August 27, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 27, 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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Related puzzles
Center letter A: September 13, 2023Center letter P: August 21, 2022
Center letter T: September 27, 2021
words: 33
score: 115 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 1
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
A x 2
E x 2
H x 9
M x 5
P x 2
T x 12
Y x 1
4L x 17
5L x 9
6L x 4
7L x 2
8L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot | |
| A | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| E | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| H | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 9 |
| M | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 |
| P | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| cmp | 8 | tot |
| E | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 |
| plu | 5 | 8 | tot |
| E | - | 1 | 1 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 18 |
EMPATHY
| word | length | |||
| EYETEETH | * † 8 | |||
| EMPATHY | 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| MAHATMA | 7 | |||
| APATHY | 6 | debut | ||
| MAYHEM | 6 | debut | ||
| TEETHE | 6 | |||
| TEMPEH | 6 | debut | ||
| HAMMY | 5 | debut | ||
| HAPPY | 5 | debut | ||
| HEATH | 5 | debut | ||
| TEETH | † 5 | |||
| THEMA | 5 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| THEME | 5 | |||
| THETA | 5 | debut | ||
| THYME | 5 | debut | ||
| THYMY | 5 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| AHEM | 4 | debut | ||
| HATE | 4 | debut | ||
| HATH | 4 | |||
| HEAP | 4 | debut | ||
| HEAT | 4 | debut | ||
| HEMP | 4 | debut | ||
| HYPE | 4 | debut | ||
| MATH | 4 | |||
| METH | 4 | |||
| MYTH | 4 | debut | ||
| PATH | 4 | |||
| PHAT | 4 | |||
| THAT | 4 | |||
| THEE | 4 | |||
| THEM | 4 | |||
| THEY | 4 | |||
| YEAH | 4 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun