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September 17, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 17, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter CAFLNTU
Spelling Bee for September 17, 2018

words: 83
score: 448 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 5
plurals: 0

A x 9
C x 40
F x 15
L x 3
T x 6
U x 10

4L x 20
5L x 16
6L x 17
7L x 21
8L x 4
9L x 4
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 2 2 3 2 - - - 9
C 14 6 6 9 3 1 1 40
F 1 3 4 6 - 1 - 15
L - - 1 2 - - - 3
T 2 2 - 2 - - - 6
U 1 3 3 - 1 2 - 10
tot 20 16 17 21 4 4 1 83

cmp 6 7 8 tot
C - 2 2 4
F 1 - - 1
tot 1 2 2 5

FLUCTUANT, UNFACTUAL, UNTACTFUL

word       length      
ACANA 5
ACAULT 6
ACCA 4
ACTA 4
ACTANT 6
ACTUAL 6
AFANC 5
ALCANNA 7
ATTACCA 7
CACA 4
CAFF 4
CAFTAN 6
CALALU 6
CALCANT 7
CALCTUFA * 8
CALCTUFF * 8
CALCULANT 9
CALF 4
CALFACTANT 10
CALL 4
CALLA 5
CALLANT 7
CALLUNA 7
CANAL 5
CANCAN 6
CANFUL 6 disallowed elsewhere
CANN 4
CANNA 5 allowed elsewhere
CANNULA 7 allowed elsewhere
CANT 4
CANTAL 6
CANTALA 7
CANTATA 7
CANTUTA 7
CANULA 6
CANUN 5
CATALUFA 8
CATCALL * 7
CATFALL * 7
CAUF 4
CAUL 4
CLAN 4
CLAT 4
CLAUT 5
CUCA 4
CUFF 4
CULL 4
CULT 4
CUTAN 5
FACACTA 7
FACT 4
FACTA 5
FACTFUL 7
FACTUAL 7
FACULA 6
FALCATA 7
FALCULA 7
FATCAT * 6
FAUCAL 6
FLUCAN 6
FLUCCAN 7
FLUCTUANT 9 pangram
FUCAN 5
FUNCT 5
LACTANT 7
LACUNA 6
LACUNAL 7 disallowed elsewhere
TACT 4
TACTFUL 7
TACTUAL 7
TALC 4
TATAC 5
TUCAN 5
UNACTUAL 8
UNCAL 5
UNCAN 5
UNCT 4
UNCUFF 6
UNCUT 5
UNFACT 6
UNFACTUAL 9 pangram
UNTACT 6
UNTACTFUL 9 pangram

* compound(ish) word

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