May 7, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

May 7, 2022 | 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, 2022, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for May 7, 2022

words: 245
score: 1,847 pts
pangrams: 20
perfect: 3
compounds: 11
plurals: 12
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	6	7	8	9	tot
C	-	-	4	1	1	6
E	1	-	-	-	-	1
I	-	-	2	-	-	2
T	-	1	1	-	-	2
tot	1	1	7	1	1	11

plu	5	6	7	8	tot
A	2	-	-	-	2
C	3	2	1	-	6
I	-	1	-	-	1
L	-	-	-	1	1
M	-	-	-	1	1
T	-	-	1	-	1
tot	5	3	2	2	12

ACCLIMATE, AMLETIC, CALAMITE, CALCIMIMETIC, CLIMATE, EMETICAL, LACTATAEMIA, LACTATEMIA, LACTATEMIC, LACTICAEMIA, LACTICEMIA, LEMMATIC, LEMMATICAL, MEMETICAL, METALLIC, METALLICAL, METICAL, MIMETICAL, TELEMATIC, TELMATIC

word	length
ACATALLACTIC	12
CALCIMIMETIC	12	pangram
ACATALECTIC	11
ATELECTATIC	11
CATALLACTIC	11
CATAMITICAL	11
CLIMACTICAL	11
LACTATAEMIA	11	pangram
LACTICAEMIA	11	pangram
MELILITITIC	11
ACETACETIC	10
CATALECTIC	10
CATATECTIC	10
CLIMATICAL	10
CLITELLATE	10
ECLECTICAL	10
LACTATEMIA	10	pangram
LACTATEMIC	10	pangram
LACTICEMIA	10	pangram
LEMMATICAL	10	pangram
METALLICAL	10	pangram
METAMICTIC	10
METATECTIC	10
ACCLAMATE	9
ACCLIMATE	9	pangram
ALLACTITE	9
AMICITIAL	9
ATACAMITE	9
CALAMITIC	9
CALCAEMIA	9
CALCAEMIC	9
CAMELLATE	9
CATALATIC	9
CATCALLEE	* 9
CLIMACTIC	9
ECLECTICA	9
ELICITATE	9
MELILITIC	9
MEMETICAL	9	pangram
METACETIC	9
METAMATIC	9
MIMETICAL	9	pangram
TELEMATIC	9	pangram
ACETALIC	8
ACILIATE	8
CAIMACAM	8
CALAMATA	8
CALAMITE	8	pangram
CALCEATE	8
CALCEMIA	8
CALCEMIC	8
CALCITIC	8
CALICEAL	8
CALMECAC	8
CAMELLIA	8
CATAMITE	8
CATTIITE	8
CELLMATE	* 8
CLIMATIC	8
CLITELLA	8
ECILIATE	8
ECLECTIC	8
EMACIATE	8
EMETICAL	8	pangram
LECTICAE	^† 8
LECTICAL	8
LEMMATIC	8	pangram
MALEAMIC	8
MELLITIC	8
METALLIC	8	pangram
METAMICT	8
MICELLAE	^† 8
TACTICAL	8
TACTITIC	8
TELECALL	8
TELMATIC	8	pangram
ACCLAIM	7
ACETATE	7
ACMATIC	7
ALACTIC	7
ALLELIC	7
AMICITE	7
AMICTIC	7
AMLETIC	7	perfect pangram
ATACTIC	7
ATTACCA	7
CALAITE	7
CALCITE	7
CALICLE	7
CAMELIA	7
CAMLETT	7
CATCALL	* 7
CATMEAT	* 7
CATMILL	* 7
CATTAIL	* 7
CETACEA	7
CILIATE	7
CIMELIA	7
CLIMACI	^† 7
CLIMATE	7	perfect pangram
ECTATIC	7
ELECTEE	7
EMICATE	7
ICEMELT	* 7
ICETIME	* 7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
ILLICIT	7
ILLITIC	7
LACCATE	7
LACTATE	7
LACTEAL	7
LATITIC	7
LATTICE	7
LECTICA	7
LETTICE	7
LIMACEL	7
MACTATE	7
MALACCA	7
MALACIA	7
MALACIC	7
MATICAL	7
MEMETIC	7	allowed elsewhere
METICAL	7	perfect pangram
MICELLA	7
MICELLE	7
MIMETIC	7
MIMICAL	7
TACTILE	7
TACTITE	7
TALCITE	7
TECTATE	7
TITMICE	* ^† 7
ACACIA	6
ACELET	6
ACETAL	6
ACETIC	6
ACICLE	6
ACMAEA	6
ACMITE	6
ACTEME	6
AECIAL	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALETIC	6
ALLICE	6
AMELIC	6
AMICAL	6
AMIMIC	6
ATELIC	6
CAECAL	6
CAIMAC	6
CALAMI	6
CALCIC	6
CALLEE	6
CALLET	6
CAMACA	6
CAMAIL	6
CAMLET	6
CATLET	6
CATTLE	^† 6
CELIAC	6
CELLAE	^† 6
CELLIE	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CILICE	6
CITATE	6
CLITIC	6
CTETIC	6
ELICIT	6
EMETIC	6
ICICLE	6
ILIACI	^† 6
IMAMIC	6
ITALIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACTAM	6
LACTIC	6
LACTIM	6
LAICAL	6
LECTAL	6
LECTIC	6
MALEIC	6
MALICE	6
MECATE	6
METICA	6
MICATE	6
MICELL	6
MICTIC	6
TACTIC	6
TECTAL	6
TICTAC	6
TIETAC	* 6
TMETIC	6
ACETA	5
ACMIC	5
AECIA	^† 5
AMICE	5
AMICI	^† 5
ATTIC	5
CACTI	^† 5
CAECA	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CAMEL	5
CAMIA	5
CATTE	5
CECAL	5
CECIL	5
CEILI	5
CELLA	5
CELLI	^† 5
CILIA	^† 5
CITAL	5
CITEE	5
CLAIM	5
CLAME	5
CLEAT	5
CLEIT	5
CLIME	5
ECCLE	5
ECLAT	5
ECTAL	5
ELECT	5
EMCEE	* 5
ICTAL	5
ICTIC	5
ILEAC	5
ILIAC	5
LICIT	5
LILAC	5
MACLE	5
MALIC	5
MECCA	5
MELIC	5
MEMIC	5
METIC	5
MIMIC	5
TACET	5
TACIT	5
TATAC	5
TECTA	5
TELIC	5
TICAL	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AC x 20	AE x 2	AL x 7	AM x 9	AT x 6
CA x 50	CE x 10	CI x 9	CL x 14	CT x 1
EC x 8	EL x 4	EM x 5
IC x 5	IL x 7	IM x 1	IT x 1
LA x 15	LE x 8	LI x 3
MA x 10	ME x 19	MI x 10
TA x 9	TE x 7	TI x 4	TM x 1

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