August 31, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Hints and More
This page offers expanded customizable two-letter hints for solving the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 31, 2019, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with RO.
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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.
words: 148
score: 690 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 3
compounds: 9
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
A x 20
C x 48
K x 19
L x 21
M x 25
O x 8
R x 7
4L x 48
5L x 45
6L x 21
7L x 19
8L x 10
9L x 2
10L x 1
11L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot | |
| A | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 20 |
| C | 11 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 48 |
| K | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 19 |
| L | 13 | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 21 |
| M | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| O | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| R | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| tot | 48 | 45 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 148 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AC x 1 | AL x 13 | AM x 4 | AR x 2 |
| CA x 15 | CL x 11 | CO x 20 | CR x 2 |
| KA x 10 | KL x 1 | KO x 7 | KR x 1 |
| LA x 6 | LL x 1 | LO x 14 | |
| MA x 17 | MO x 8 | ||
| OA x 1 | OL x 4 | OO x 1 | OR x 2 |
| RA x 1 | RO x 6 | ||
| ROL x 3 | ROM x 1 | ROO x 1 | ROR x 1 |
| cmp | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot |
| A | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| C | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| L | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |