May 9, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 9, 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 . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
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.
Related puzzles
Center letter A: September 27, 2024Center letter T: November 9, 2021
Center letter O: January 18, 2020
words: 62
score: 397 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 14
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AR x 4 | AT x 2 | AW x 4 | ||
| HA x 3 | HO x 4 | HY x 1 | ||
| RO x 1 | RY x 1 | |||
| TA x 1 | TH x 10 | TO x 4 | TR x 1 | TW x 2 |
| TWA x 1 | TWO x 1 | |||
| WA x 8 | WH x 4 | WO x 8 | WR x 3 | |
| YA x 1 | ||||
| cmp | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot |
| A | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| H | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| T | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| W | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| tot | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
THROWAWAY
| word | length | |||
| ARROW | 5 | |||
| ARROWROOT | * 9 | |||
| ARROWTOOTH | * 10 | |||
| ARROWY | 6 | |||
| ATHWART | 7 | |||
| ATTOWATT | 8 | |||
| AWARA | 5 | |||
| AWARRA | 6 | |||
| AWRAH | 5 | |||
| AWRATH | 6 | |||
| HARROW | 6 | |||
| HARTWORT | * 8 | |||
| HAWAY | 5 | |||
| HOORAW | 6 | |||
| HORROW | 6 | |||
| HOWAY | 5 | |||
| HOWTO | * 5 | |||
| HYAWA | 5 | |||
| ROWTH | 5 | |||
| RYOTWAR | 7 | |||
| TAWARA | 6 | |||
| THATAWAY | * 8 | |||
| THAWY | 5 | |||
| THOWT | 5 | |||
| THRAW | 5 | |||
| THRAWART | 8 | |||
| THROATWORT | * 10 | |||
| THROW | 5 | |||
| THROWAWAY | * 9 | pangram | ||
| THWART | 6 | |||
| THWARTY | 7 | |||
| TOOTHROW | * 8 | |||
| TOOTHWORT | * 9 | |||
| TOWAWAY | * 7 | |||
| TOYWORT | * 7 | |||
| TROWTH | 6 | |||
| TWATTY | 6 | |||
| TWOTH | 5 | |||
| WAAHOO | 6 | |||
| WAHOO | 5 | |||
| WARATAH | 7 | |||
| WARRAH | 6 | |||
| WARTH | 5 | |||
| WARTWORT | * 8 | |||
| WARTY | 5 | |||
| WAYWORT | * 7 | |||
| WHAHOO | 6 | |||
| WHATTA | 6 | |||
| WHATTH | 6 | |||
| WHORT | 5 | |||
| WOOHOO | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| WOORARA | 7 | |||
| WOOWOO | 6 | |||
| WORRY | 5 | |||
| WORRYWART | * 9 | |||
| WORTH | 5 | |||
| WORTHY | 6 | |||
| WORTY | 5 | |||
| WRATH | 5 | |||
| WRATHY | 6 | |||
| WROTH | 5 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| YARROW | 6 |
* compound(ish) word