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October 22, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 22, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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 UACLRTY
Spelling Bee for October 22, 2018

words: 96
score: 454 pts
pangrams: 3
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 20
C x 31
L x 12
R x 7
T x 16
U x 4
Y x 6

4L x 30
5L x 29
6L x 19
7L x 9
8L x 3
9L x 4
10L x 1
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 3 5 5 3 2 1 - 1 20
C 8 7 9 3 1 2 1 - 31
L 6 3 3 - - - - - 12
R 3 3 - 1 - - - - 7
T 5 7 1 2 - 1 - - 16
U 2 1 1 - - - - - 4
Y 3 3 - - - - - - 6
tot 30 29 19 9 3 4 1 1 96

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 8 AL x 2 AR x 2 AT x 1 AU x 5 AY x 2
CA x 8 CL x 1 CR x 5 CU x 16 CY x 1
LA x 4 LL x 1 LU x 7
RA x 1 RU x 6
TA x 7 TR x 2 TU x 7
UL x 1 UR x 3
YA x 1 YU x 5

debut appearances 14
previously disallowed debuts 1
newly disallowed words 1 trull

ACULTURALLY, CARTULARY, CULTURALLY

word       length      
ACULTURALLY 11 pangram
CULTURALLY 10 pangram, debut
ACULTURAL 9
CALYCULAR 9
CARTULARY 9 pangram
TACTUALLY 9 debut, disallowed elsewhere
ACCURACY 8
ACTUALLY 8 debut
CULTURAL 8 debut
ACCRUAL 7 debut
ACTUARY 7 debut
AURALLY 7
CARACUL 7
CARRUCA 7
CRAYTUR 7
RURALLY 7
TACTUAL 7
TUATARA 7
ACAULT 6
ACTUAL 6
ALULAR 6
ARCUAL 6
AYACUT 6
CALALU 6
CARUCA 6
CAYUCA 6
CRATUR 6
CRURAL 6
CURACY 6 debut, previously disallowed
CURTAL 6
CURTLY 6 debut
CYTULA 6
LAULAU 6
LAURYL 6
LLAUTU 6
TAUTLY 6 debut
URACYL 6
ALULA 5
ARURA 5
AURAL 5
AURAR 5
AYLLU 5
CLAUT 5
CRURA 5
CULLY 5
CULTY 5
CURLY 5 debut
CURRY 5
CUTTY 5
LAURA 5
LURRY 5
LUTAR 5
RULLY 5
RURAL 5
RUTTY 5
TAULA 5
TRULL 5 newly disallowed
TRULY 5 debut
TUART 5
TURCA 5
TURRA 5
TUTTY 5
ULTRA 5 debut
YUCCA 5 debut
YURLA 5
YURTA 5
ATUA 4
AULA 4
AURA 4
CAUL 4
CRUT 4
CUCA 4
CULL 4
CULT 4
CURL 4
CURR 4
CURT 4 debut
LATU 4
LUAU 4
LUCY 4
LULL 4
LULU 4
LURT 4
RATU 4
RULY 4
RURU 4
TATU 4
TAUA 4
TAUT 4
TUTU 4
TUYA 4
URRY 4
URUT 4
YAUL 4
YUCA 4 allowed elsewhere
YURT 4

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