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August 16, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 16, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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center letter YADKORW
Spelling Bee for August 16, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter A: June 27, 2023
Center letter D: December 4, 2020

words: 85
score: 380 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 2
compounds: 14
bingo: yes

A x 9
D x 17
K x 11
O x 5
R x 10
W x 15
Y x 18

4L x 31
5L x 33
6L x 3
7L x 9
8L x 7
9L x 1
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 5 1 2 1 - - - 9
D 3 10 - 3 1 - - 17
K 6 4 - 1 - - - 11
O 4 1 - - - - - 5
R 2 5 - 1 1 - 1 10
W 2 6 - 3 3 1 - 15
Y 9 6 1 - 2 - - 18
tot 31 33 3 9 7 1 1 85

cmp 7 8 9 tot
A 1 - - 1
D 3 1 - 4
R 1 - - 1
W 3 3 1 7
Y - 1 - 1
tot 8 5 1 14

debut appearances 18

DAYWORK, WORKADAY, WORKDAY, YARDWORK

word       length      
ADDY 4
ARRAY 5
ARROWY 6
ARROYO 6
ARYK 4
AWAY 4
AWAYDAY * 7
AWKY 4
AWRY 4
DADDY 5
DARDY 5
DAYWARD * 7
DAYWORK * 7 perfect pangram, debut
DODDY 5
DOODY 5
DOOKY 5
DOORWAY * 7 debut
DOORYARD * 8 debut
DORKY 5 debut
DORY 4 debut
DOWDY 5 debut
DOWRY 5 debut
DOYRA 5
DRAY 4
DRYAD 5
DYAD 4
KADY 4
KAYA 4
KAYAK 5
KAYKO 5
KAYO 4 debut, disallowed elsewhere
KODAKRY 7
KOOKY 5
KOYOK 5
KRAY 4
KYAK 4
KYAW 4
OAKY 4 debut
OARY 4
OKAY 4 debut
OKRY 4
OROYA 5
RAWKY 5
RAYA 4
ROADWAY * 7 debut
RODDY 5
ROKY 4
ROODY 5
ROOKY 5
ROWDY 5 debut
ROWDYDOW 8
ROWDYDOWDY 10
WADDY 5
WADDYWOOD * 9
WARY 4
WAYWARD * 7 debut
WOADY 5
WOODWAY * 7
WOODY 5 debut
WOODYARD * 8
WORDY 5 debut
WORKADAY * 8 pangram, debut
WORKAWAY * 8
WORKDAY * 7 perfect pangram, debut
WORKY 5
WORRY 5
WYRD 4
YAAR 4
YADDA 5
YAKAYAKA 8
YAKKA 5
YAKKY 5
YAKOW 5
YARAK 5
YARAY 5
YARD 4
YARDWORK * 8 pangram, debut
YARK 4
YARR 4
YARROW 6
YAYA 4
YAYO 4
YOKY 4
YORK 4
YOYO 4

* compound(ish) word

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