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October 16, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 16, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter AFGLRUY
Spelling Bee for October 16, 2018

words: 93
score: 538 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 0

A x 30
F x 18
G x 25
L x 8
R x 8
Y x 4

5L x 53
6L x 20
7L x 14
8L x 6

  5 6 7 8 tot
A 17 7 6 - 30
F 6 4 4 4 18
G 17 4 3 1 25
L 5 2 - 1 8
R 5 2 1 - 8
Y 3 1 - - 4
tot 53 20 14 6 93

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AF x 2 AG x 2 AL x 8 AR x 10 AU x 7 AY x 1
ARA x 1 ARF x 1 ARG x 4 ARR x 2 ARU x 2
FA x 5 FL x 5 FR x 2 FU x 6
GA x 13 GL x 3 GR x 3 GU x 4 GY x 2
LA x 7 LU x 1
RA x 4 RU x 4
YA x 3 YU x 1

debut appearances 12
previously disallowed debuts 1

FRUGALLY

word       length      
AFARA 5
AFFRAY 6
AGGRY 5
AGRAFF 6
ALALA 5
ALARY 5
ALFALFA 7
ALGAL 5 allowed elsewhere
ALLAY 5
ALLYL 5
ALULA 5
ALULAR 6
ARARA 5
ARFAL 5
ARGAL 5
ARGALA 6
ARGUFY 6
ARGYLL 6
ARRAY 5
ARRAYAL 7
ARUGULA 7
ARURA 5
AUFLAUF 7
AUGUR 5
AUGURAL 7 disallowed elsewhere
AUGURY 6 debut
AURAL 5 debut
AURALLY 7 debut
AURAR 5
AYLLU 5
FAFFY 5
FALLAL 6
FALLGUY 7
FARFAL 6
FARFARA 7
FLAFF 5
FLAGARY 7
FLAGFALL 8
FLAGGY 6
FLARY 5
FRUGAL 6 debut
FRUGALLY 8 pangram, debut
FUGAL 5
FUGALLY 7
FULGURAL 8
FULLA 5
FURAL 5
FURFURAL 8
GAFFA 5
GAGGY 5
GALLFLY 7
GALLU 5
GALLY 5
GARRY 5
GARRYA 6
GARUA 5
GAURA 5
GAYAL 5
GAYFUL 6
GAYFULLY 8
GAYLY 5
GLARY 5
GLAUR 5
GLAURY 6
GRAFF 5
GRAYLAG 7
GRAYLY 6
GUARA 5
GULAG 5
GULAL 5
GULAR 5
GYRAL 5
GYRALLY 7
LAGGY 5 allowed elsewhere
LALLY 5
LALLYGAG 8
LARRY 5
LAULAU 6
LAURA 5
LAURYL 6
LUFFA 5
RAGGA 5
RAGGY 5
RAGULY 6
RALLY 5
RUGAL 5
RUGULA 6
RURAL 5 debut
RURALLY 7 debut
YAGURA 6
YARAY 5
YARFA 5
YURLA 5

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