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September 28, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 28, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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 DABLOPR
Spelling Bee for September 28, 2018

words: 145
score: 594 pts
pangrams: 1
bingo: yes

A x 26
B x 19
D x 57
L x 11
O x 6
P x 20
R x 6

4L x 55
5L x 43
6L x 25
7L x 12
8L x 8
9L x 1
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 6 12 7 - - 1 - 26
B 7 7 3 1 1 - - 19
D 24 18 12 2 1 - - 57
L 3 2 - 2 4 - - 11
O 5 - - 1 - - - 6
P 6 3 3 6 2 - - 20
R 4 1 - - - - 1 6
tot 55 43 25 12 8 1 1 145

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 8 AD x 11 AL x 3 AP x 2 AR x 2
BA x 6 BL x 2 BO x 7 BR x 4
DA x 20 DO x 28 DR x 9
LA x 7 LO x 4
OD x 3 OR x 3
PA x 12 PL x 1 PO x 4 PR x 3
RA x 3 RO x 3

debut appearances 15

LAPBOARD

word       length      
ABADA 5
ABDAL 5
ABDO 4
ABOARD 6
ABORAD 6
ABORD 5
ABROAD 6
ABROOD 6
ADAD 4
ADAPROLOL 9
ADDA 4
ADDRA 5
ADOBO 5
ADORAL 6
ADORB 5
ADPAO 5
ADRAD 5
ADROOP 6
ADROP 5
ALDOL 5
ALLOD 5
ALOD 4
APOD 4
APODAL 6
ARAD 4
ARDOR 5 debut
BADLA 5
BALD 4
BALLAD 6
BARD 4
BARDO 5
BARRAD 6
BLAD 4
BLOOD 5
BOARD 5
BODABODA 8
BOLD 4
BOLDO 5
BOLLARD 7 debut
BORD 4
BORDAR 6
BRAD 4
BROAD 5
BROD 4
BROOD 5
DAAD 4
DAAL 4
DABAO 5
DABBA 5
DADA 4
DADBOD 6
DADDA 5
DADO 4
DALA 4
DALAAL 6
DALADALA 8
DALAL 5
DALL 4
DALLOL 6
DALLOP 6
DALO 4
DAPDAP 6
DARB 4
DARBAR 6
DARR 4
DOAB 4
DOBLA 5
DOBRA 5
DOBRO 5
DODAB 5
DODAD 5
DODD 4
DODDARD 7
DODO 4
DODOL 5
DOLABRA 7
DOLL 4
DOLLAR 6 debut
DOLLOP 6 debut
DOLOR 5 debut
DOOB 4
DOOD 4
DOODAB 6
DOODAD 6
DOODOO 6
DOOL 4
DOOP 4
DOOR 4
DOPA 4
DORAD 5
DORADO 6 allowed elsewhere
DORP 4
DORR 4
DRAB 4
DRABA 5
DRAP 4
DRAPA 5
DROLL 5 debut
DROOB 5
DROOL 5 debut
DROOP 5
DROP 4
LABRADOR 8
LADOO 5
LAPBOARD 8 pangram, debut
LARBOARD 8 debut, disallowed elsewhere
LARD 4
LARDBALL 8
LARDO 5
LOAD 4
LOBOPOD 7
LOPPARD 7
LORD 4 debut
ODAL 4
ODDBALL 7
ODOR 4
ORAD 4
ORDA 4
ORDO 4
PADA 4
PALADAR 7
PALDAO 6
PAPAD 5
PAPPAD 6
PARADOL 7
PARADOR 7 debut
PARADROP 8 debut
PARAPOD 7
PARD 4
PARDAO 6
PARDO 5
PLOD 4 debut
PODAL 5
POLLARD 7 debut
POOD 4
POOPLOAD 8
PRAD 4
PROD 4
PRODROP 7
RAAD 4
RADA 4
RADAR 5
ROAD 4 debut
ROLLABOARD 10
ROOD 4

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