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 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 2022, including disallowed words, 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.

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center letter FABDELT
Spelling Bee for October 18, 2022

words: 119
score: 830 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 9
B x 13
D x 14
E x 7
F x 65
L x 8
T x 3

5L x 20
6L x 39
7L x 29
8L x 22
9L x 2
10L x 6
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 2 3 2 1 1 - - 9
B 1 9 1 1 - - 1 13
D 2 3 2 5 - 2 - 14
E 2 2 3 - - - - 7
F 13 18 18 13 - 3 - 65
L - 3 1 2 1 1 - 8
T - 1 2 - - - - 3
tot 20 39 29 22 2 6 1 119

DEFEATABLE, DEFLATABLE, FLATBED, FLATBEDDED

word       length      
BATTLEFLEET 11
DEFEATABLE 10 pangram
DEFLATABLE 10 pangram
FLABELLATE 10
FLATBEDDED 10 pangram
FLEABEETLE 10
LEAFLETTED 10
AFFEEBLED 9
LEAFLETED 9
AFFLATED 8
BEFLEAED 8
DEADFALL 8 disallowed elsewhere
DEFATTED 8
DEFEATED 8
DEFLATED 8
DEFLEAED 8
FABELLAE 8
FADEABLE 8
FALDETTA 8
FEEDABLE 8
FEELABLE 8
FELLABLE 8
FELLATED 8
FELLATEE 8
FLABELLA 8
FLATETTE 8
FLATFEET 8
FLATLEAF 8
FLEEABLE 8
LEADFEET 8
LEAFFALL 8
AFFABLE 7
ALFALFA 7
BAFFLED 7
DEFLATE 7
DEFLEAD 7
EFFABLE 7
EFFLATE 7
ELFETTE 7
FABELLA 7
FADABLE 7
FADDLED 7
FAFFLED 7
FALAFEL 7
FALBALA 7
FALDFEE 7
FEDDLED 7
FEEBATE 7
FEELBAD 7
FELAFEL 7
FELLATE 7
FETTLED 7
FLAFFED 7
FLATBED 7 perfect pangram
FLATLET 7
FLATTED 7
FLEETED 7
LEAFLET 7
TAFFETA 7
TEALEAF 7
AEFALD 6
AFETAL 6
AFTABA 6
BAFFED 6
BAFFLE 6
BAFTAE 6
BEDAFF 6
BEDAFT 6
BEEFED 6
BEFALL 6
BEFELL 6
BEFLEA 6
DAFFED 6
DEFEAT 6
DEFLEA 6
EFFELL 6
EFFETE 6
FABADA 6
FABBED 6
FABLED 6
FADDLE 6
FAFFED 6
FAFFLE 6
FALLAL 6
FALLED 6
FATELE 6
FATTED 6 allowed elsewhere
FEALED 6
FEATED 6
FEDDLE 6
FEEBLE 6
FELLED 6
FELTED 6
FETTLE 6
FLEAED 6
LAFFED 6
LEAFED 6
LEAFET 6
TAFTED 6
ABAFT 5
ALEFT 5
BAFTA 5
DEFAT 5
DELFT 5
EFFED 5
ELFED 5
FABLE 5
FADED 5
FALDA 5
FATAL 5
FATED 5
FELLA 5
FETAL 5
FETED 5
FETTA 5
FLAFF 5
FLEAD 5
FLEED 5
FLEET 5

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