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September 3, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 3, 2018, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter PFILORT
Spelling Bee for September 3, 2018

words: 40
score: 165 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 8

F x 5
L x 4
O x 2
P x 20
R x 3
T x 6

4L x 18
5L x 7
6L x 7
7L x 3
8L x 3
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
F 2 - 1 - 1 1 5
L 2 - 1 - 1 - 4
O - 1 - - 1 - 2
P 13 5 1 - - 1 20
R - - 1 2 - - 3
T 1 1 3 1 - - 6
tot 18 7 7 3 3 2 40

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
FI x 1 FL x 3 FO x 1
LI x 1 LO x 3
OI x 1 OR x 1
PF x 1 PI x 3 PL x 2 PO x 9 PR x 5
RI x 1 RO x 2
TI x 2 TO x 1 TR x 3

cmp 6 7 8 9 tot
F - - 1 1 2
O - - 1 - 1
R 1 2 - - 3
T 2 - - - 2
tot 3 2 2 1 8

debut appearances 21

PORTFOLIO

word       length      
FILLIP 6 debut
FLIP 4 debut
FLIPFLOP * 8 debut
FLOP 4 debut
FOOLPROOF * 9 debut
LIPO 4 debut
LOLLIPOP 8 debut
LOLLOP 6
LOOP 4
OILPROOF * 8 debut
ORLOP 5 disallowed elsewhere
PFFT 4
PILL 4 debut
PILOT 5 debut
PIPIT 5
PLOP 4
PLOT 4 debut
POLIO 5 debut
POLL 4
POLO 4
POOF 4 debut
POOL 4
POOP 4
POOR 4
PORT 4
PORTFOLIO 9 pangram, debut
PRIOR 5
PROF 4 debut, disallowed elsewhere
PROFIT 6 debut
PROOF 5 debut
PROP 4
RIPOFF * 6 debut
ROLLTOP * 7
ROOFTOP * 7 debut
TIPOFF * 6 debut
TIPTOP * 6 debut
TORPOR 6
TRIP 4
TROLLOP 7
TROOP 5

* compound(ish) word

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