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
July 17, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from July 17, 2018, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter LBDFINO
Spelling Bee for July 17, 2018

words: 35
score: 114 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
bingo: yes

B x 15
D x 3
F x 6
I x 2
L x 7
N x 1
O x 1

4L x 21
5L x 7
6L x 3
7L x 1
8L x 1
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
B 7 4 1 1 1 1 15
D 2 1 - - - - 3
F 4 2 - - - - 6
I 1 - 1 - - - 2
L 6 - 1 - - - 7
N - - - - - 1 1
O 1 - - - - - 1
tot 21 7 3 1 1 2 35

cmp 6 8 9 tot
B - 1 1 2
I 1 - - 1
tot 1 1 1 3

BLINDFOLD

word       length      
BLINDFOLD * 9 pangram
NONILLION 9
BILLFOLD * 8
BILLION 7
BIFOLD 6
INFILL * 6
LIBIDO 6
BLIND 5
BLINI 5
BLOND 5
BLOOD 5
DILDO 5
FLOOD 5
FOLIO 5
BILL 4
BLIN 4
BLOB 4
BOIL 4
BOLD 4
BOLL 4
BOLO 4
DILL 4
DOLL 4
FILL 4
FOIL 4
FOLD 4
FOOL 4
IDOL 4
LIDO 4 disallowed elsewhere
LION 4
LOBO 4
LOIN 4
LOLL 4
LOON 4
OLIO 4

* compound(ish) word

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