October 8, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 8, 2018, alongside other analysis.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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Center letter T: June 3, 2024Center letter G: August 12, 2022
Center letter U: June 30, 2020
Center letter N: April 11, 2019
words: 46
score: 179 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 10
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
D x 10
G x 6
H x 5
N x 4
O x 6
T x 10
U x 5
4L x 21
5L x 11
6L x 8
7L x 3
8L x 1
9L x 1
10L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| D | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| G | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| H | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| N | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| O | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| T | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 |
| U | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| tot | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| cmp | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | tot |
| D | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| G | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| H | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| N | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| O | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| tot | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| debut appearances | 17 |
DOUGHNUT
| word | length | |||
| DODO | 4 | |||
| DOGGO | 5 | |||
| DONG | 4 | debut | ||
| DONUT | 5 | |||
| DOTH | 4 | |||
| DOUGH | 5 | debut | ||
| DOUGHNUT | * 8 | pangram, debut | ||
| DUGONG | 6 | debut | ||
| DUGOUT | * 6 | debut | ||
| DUNNO | 5 | |||
| GODHOOD | * 7 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| GONG | 4 | |||
| GOOD | 4 | |||
| GOON | 4 | |||
| GOTH | 4 | |||
| GOUT | 4 | debut | ||
| HOOD | 4 | |||
| HOODOO | 6 | |||
| HOOT | 4 | |||
| HOTDOG | * 6 | debut | ||
| HOUND | 5 | debut | ||
| NOON | 4 | |||
| NOUGHT | 6 | debut | ||
| NOUN | 4 | |||
| NUNHOOD | * 7 | debut | ||
| ONTO | * 4 | |||
| OUGHT | 5 | |||
| OUTDO | * 5 | |||
| OUTGO | * 5 | debut | ||
| OUTGUN | * 6 | debut | ||
| OUTTHOUGHT | * 10 | |||
| THONG | 5 | debut | ||
| THOU | 4 | |||
| THOUGH | 6 | |||
| THOUGHT | 7 | |||
| TONG | 4 | debut | ||
| TOON | 4 | |||
| TOOT | 4 | |||
| TOOTH | 5 | |||
| TOUGH | 5 | |||
| TOUT | 4 | |||
| UDON | 4 | |||
| UNDO | 4 | |||
| UNHOOD | 6 | debut | ||
| UNTHOUGHT | 9 | debut | ||
| UNTO | 4 |
* compound(ish) word