August 18, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 18, 2018, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter M: September 4, 2023words: 26
score: 172 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 5
bingo: yes
A x 4
C x 8
E x 1
H x 3
K x 1
M x 5
T x 4
5L x 12
6L x 5
7L x 6
8L x 1
9L x 2
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| C | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| K | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| T | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| tot | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| cmp | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot |
| C | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| M | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| T | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| debut appearances | 19 |
| previously disallowed debuts | 1 |
CHECKMATE, MATCHMAKE
| word | length | |||
| ACETATE | 7 | |||
| ATTACH | 6 | |||
| ATTACHE | 7 | debut | ||
| ATTACK | 6 | debut | ||
| CACHE | 5 | |||
| CACHET | 6 | debut | ||
| CATCH | 5 | |||
| CHEAT | 5 | debut | ||
| CHECK | 5 | |||
| CHECKMATE | * 9 | pangram, debut | ||
| CHEEK | 5 | |||
| CHEETAH | 7 | debut | ||
| EMCEE | * 5 | |||
| HATCH | 5 | |||
| HATCHECK | * 8 | debut | ||
| HATCHET | 7 | debut | ||
| KETCH | 5 | debut | ||
| MACHETE | 7 | debut | ||
| MATCH | 5 | |||
| MATCHA | 6 | |||
| MATCHMAKE | * 9 | pangram, debut | ||
| MECCA | 5 | debut | ||
| TACET | 5 | |||
| TEACAKE | * 7 | debut | ||
| TEACH | 5 | debut | ||
| THATCH | 6 |
* compound(ish) word