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July 17, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from July 17, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter LBDFINO
Spelling Bee for July 17, 2018

words: 117
score: 498 pts
pangrams: 3
bingo: yes

B x 35
D x 10
F x 13
I x 11
L x 24
N x 14
O x 10

4L x 48
5L x 25
6L x 21
7L x 12
8L x 7
9L x 3
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 11 tot
B 10 10 5 6 2 1 1 35
D 4 3 2 - 1 - - 10
F 7 4 1 1 - - - 13
I 4 1 3 2 - 1 - 11
L 16 2 4 1 1 - - 24
N 4 1 3 2 3 1 - 14
O 3 4 3 - - - - 10
tot 48 25 21 12 7 3 1 117

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BI x 14 BL x 8 BO x 13
DI x 5 DO x 5
FI x 4 FL x 4 FO x 5
ID x 3 IF x 1 IL x 1 IN x 5 IO x 1
LI x 12 LO x 12
NI x 1 NO x 13
OB x 6 OL x 3 ON x 1

debut appearances 22

BILLIONFOLD, BLINDFOLD, BLOODFIN

word       length      
BILLIONFOLD 11 pangram
BLINDFOLD 9 pangram, debut
INFILLION 9
NONILLION 9 debut
BILLFOLD 8 debut
BLOODFIN 8 pangram
DOLIOLID 8
LIBIDIBI 8
NONBLIND 8
NONBLOOD 8
NONFLOOD 8
BIFOLIO 7
BILLION 7 debut
BILOBOL 7
BIOFOIL 7
BOILOFF 7
BOLILLO 7
FINFOLD 7
INDOLIN 7
INFLOOD 7
LILIOID 7
NOBILIN 7
NONBOLD 7
BIFOLD 6 debut
BILLIO 6
BILLON 6
BIOOIL 6
BOBBOL 6
DIOBOL 6
DOBLON 6
FOLDON 6
IDOLON 6
INFILL 6 debut
INFOLD 6
LIBIDO 6 debut
LILIID 6
LOBOLO 6
LONNIN 6
NONILL 6
NONOIL 6
NONOLD 6
OBLOID 6
OBOLID 6
OBOLOI 6
BILBO 5
BILIN 5
BLIND 5 debut
BLINI 5 debut
BLOND 5 debut
BLOOD 5
BOBOL 5
BOLDO 5
BOLIN 5
BOLON 5
DILDO 5 debut
DINLO 5
DODOL 5
FILLO 5
FLOOD 5 debut
FLOOF 5
FOLIO 5
IODOL 5
LIDOL 5
LININ 5
NOLID 5
OBOLI 5
OBOLO 5
OLOID 5
ONDOL 5
BILL 4 debut
BILO 4
BLIN 4 debut
BLOB 4
BOIL 4 debut
BOLD 4
BOLI 4
BOLL 4
BOLO 4
BOOL 4
DILL 4 debut
DIOL 4
DOLL 4
DOOL 4
FILL 4 debut
FILO 4
FLID 4
FLOB 4
FOIL 4
FOLD 4 debut
FOOL 4
IDLI 4
IDOL 4 debut
IFIL 4
ILLO 4
LIDO 4 debut, disallowed elsewhere
LILL 4
LILO 4
LINN 4
LINO 4
LION 4 debut
LOBI 4
LOBO 4
LOFF 4
LOFI 4
LOID 4
LOIN 4 debut
LOLL 4
LOOB 4
LOOF 4
LOON 4
NILL 4
NOIL 4
NOLL 4
NOLO 4
OBOL 4
OLID 4
OLIO 4

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