Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
August 18, 2021 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 18, 2021, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter OCEILNX
Spelling Bee for August 18, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter N: June 24, 2023
Center letter C: June 16, 2022

words: 45
score: 176 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 1

C x 15
I x 4
L x 10
N x 7
O x 8
X x 1

4L x 20
5L x 12
6L x 6
7L x 5
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 9 tot
C 4 6 2 3 - 15
I 1 1 1 - 1 4
L 7 - 1 2 - 10
N 4 1 1 - 1 7
O 4 3 1 - - 8
X - 1 - - - 1
tot 20 12 6 5 2 45

cmp 6 tot
O 1 1
tot 1 1

LEXICON

word       length      
CELLO 5
CLONE 5
COCCI 5
COCOON 6
COIL 4
COIN 4
COLIC 5
COLLEEN 7
COLLIE 6
COLON 5
COLONEL 7
COLONIC 7
CONE 4
CONIC 5
COOL 4
ICON 4
ICONIC 6
INNOCENCE 9
IONIC 5
LEONINE 7
LEXICON 7 perfect pangram
LION 4
LOCI 4
LOCO 4
LOIN 4
LOLL 4
LONE 4
LOON 4
LOONIE 6
NEOCON 6
NEON 4
NOEL 4
NONCE 5
NONE 4
NONILLION 9
NOON 4
OLEIC 5
OLEO 4
OLIO 4
OLLIE 5
ONCE 4
ONION 5
ONLINE * 6
OXEN 4
XENON 5

* compound(ish) word

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