November 8, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from November 8, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with OB.
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.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter Y: September 27, 2022Center letter O: August 27, 2020
Center letter L: May 20, 2020
Center letter A: July 5, 2019
words: 168
score: 829 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
A x 14
B x 91
C x 21
L x 13
N x 20
O x 4
Y x 5
4L x 39
5L x 56
6L x 40
7L x 17
8L x 11
9L x 2
10L x 2
11L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot | |
| A | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 14 |
| B | 25 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 91 |
| C | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 21 |
| L | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 13 |
| N | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 20 |
| O | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Y | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| tot | 39 | 56 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 168 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AB x 10 | AL x 4 | ||
| BA x 45 | BL x 10 | BO x 35 | BY x 1 |
| CA x 13 | CO x 8 | ||
| LA x 5 | LO x 8 | ||
| NA x 9 | NO x 11 | ||
| OB x 4 | |||
| OBA x 1 | OBB x 1 | OBO x 2 | |
| YA x 3 | YO x 2 |
BALCONY, BALLOONACY
| word | length | |||
| ABACA | 5 | |||
| ABANAL | 6 | |||
| ABANALLY | 8 | |||
| ABAYA | 5 | |||
| ABBA | 4 | |||
| ABBACY | 6 | |||
| ABLY | 4 | |||
| ABOB | 4 | |||
| ABOLLA | 6 | |||
| ABOON | 5 | |||
| ALBA | 4 | |||
| ALBAN | 5 | |||
| ALBANOL | 7 | |||
| ALBOLL | 6 | |||
| BAAL | 4 | |||
| BABA | 4 | |||
| BABACO | 6 | |||
| BABALA | 6 | |||
| BABAYLAN | 8 | |||
| BABBLY | 6 | |||
| BABBY | 5 | |||
| BABOO | 5 | |||
| BABOON | 6 | |||
| BABY | 4 | |||
| BACALAO | 7 | |||
| BACCA | 5 | |||
| BACCALA | 7 | |||
| BACCOO | 6 | |||
| BACCY | 5 | |||
| BACON | 5 | |||
| BACONY | 6 | |||
| BACOO | 5 | |||
| BALBOA | 6 | |||
| BALCONY | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| BALL | 4 | |||
| BALLAN | 6 | |||
| BALLBOY | 7 | |||
| BALLCLAY | 8 | |||
| BALLON | 6 | |||
| BALLOON | 7 | |||
| BALLOONACY | 10 | pangram | ||
| BALLOONY | 8 | |||
| BALLY | 5 | |||
| BALOO | 5 | |||
| BANABA | 6 | |||
| BANAL | 5 | |||
| BANALLY | 7 | |||
| BANANA | 6 | |||
| BANC | 4 | |||
| BANCAL | 6 | |||
| BANCO | 5 | |||
| BANNA | 5 | |||
| BANYA | 5 | |||
| BANYALLA | 8 | |||
| BANYAN | 6 | |||
| BAOBAB | 6 | |||
| BAON | 4 | |||
| BAYA | 4 | |||
| BAYAN | 5 | |||
| BLAA | 4 | |||
| BLAB | 4 | |||
| BLABBY | 6 | |||
| BLANC | 5 | |||
| BLANCO | 6 | |||
| BLAY | 4 | |||
| BLOB | 4 | |||
| BLOBBY | 6 | |||
| BLOC | 4 | |||
| BLOLLY | 6 | |||
| BOAB | 4 | |||
| BOABY | 5 | |||
| BOBA | 4 | |||
| BOBAC | 5 | |||
| BOBBLY | 6 | |||
| BOBBOL | 6 | |||
| BOBBY | 5 | |||
| BOBO | 4 | |||
| BOBOL | 5 | |||
| BOCA | 4 | |||
| BOCAL | 5 | |||
| BOCCA | 5 | |||
| BOLA | 4 | |||
| BOLL | 4 | |||
| BOLO | 4 | |||
| BOLON | 5 | |||
| BONA | 4 | |||
| BONACON | 7 | |||
| BONBON | 6 | |||
| BONNACON | 8 | |||
| BONNY | 5 | |||
| BONOBO | 6 | |||
| BONY | 4 | |||
| BOOB | 4 | |||
| BOOBOO | 6 | |||
| BOOBY | 5 | |||
| BOOBYALLA | 9 | |||
| BOOCOO | 6 | |||
| BOOL | 4 | |||
| BOOLY | 5 | |||
| BOON | 4 | |||
| BOOYA | 5 | |||
| BOYLA | 5 | |||
| BOYLY | 5 | |||
| BOYO | 4 | |||
| BYLYNA | 6 | |||
| CABA | 4 | |||
| CABAL | 5 | |||
| CABALA | 6 | |||
| CABAN | 5 | |||
| CABANA | 6 | |||
| CABBALA | 7 | |||
| CABBY | 5 | |||
| CABOCLO | 7 | |||
| CALABA | 6 | |||
| CALABAN | 7 | |||
| CALLBOY | 7 | |||
| CANNONBALL | 10 | |||
| CAOBA | 5 | |||
| COALBALL | 8 | |||
| COBB | 4 | |||
| COBBLY | 6 | |||
| COBBY | 5 | |||
| COCOBOLA | 8 | |||
| COCOBOLO | 8 | |||
| COLLAB | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| COLLABO | 7 | |||
| LABANA | 6 | |||
| LABBA | 5 | |||
| LABLAB | 6 | |||
| LABNA | 5 | |||
| LAYBY | 5 | |||
| LOBAL | 5 | |||
| LOBBY | 5 | |||
| LOBLOLLY | 8 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| LOBO | 4 | |||
| LOBOLA | 6 | |||
| LOBOLO | 6 | |||
| LOOB | 4 | |||
| LOOBY | 5 | |||
| NABAL | 5 | |||
| NABAN | 5 | |||
| NABBY | 5 | |||
| NABLA | 5 | |||
| NABOB | 5 | |||
| NABY | 4 | |||
| NANOBALL | 8 | |||
| NANOBALLOON | 11 | |||
| NAYAB | 5 | |||
| NOBBLY | 6 | |||
| NOBBY | 5 | |||
| NOBLY | 5 | |||
| NONBABY | 7 | |||
| NONBALL | 7 | |||
| NONBANANA | 9 | |||
| NONBLOC | 7 | |||
| NONBONY | 7 | |||
| NONLAB | 6 | |||
| NOOB | 4 | |||
| NOOBY | 5 | |||
| OBAN | 4 | |||
| OBBO | 4 | |||
| OBOL | 4 | |||
| OBOLO | 5 | |||
| YABBA | 5 | |||
| YABBO | 5 | |||
| YABBY | 5 | |||
| YOBBO | 5 | |||
| YOBO | 4 |