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


Instructions

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center letter FABDELT
Spelling Bee for October 18, 2022

words: 157
score: 868 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 10
B x 16
D x 20
E x 7
F x 89
L x 10
T x 5

4L x 38
5L x 20
6L x 39
7L x 29
8L x 22
9L x 2
10L x 6
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 1 2 3 2 1 1 - - 10
B 3 1 9 1 1 - - 1 16
D 6 2 3 2 5 - 2 - 20
E - 2 2 3 - - - - 7
F 24 13 18 18 13 - 3 - 89
L 2 - 3 1 2 1 1 - 10
T 2 - 1 2 - - - - 5
tot 38 20 39 29 22 2 6 1 157

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 1 AE x 1 AF x 5 AL x 3
AFE x 1 AFF x 3 AFT x 1
BA x 8 BE x 8
DA x 3 DE x 17
EF x 5 EL x 2
FA x 33 FE x 32 FL x 24
LA x 1 LE x 9
TA x 3 TE x 2

plu 4 6 8 tot
B - 1 - 1
F 1 - 3 4
L - - 1 1
tot 1 1 4 6

debut appearances 9
newly disallowed words 1 abaft

DEFEATABLE, DEFLATABLE, FLATBED, FLATBEDDED

word       length      
ABAFT 5 newly disallowed
AEFALD 6
AFETAL 6
AFFABLE 7
AFFEEBLED 9
AFFLATED 8
AFTABA 6
ALEF 4
ALEFT 5
ALFALFA 7
BAFF 4
BAFFED 6
BAFFLE 6
BAFFLED 7 debut
BAFT 4
BAFTA 5
BAFTAE  6
BATTLEFLEET 11
BEDAFF 6
BEDAFT 6
BEEF 4
BEEFED 6
BEFALL 6
BEFELL 6
BEFLEA 6
BEFLEAED 8
DAFF 4
DAFFED 6
DAFT 4
DEADFALL 8 debut, disallowed elsewhere
DEAF 4
DEEF 4
DEFAT 5
DEFATTED 8
DEFEAT 6
DEFEATABLE 10 pangram
DEFEATED 8
DEFLATABLE 10 pangram
DEFLATE 7 debut
DEFLATED 8 debut
DEFLEA 6
DEFLEAD 7
DEFLEAED 8
DEFT 4
DELF 4
DELFT 5 debut
EFFABLE 7
EFFED 5
EFFELL 6
EFFETE 6
EFFLATE 7
ELFED 5
ELFETTE 7
FAAL 4
FABADA 6
FABBED 6
FABE 4
FABELLA 7
FABELLAE  8
FABLE 5
FABLED 6 debut
FADA 4
FADABLE 7
FADDLE 6
FADDLED 7
FADE 4
FADEABLE 8
FADED 5
FAFF 4
FAFFED 6
FAFFLE 6
FAFFLED 7
FALAFEL 7
FALBALA 7
FALDA 5
FALDETTA 8
FALDFEE 7
FALL 4
FALLAL 6
FALLED 6
FALT 4
FATAL 5
FATE 4
FATED 5
FATELE 6
FATTED 6 allowed elsewhere
FEAL 4
FEALED 6
FEAT 4
FEATED 6
FEDDLE 6
FEDDLED 7
FEEB 4
FEEBATE 7
FEEBLE 6
FEED 4
FEEDABLE 8
FEEL 4
FEELABLE 8
FEELBAD 7
FEET  4
FELAFEL 7
FELL 4
FELLA 5
FELLABLE 8
FELLATE 7
FELLATED 8 debut
FELLATEE 8
FELLED 6
FELT 4
FELTED 6
FETA 4
FETAL 5
FETE 4
FETED 5
FETTA 5
FETTLE 6
FETTLED 7
FLAB 4
FLABELLA  8
FLABELLATE 10
FLAFF 5
FLAFFED 7
FLAT 4
FLATBED 7 perfect pangram, debut
FLATBEDDED 10 pangram
FLATETTE 8
FLATFEET  8
FLATLEAF 8
FLATLET 7
FLATTED 7
FLEA 4
FLEABEETLE 10
FLEAD 5
FLEAED 6
FLED 4
FLEE 4
FLEEABLE 8
FLEED 5
FLEET 5
FLEETED 7
FLET 4
LAFFED 6
LEADFEET  8
LEAF 4
LEAFED 6 debut
LEAFET 6
LEAFFALL 8
LEAFLET 7
LEAFLETED 9
LEAFLETTED 10
LEFT 4
TAFFETA 7
TAFT 4
TAFTED 6
TEALEAF 7
TEFF 4 allowed elsewhere

† plural noun

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