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 20, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 20, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter ODNPRUW
Spelling Bee for August 20, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter N: February 15, 2020
Center letter U: July 14, 2019

words: 123
score: 469 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 15
bingo: yes

D x 32
N x 16
O x 7
P x 30
R x 13
U x 16
W x 9

4L x 58
5L x 23
6L x 18
7L x 13
8L x 9
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
D 18 6 5 - 3 - 32
N 5 3 3 3 2 - 16
O 5 2 - - - - 7
P 13 7 4 3 3 - 30
R 7 2 - 2 1 1 13
U 4 2 5 5 - - 16
W 6 1 1 - - 1 9
tot 58 23 18 13 9 2 123

cmp 4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
D - - - - 2 - 2
P - 1 1 2 - - 4
R - - - 2 1 1 4
U 2 - 1 1 - - 4
W - - - - - 1 1
tot 2 1 2 5 3 2 15

DOWNPOUR

word       length      
DODD 4
DODO 4
DONOR 5
DOOD 4
DOODOO 6
DOON 4
DOOP 4
DOOR 4
DOOWOP 6
DORN 4
DORP 4
DORR 4
DORU 4
DOUDOU 6
DOUDU 5
DOUNDOUN 8
DOUP 4
DOUR 4
DOWD 4
DOWN 4
DOWNPOUR * 8 pangram
DOWP 4
DROOP 5
DROP 4
DROPDOWN * 8
DROW 4
DROWN 5
DROWND 6
DUDOU 5
DUNNO 5
DURO 4
DUROOD 6
NONDO 5
NONDONOR 8
NONNO 5
NONO 4
NONODD 6
NONOP 5
NONPOOR 7
NONPRO 6
NONROUND 8
NONRUN 6
NONWOOD 7
NONWORD 7
NOON 4
NOUN 4
NOUP 4
NOWD 4
ODOR 4
ODOUR 5
OOWOP 5
OPPO 4
ORDO 4
ORDU 4
OURN 4
POND 4
PONOR 5
POOD 4
POON 4
POOP 4
POOPOO 6
POOR 4
POPO 4
POPUP * 5
PORN 4
PORNO 5
POROPORO 8
PORRON 6
POUD 4
POUND 5
POUPOU 6
POUR 4
POWWOW * 6
PROD 4
PRODROP * 7
PRONOUN 7
PROP 4
PROPOUND 8
PROUD 5
PROW 4
PROWORD * 7
PRUNO 5
PUDOR 5
PUNDONOR 8
PURO 4
ROND 4
RONDO 5
ROOD 4
ROON 4
ROOP 4
ROUN 4
ROUND 5
ROUNDUP * 7
ROUNDWOOD * 9
ROUP 4
ROWN 4
RUNDOWN * 7
RUNROUND * 8
UDON 4
UNDO 4
UNDROWN 7
UNPOP 5
UNPROP 6
UNPROUD 7
UNROUND 7
UNWON 5
UNWORN 6
UNWOUND 7
UPDO * 4
UPON * 4
UPPROP * 6
UPWOUND * 7
UROPOD 6
URWORD 6
WOOD 4
WOON 4
WOOWOO 6
WORD 4
WORN 4
WOUND 5
WOUNDWOOD * 9
WROO 4
WROP 4

* compound(ish) word

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