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
May 11, 2018 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 11, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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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 CEFHILY
Spelling Bee for May 11, 2018

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words: 75
score: 444 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 1
bingo: yes

cmp 9 tot
L 1 1
tot 1 1

CHIEFLY

word       length      
CECIL 5
CEILI 5
CELLI 5
CELLIE 6
CELLY 5
CHECHE 6
CHEFFY 6
CHEFLY 6
CHICH 5
CHICHI 6
CHICLE 6
CHICLY 6
CHIEF 5
CHIEFLY 7 perfect pangram
CHIEL 5
CHIFF 5
CHILE 5
CHILI 5
CHILL 5
CHILLI 6
CHILLILY 8
CHILLY 6
CHYLE 5
CHYLIC 6
CHYLIFIC 8
CHYLIFY 7
CICELY 6 allowed elsewhere
CILICE 6
CILLY 5
CLECHE 6
CLECHY 6
CLICHE 6
CLIFF 5
CLIFFY 6
CYCLE 5
CYCLI 5
CYCLIC 6
CYCLICLY 8
ECCHI 5
ECCLE 5
ECHELLE 7
ECYCLE 6
ELCHI 5
ELICHE 6
FECHFECH 8
FELCH 5
FELICIFIC 9
FELLIC 6
FICHE 5
FILCH 5
FILICIC 7
FLECHE 6
FLEECE 6
FLEECH 6
FLEECILY 8
FLEECY 6 allowed elsewhere
HILCH 5
HYLIC 5
ICICLE 6
ICILY 5
LECCY 5
LECHI 5
LECHY 5
LEECH 5
LEECHEE 7
LEECHY 6
LICEY 5
LICHEE 6
LICHI 5
LIFECYCLE * 9
LYCEE 5
LYCHEE 6
YECCH 5
YECCHY 6
YECHY 5

* compound(ish) word

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