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
August 18, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 18, 2018, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter CAEHKMT
Spelling Bee for August 18, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter M: September 4, 2023

words: 42
score: 188 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 6
C x 12
E x 3
H x 5
K x 1
M x 7
T x 8

4L x 16
5L x 12
6L x 5
7L x 6
8L x 1
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 2 - 2 2 - - 6
C 4 5 1 1 - 1 12
E 2 1 - - - - 3
H 2 1 - 1 1 - 5
K - 1 - - - - 1
M 2 2 1 1 - 1 7
T 4 2 1 1 - - 8
tot 16 12 5 6 1 2 42

debut appearances 19
previously disallowed debuts 1

CHECKMATE, MATCHMAKE

word       length      
CHECKMATE 9 pangram, debut
MATCHMAKE 9 pangram, debut
HATCHECK 8 debut
ACETATE 7
ATTACHE 7 debut
CHEETAH 7 debut
HATCHET 7 debut
MACHETE 7 debut
TEACAKE 7 debut
ATTACH 6
ATTACK 6 debut
CACHET 6 debut
MATCHA 6
THATCH 6
CACHE 5
CATCH 5
CHEAT 5 debut
CHECK 5
CHEEK 5
EMCEE 5
HATCH 5
KETCH 5 debut
MATCH 5
MECCA 5 debut
TACET 5
TEACH 5 debut
ACHE 4
ACME 4 debut
CAKE 4
CAME 4 debut
CHAT 4
CHEM 4 disallowed elsewhere
EACH 4
ETCH 4
HACK 4
HECK 4
MACE 4 debut
MACK 4 disallowed elsewhere
TACH 4 debut, previously disallowed
TACK 4 debut
TACT 4
TECH 4

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