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August 6, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 6, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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center letter ABDHILN
Spelling Bee for August 6, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter B: October 29, 2023
Center letter L: May 31, 2020
Center letter I: September 12, 2019

words: 219
score: 999 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

A x 38
B x 54
D x 34
H x 29
I x 16
L x 20
N x 28

4L x 63
5L x 67
6L x 53
7L x 20
8L x 11
9L x 3
10L x 1
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 10 14 8 4 - - 1 1 38
B 13 12 16 9 3 1 - - 54
D 13 11 6 1 3 - - - 34
H 8 8 6 3 4 - - - 29
I 2 8 4 1 1 - - - 16
L 6 5 7 1 - 1 - - 20
N 11 9 6 1 - 1 - - 28
tot 63 67 53 20 11 3 1 1 219

plu 4 5 tot
I 1 - 1
L - 1 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 15

HANDBILL

word       length      
ABANDANNAAD 11
ABANDANNAD 10
BALLABILI 9
LIBIDINAL 9 debut
NANDINIID 9
BANDANNA 8 debut
BANDHANI 8
BILABIAL 8
DAHABIAH 8
DALADALA 8
DHABIHAH 8
HABDALAH 8
HANDBALL 8 debut
HANDBILL 8 pangram, debut
HANDLAID 8
ILLABIAL 8
AHAAINA 7
ALBINAL 7
ANILIID 7
ANILLIN 7
BADLAND 7
BALADIN 7
BALANDA 7
BALANID 7
BANDAID 7
BANDALA 7
BANDANA 7 debut
BANDINI 7
BANNIAN 7
DHABIHA 7
HAHNIID 7
HALALAH 7
HALLALI 7
IBALIID 7
LALLAND 7
NANDINA 7
ABANAL 6
ABILLA 6
ADLAND 6
ALAIHI 6
ALALIA 6
ALANNA 6
ALLIIN 6
ANILID 6
BABALA 6
BABLAH 6
BADIAN 6
BAHADA 6
BAILLI 6
BAININ 6
BALIAN 6
BALLAD 6
BALLAN 6
BALLIA 6
BANABA 6
BANANA 6
BANDHA 6
BANIAN 6
BHABHI 6
BILAND 6
DAHLIA 6 debut
DALAAL 6
DANAID 6
DHANIA 6
DIALID 6
DIALIN 6
HABNAB 6
HADADA 6
HALALA 6
HALLAH 6
HALLAL 6
HALLAN 6
INBAND 6
INDABA 6
INLAID 6 debut
INLAND 6 debut
LABANA 6
LABIAL 6
LABIID 6
LABLAB 6
LABNAH 6
LALLAN 6
LANIID 6
NAIDID 6
NALLAH 6
NANDID 6
NANNAN 6
NIDDAH 6
NINDAN 6
AALII 5
ABADA 5
ABDAL 5
ABHAL 5
ADHAN 5
ADLIB 5
AHIND 5
AIDID 5
ALALA 5
ALAND 5
ALBAN 5
ALIBI 5
ANANA 5
ANNAL 5 allowed elsewhere
BADLA 5
BAILA 5
BAILI 5
BANAL 5 debut
BANDA 5
BANDH 5
BANIA 5
BANNA 5
BHAND 5
BINNA 5
BLAIN 5
BLAND 5 debut
DAANA 5
DABBA 5
DADDA 5
DALAL 5
DANDA 5
DANDI 5
DHAAL 5
DHABA 5
DIDNA 5
DILAL 5
DINNA 5
HADAL 5
HADNA 5
HALAL 5 debut
HALDI 5
HALID 5
HANAI 5
HANDI 5
HILAL 5
IDDAH 5
ILALA 5
ILIAD 5 disallowed elsewhere
ILIAL 5
INDAN 5
INDIA 5
INIAD 5
INIAL 5
LABBA 5
LABIA  5
LABNA 5
LANAI 5
LIANA 5
NABAL 5
NABAN 5
NABID 5
NABLA 5
NAIAD 5 debut
NALLA 5
NANNA 5
NIDAL 5
NIDDA 5
ABBA 4
ADAD 4
ADAH 4
ADDA 4
ALAN 4
ALBA 4
ANAL 4
ANAN 4
ANIL 4
ANNA 4
BAAL 4
BABA 4
BAIL 4
BAIN 4
BALD 4
BALL 4
BAND 4 debut
BANI 4
BHAI 4
BLAA 4
BLAB 4
BLAD 4
BLAH 4
DAAD 4
DAAL 4
DADA 4
DAHI 4
DAHL 4
DALA 4
DALI 4
DALL 4
DANA 4
DAND 4
DHAL 4
DIAD 4
DIAL 4
HADD 4
HAHA 4
HAIL 4 debut
HAIN 4
HALA 4
HALL 4 debut
HAND 4
HILA 4
ILIA  4
INIA 4
LAID 4
LAIN 4
LALL 4
LANA 4
LAND 4
LILA 4
NAAI 4
NAAN 4
NABI 4
NADA 4
NAIB 4
NAIL 4
NAIN 4
NALA 4
NALL 4
NANA 4
NINA 4

† plural noun

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