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July 18, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from July 18, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been re­con­struct­ed from partial records. We feel reason­ably confident about the data below but cannot guar­an­tee perfect accuracy.
center letter FACELPT
Spelling Bee for July 18, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter P: April 4, 2020
Center letter C: April 25, 2019

words: 96
score: 471 pts
pangrams: 2
bingo: yes

A x 9
C x 11
E x 6
F x 56
L x 6
P x 4
T x 4

4L x 31
5L x 15
6L x 14
7L x 23
8L x 11
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 1 3 2 1 1 1 9
C 4 2 - 3 2 - 11
E - - 4 2 - - 6
F 20 9 7 14 5 1 56
L 2 - 1 1 2 - 6
P 2 1 - - 1 - 4
T 2 - - 2 - - 4
tot 31 15 14 23 11 2 96

debut appearances 29

ALEFACEPT, FACEPLATE

word       length      
AFACE 5
AFETAL 6
AFFECT 6 debut
AFFECTEE 8
AFLAP 5
ALEF 4
ALEFACEPT 9 pangram
ALEFT 5
ALFALFA 7
CAFE 4 debut
CAFF 4
CAFFE 5
CAFFEATE 8
CALAFATE 8
CALF 4
CATFACE 7
CATFALL 7
CATFLAP 7
CLEF 4
CLEFT 5 debut
EFFACE 6 debut
EFFECT 6
EFFELL 6
EFFETE 6
EFFLATE 7
ELFETTE 7
FAAL 4
FACACTA 7
FACE 4 debut
FACELET 7
FACEPLATE 9 pangram, debut
FACET 5 debut
FACETAL 7
FACT 4 debut
FACTA 5
FACTETTE 8
FACTLET 7
FAECAL 6
FAFF 4
FAFFLE 6
FALAFEL 7 debut
FALCATA 7
FALCATE 7
FALL 4
FALLAL 6
FALT 4
FATAL 5 debut
FATCAT 6
FATE 4 debut
FATELE 6
FATFACE 7
FEAL 4
FEAT 4 debut
FECAL 5 debut
FECEATE 7
FEEL 4
FEET 4
FELAFEL 7
FELL 4
FELLA 5 debut
FELLATE 7 debut
FELLATEE 8
FELT 4 debut
FETA 4 debut
FETAL 5 debut
FETE 4
FETTA 5
FETTLE 6 debut
FLAFF 5
FLAP 4
FLAPPET 7
FLAT 4 debut
FLATCAP 7
FLATETTE 8
FLATFEET 8 debut
FLATLEAF 8
FLATLET 7
FLEA 4 debut
FLEE 4
FLEECE 6
FLEET 5 debut
FLET 4
LACELEAF 8
LEAF 4 debut
LEAFET 6
LEAFFALL 8
LEAFLET 7 debut
LEFT 4 debut
PALEFACE 8
PELF 4 debut
PFAFF 5
PFFT 4 debut
TAFFETA 7 debut
TAFT 4
TEALEAF 7
TEFF 4 allowed elsewhere

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