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 9, 2022 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 9, 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.


center letter ABCDKRY
Spelling Bee for May 9, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter R: April 20, 2021
Center letter B: July 11, 2020

words: 97
score: 562 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 7
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

cmp 7 8 9 tot
B 2 2 - 4
C 1 - 2 3
tot 3 2 2 7

BACKYARD

word       length      
ABACA 5
ABACK 5
ABADA 5
ABAKA 5
ABAYA 5
ABBACY 6
ABKAR 5
ABKARY 6
ABRACADABRA 11
ACADA 5
ACARA 5
ACCRA 5
ACRACY 6
ADDRA 5
ADRAD 5
AKARA 5
ARABA 5
ARACA 5
ARARA 5
ARRACK 6
ARRAY 5
BABBY 5
BABKA 5
BACCA 5
BACCARA 7
BACCY 5
BACKARARAR 10
BACKARC * 7
BACKCARD * 8
BACKY 5
BACKYARD * 8 pangram
BADDY 5
BAKKRA 6
BARBACK * 7 allowed elsewhere
BARDY 5
BARKADA 7
BARKY 5
BARRA 5
BARRACK 7
BARRAD 6
BARRY 5
BAYARD 6
BRACK 5
BRAKY 5
CABBY 5
CACKY 5
CADDY 5
CAKRA 5
CARAC 5
CARACARA 8
CARACCA 7
CARACK 6
CARBY 5
CARRACK 7
CARRY 5
CARRYBACK * 9
CAYCAY 6
CRABBY 6
CRACK 5
CRACKBACK * 9
CRACKY 6
CRYBABY * 7
CYBRARY 7
CYCAD 5
DABBA 5
DADDA 5
DADDY 5
DAKKA 5
DARBAR 6
DARBY 5
DARCY 5
DARDY 5
DRABA 5
DRABBY 6
DRYAD 5
KABAKA 6
KABAYA 6
KADARKA 7
KAKAR 5
KAKKAK 6
KARACK 6
KARADA 6
KARAKA 6
KAYAK 5
KRAAR 5
KYACK 5
RABAB 5
RADAR 5
YABBA 5
YABBY 5
YACCA 5
YADDA 5
YAKAYAKA 8
YAKKA 5
YAKKY 5
YARAK 5
YARAY 5

* compound(ish) word

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