
LEAFLET 7
LEFT 4
TAFFETA 7

* compound(ish) word

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