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August 16, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 16, 2018, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with YA.


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.

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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: 32
score: 169 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 2
compounds: 8
bingo: yes

A x 4
D x 11
K x 3
O x 2
R x 2
W x 7
Y x 3

4L x 10
5L x 12
6L x 2
7L x 5
8L x 3

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 2 1 1 - - 4
D 3 5 - 2 1 11
K 1 2 - - - 3
O 2 - - - - 2
R - 1 - 1 - 2
W 1 3 - 2 1 7
Y 1 - 1 - 1 3
tot 10 12 2 5 3 32

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AR x 2 AW x 2
DA x 2 DO x 6 DR x 2 DY x 1
KA x 2 KO x 1
OA x 1 OK x 1
RO x 2
WA x 2 WO x 5
YA x 3
YAR x 3

cmp 7 8 tot
D 2 1 3
R 1 - 1
W 2 1 3
Y - 1 1
tot 5 3 8

debut appearances 18

DAYWORK, WORKADAY, WORKDAY, YARDWORK

word       length      
ARRAY 5
ARROYO 6
AWAY 4
AWRY 4
DADDY 5
DAYWORK * 7 perfect pangram, debut
DOORWAY * 7 debut
DOORYARD * 8 debut
DORKY 5 debut
DORY 4 debut
DOWDY 5 debut
DOWRY 5 debut
DRAY 4
DRYAD 5
DYAD 4
KAYAK 5
KAYO 4 debut, disallowed elsewhere
KOOKY 5
OAKY 4 debut
OKAY 4 debut
ROADWAY * 7 debut
ROWDY 5 debut
WARY 4
WAYWARD * 7 debut
WOODY 5 debut
WORDY 5 debut
WORKADAY * 8 pangram, debut
WORKDAY * 7 perfect pangram, debut
WORRY 5
YARD 4
YARDWORK * 8 pangram, debut
YARROW 6

* compound(ish) word

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