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August 5, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 5, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter HACMNTW
Spelling Bee for August 5, 2018

words: 94
score: 453 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 4
bingo: yes

A x 9
C x 24
H x 16
M x 17
N x 1
T x 18
W x 9

4L x 27
5L x 20
6L x 27
7L x 10
8L x 5
9L x 3
10L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 2 2 4 1 - - - 9
C 4 6 7 3 2 1 1 24
H 8 4 3 - 1 - - 16
M 3 3 6 4 - 1 - 17
N - 1 - - - - - 1
T 7 3 4 2 - 1 1 18
W 3 1 3 - 2 - - 9
tot 27 20 27 10 5 3 2 94

cmp 8 tot
C 1 1
H 1 1
W 2 2
tot 4 4

debut appearances 15

WATCHMAN

word       length      
ACANTH 6
ACANTHA 7
ACHA 4
AHATA 5
AMACHA 6
AMAH 4
ATHAN 5
ATTACH 6 debut
AWATCH 6
CACHACA 7
CAMANCHACA 10
CANCHA 6
CANNACH 7
CATCH 5 debut
CATCHMAN * 8
CATH 4
CHAAT 5
CHACHA 6
CHACHACHA 9
CHACMA 6
CHAM 4
CHAMA 5
CHAMCHA 7
CHANA 5
CHANNA 6
CHANT 5 debut
CHANTANT 8
CHAT 4 debut
CHATTA 6
CHAW 4
CHAWAN 6
CHHANA 6
CWTCH 5
HAAT 4
HAHA 4
HAMMAM 6
HANCH 5
HANT 4
HATCH 5 debut
HATCHMAN * 8
HATH 4
HATHA 5 allowed elsewhere
HATTA 5
HATTAH 6
HAWM 4
HAWT 4
HMMM 4
HWACHA 6
HWAN 4
MACH 4
MACHACA 7
MACHAN 6
MACHHAN 7
MAHA 4
MAHANT 6
MAHATMA 7 debut
MAHAWAT 7
MAHWA 5
MANCHA 6
MANHATTAN 9 debut
MANHWA 6
MATCH 5 debut
MATCHA 6 debut
MATH 4 debut
MATHA 5
MATTHA 6
NATCH 5 debut
TACAMAHAC 9
TACAMAHACA 10
TACH 4 allowed elsewhere
TAHA 4
TAHAN 5
TANHA 5
TANNAH 6
TATH 4
TATHATA 7
THAA 4
THAN 4
THANA 5
THANAH 6
THANNA 6
THANNAH 7
THAT 4
THATCH 6 debut
THAW 4
WATCH 5 debut
WATCHCAT * 8
WATCHMAN * 8 pangram, debut
WATH 4
WHAM 4 debut
WHAT 4
WHATNA 6
WHATTA 6
WHATTH 6

* compound(ish) word

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