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May 7, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 7, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter ICLORTV
Spelling Bee for May 7, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter L: December 21, 2023
Center letter R: April 11, 2020
Center letter O: December 29, 2018

words: 84
score: 540 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 7 CL x 4 CO x 10 CR x 3
CLI x 3 CLO x 1
IC x 1 IL x 3 IR x 2
LI x 5 LO x 2
OC x 8 OL x 1 OO x 1 OR x 1 OT x 2 OV x 2
RI x 1 RO x 4
TI x 2 TO x 6 TR x 10
VI x 8 VO x 1

cmp 6 9 tot
C - 1 1
I 1 - 1
T - 1 1
tot 1 2 3

plu 5 8 tot
C 4 - 4
O - 1 1
tot 4 1 5

VITRIOLIC

word       length      
CIRCI  5
CIRIO 5
CIRRI  5
CITRI 5
CITRIC 6
CIVIC 5
CIVIL 5
CLITIC 6
CLITORIC 8
CLIVI 5
CLOIT 5
COCCI  5
COCCIC 6
COCRICO 7
COLIC 5
COLICROOT * 9
COLITIC 7
COLOCOLIC 9
COOLIO 6
CORTILI 7
CORVI 5
CRIOLLO 7
CRITIC 6
CROCI  5
ICTIC 5
ILLICIT 7
ILLITIC 7
ILLLIT * 6
IRITIC 6
IRORI 5
LICIT 5
LICTOR 6
LIROT 5
LITOTIC 7
LIVOR 5
LORIOT 6
LOTIC 5
OCOTILLO 8 disallowed elsewhere
OCTIC 5
OCTITOL 7
OCTLI 5
OCTOIC 6
OCTOVIR 7
OCTOVIRI 8
OCTROI 6
OLIVIL 6
OOLITIC 7
OROTIC 6
OTITIC 6
OTOLITIC 8
OVOCOCCI  8
OVOLI 5
RIRORIRO 8
RORIC 5
ROTOLI 6
ROTOTILL 8
ROTTOLI 7
TILTROTOR * 9
TITLO 5
TOITOI 6
TORIC 5
TORII 5
TORIL 5
TORRIL 6
TORTICOLLIC 11
TRICOLOR 8
TRICOT 6
TRICROTIC 9
TRILL 5
TRILLI 6
TRILLO 6
TRIOL 5
TRIOR 5
TROCTOLITIC 11
TROTTOIR 8
VICRIVIROC 10
VICTOR 6
VILLI 5
VIROTIC 7
VITRIC 6
VITRIOL 7
VITRIOLIC 9 pangram
VIVRTI 6
VOLTI 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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