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August 4, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 4, 2018, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter LABKOPY
Spelling Bee for August 4, 2018

words: 49
score: 181 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 7
B x 12
K x 2
L x 9
O x 1
P x 16
Y x 2

4L x 23
5L x 13
6L x 7
7L x 4
8L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 2 3 2 - - 7
B 7 2 3 - - 12
K 1 1 - - - 2
L 4 3 1 1 - 9
O 1 - - - - 1
P 7 3 1 3 2 16
Y 1 1 - - - 2
tot 23 13 7 4 2 49

debut appearances 22

PLAYBOOK

word       length      
ABLY 4
ALLAY 5
ALLOY 5
ALLY 4
APOLLO 6 debut, disallowed elsewhere
APPALL 6
APPLY 5
BALK 4
BALKY 5 debut
BALL 4
BLAB 4
BLABBY 6
BLOB 4
BLOBBY 6
BLOOP 5 debut
BOLA 4
BOLL 4
BOLO 4
BYPLAY 6 debut
KOALA 5
KOLA 4
LOBBY 5
LOBO 4
LOLL 4
LOLLOP 6 debut
LOOK 4
LOOP 4 debut
LOOPY 5 debut
LOYAL 5
LOYALLY 7
OPAL 4 debut
PALL 4
PALOOKA 7 debut
PALPABLY 8 debut
PAPAL 5
PAPALLY 7
PAYOLA 6 debut
PLAY 4
PLAYBOOK 8 pangram, debut
PLAYBOY 7 debut
PLOP 4 debut
PLOY 4 debut
POLKA 5 debut
POLL 4 debut
POLO 4 debut
POLYP 5 debut
POOL 4 debut
YOLK 4 debut
YOLKY 5 debut

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