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 18, 2022 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 2022, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter FABDELT
Spelling Bee for October 18, 2022

words: 58
score: 256 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

A x 2
B x 6
D x 11
E x 1
F x 33
L x 4
T x 1

4L x 22
5L x 10
6L x 11
7L x 9
8L x 6

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A - - - 2 - 2
B 1 - 4 1 - 6
D 3 2 1 1 4 11
E - - 1 - - 1
F 16 8 4 3 2 33
L 2 - 1 1 - 4
T - - - 1 - 1
tot 22 10 11 9 6 58

cmp 7 8 tot
D - 1 1
F 1 1 2
tot 1 2 3

plu 4 8 tot
F 1 1 2
tot 1 1 2

FLATBED

word       length      
AFFABLE 7
ALFALFA 7
BAFFLE 6
BAFFLED 7
BEEF 4
BEEFED 6
BEFALL 6
BEFELL 6
DAFT 4
DEADFALL * 8 disallowed elsewhere
DEAF 4
DEFAT 5
DEFATTED 8
DEFEAT 6
DEFEATED 8
DEFLATE 7
DEFLATED 8
DEFT 4
DELFT 5
EFFETE 6
FABLE 5
FABLED 6
FADE 4
FADED 5
FALAFEL 7
FALL 4
FATAL 5
FATE 4
FATED 5
FEAT 4
FEEBLE 6
FEED 4
FEEL 4
FEET  4
FELL 4
FELLA 5
FELLATE 7
FELLATED 8
FELLED 6
FELT 4
FETA 4
FETAL 5
FETE 4
FETED 5
FETTLE 6
FLAB 4
FLAT 4
FLATBED * 7 perfect pangram
FLATFEET *  8
FLEA 4
FLED 4
FLEE 4
FLEET 5
LEAF 4
LEAFED 6
LEAFLET 7
LEFT 4
TAFFETA 7

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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