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
November 8, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from November 8, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter BACLNOY
Spelling Bee for November 8, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter Y: September 27, 2022
Center letter O: August 27, 2020
Center letter L: May 20, 2020
Center letter A: July 5, 2019

words: 168
score: 829 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 14
B x 91
C x 21
L x 13
N x 20
O x 4
Y x 5

4L x 39
5L x 56
6L x 40
7L x 17
8L x 11
9L x 2
10L x 2
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 4 4 4 1 1 - - - 14
B 25 27 25 7 5 1 1 - 91
C 2 5 5 5 3 - 1 - 21
L 2 6 4 - 1 - - - 13
N 2 9 2 4 1 1 - 1 20
O 3 1 - - - - - - 4
Y 1 4 - - - - - - 5
tot 39 56 40 17 11 2 2 1 168

BALCONY, BALLOONACY

word       length      
ABACA 5
ABANAL 6
ABANALLY 8
ABAYA 5
ABBA 4
ABBACY 6
ABLY 4
ABOB 4
ABOLLA 6
ABOON 5
ALBA 4
ALBAN 5
ALBANOL 7
ALBOLL 6
BAAL 4
BABA 4
BABACO 6
BABALA 6
BABAYLAN 8
BABBLY 6
BABBY 5
BABOO 5
BABOON 6
BABY 4
BACALAO 7
BACCA 5
BACCALA 7
BACCOO 6
BACCY 5
BACON 5
BACONY 6
BACOO 5
BALBOA 6
BALCONY 7 perfect pangram
BALL 4
BALLAN 6
BALLBOY 7
BALLCLAY 8
BALLON 6
BALLOON 7
BALLOONACY 10 pangram
BALLOONY 8
BALLY 5
BALOO 5
BANABA 6
BANAL 5
BANALLY 7
BANANA 6
BANC 4
BANCAL 6
BANCO 5
BANNA 5
BANYA 5
BANYALLA 8
BANYAN 6
BAOBAB 6
BAON 4
BAYA 4
BAYAN 5
BLAA 4
BLAB 4
BLABBY 6
BLANC 5
BLANCO 6
BLAY 4
BLOB 4
BLOBBY 6
BLOC 4
BLOLLY 6
BOAB 4
BOABY 5
BOBA 4
BOBAC 5
BOBBLY 6
BOBBOL 6
BOBBY 5
BOBO 4
BOBOL 5
BOCA 4
BOCAL 5
BOCCA 5
BOLA 4
BOLL 4
BOLO 4
BOLON 5
BONA 4
BONACON 7
BONBON 6
BONNACON 8
BONNY 5
BONOBO 6
BONY 4
BOOB 4
BOOBOO 6
BOOBY 5
BOOBYALLA 9
BOOCOO 6
BOOL 4
BOOLY 5
BOON 4
BOOYA 5
BOYLA 5
BOYLY 5
BOYO 4
BYLYNA 6
CABA 4
CABAL 5
CABALA 6
CABAN 5
CABANA 6
CABBALA 7
CABBY 5
CABOCLO 7
CALABA 6
CALABAN 7
CALLBOY 7
CANNONBALL 10
CAOBA 5
COALBALL 8
COBB 4
COBBLY 6
COBBY 5
COCOBOLA 8
COCOBOLO 8
COLLAB 6 allowed elsewhere
COLLABO 7
LABANA 6
LABBA 5
LABLAB 6
LABNA 5
LAYBY 5
LOBAL 5
LOBBY 5
LOBLOLLY 8 allowed elsewhere
LOBO 4
LOBOLA 6
LOBOLO 6
LOOB 4
LOOBY 5
NABAL 5
NABAN 5
NABBY 5
NABLA 5
NABOB 5
NABY 4
NANOBALL 8
NANOBALLOON 11
NAYAB 5
NOBBLY 6
NOBBY 5
NOBLY 5
NONBABY 7
NONBALL 7
NONBANANA 9
NONBLOC 7
NONBONY 7
NONLAB 6
NOOB 4
NOOBY 5
OBAN 4
OBBO 4
OBOL 4
OBOLO 5
YABBA 5
YABBO 5
YABBY 5
YOBBO 5
YOBO 4

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