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
October 8, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 8, 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 redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter ODGHNTU
Spelling Bee for October 8, 2018

Please note: This is not the solution set for today’s Spelling Bee, which instead uses T as the center letter. For that solution set, click the date high­lighted below.

Related puzzles
Center letter T: June 3, 2024  ← latest
Center letter G: August 12, 2022
Center letter U: June 30, 2020
Center letter N: April 11, 2019

words: 25
score: 158 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 9
bingo: yes

D x 7
G x 1
H x 3
N x 2
O x 5
T x 5
U x 2

5L x 11
6L x 8
7L x 3
8L x 1
9L x 1
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
D 4 2 - 1 - - 7
G - - 1 - - - 1
H 1 2 - - - - 3
N - 1 1 - - - 2
O 3 1 - - - 1 5
T 3 1 1 - - - 5
U - 1 - - 1 - 2
tot 11 8 3 1 1 1 25

cmp 5 6 7 8 10 tot
D - 1 - 1 - 2
G - - 1 - - 1
H - 1 - - - 1
N - - 1 - - 1
O 2 1 - - 1 4
tot 2 3 2 1 1 9

debut appearances 17

DOUGHNUT

word       length      
OUTTHOUGHT * 10
UNTHOUGHT 9 debut
DOUGHNUT * 8 pangram, debut
GODHOOD * 7 debut, disallowed elsewhere
NUNHOOD * 7 debut
THOUGHT 7
DUGONG 6 debut
DUGOUT * 6 debut
HOODOO 6
HOTDOG * 6 debut
NOUGHT 6 debut
OUTGUN * 6 debut
THOUGH 6
UNHOOD 6 debut
DOGGO 5
DONUT 5
DOUGH 5 debut
DUNNO 5
HOUND 5 debut
OUGHT 5
OUTDO * 5
OUTGO * 5 debut
THONG 5 debut
TOOTH 5
TOUGH 5

* compound(ish) word

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