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 18, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 18, 2023, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter LBGINRU
Spelling Bee for May 18, 2023

words: 101
score: 761 pts
pangrams: 10
perfect: 1
compounds: 3
bingo: yes

B x 35
G x 21
I x 3
L x 21
N x 7
R x 9
U x 5

5L x 18
6L x 18
7L x 31
8L x 31
9L x 2
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
B 5 5 12 12 1 - 35
G 3 4 5 8 1 - 21
I 1 1 - 1 - - 3
L 7 5 8 1 - - 21
N - - 4 3 - - 7
R 2 2 2 3 - - 9
U - 1 - 3 - 1 5
tot 18 18 31 31 2 1 101

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BI x 11 BL x 8 BR x 2 BU x 14
GI x 6 GL x 3 GR x 5 GU x 7
GLU x 3
IL x 2 IN x 1
LI x 10 LU x 11
NI x 4 NU x 3
RI x 5 RU x 4
UN x 5

cmp 7 8 tot
B 1 1 2
R - 1 1
tot 1 2 3

debut appearances 6

BLURBING, BLURRING, BULLRING, BURBLING, BURGLING, BURLING, GRUBBLING, GRUBLING, RUBBLING, UNBLURRING

word       length      
BIBBLING 8
BIGLUING 8
BILGING 7
BILIN 5
BILING 6
BILIRUBIN 9
BILLBUG * 7
BILLING 7
BINGLING 8
BIRLING 7
BIRLINN 7
BLING 5
BLINI 5
BLUBBING 8
BLUING 6
BLUNGING 8
BLURB 5
BLURBING 8 pangram
BLURRING 8 pangram, debut
BRILL 5
BRILLIG 7
BUBBLING 8
BUGLING 7
BULBIL 6
BULBING 7
BULBUL 6
BULGING 7
BULGUR 6
BULLING 7
BULLRING * 8 pangram, debut
BUNGGUL 7
BUNGLING 8
BURBLING 8 pangram, debut
BURGLING 8 pangram, debut
BURLING 7 perfect pangram
GIBLI 5
GIGGLING 8
GILGUL 6
GILLING 7
GINGLING 8
GIRLING 7
GLUBBING 8
GLUGGING 8
GLUING 6
GRILL 5
GRILLING 8 debut
GRRRL 5
GRUBBLING 9 pangram
GRUBLING 8 pangram
GUGGLING 8
GUGGUL 6
GUILING 7
GULGUL 6
GULLING 7
GURGLING 8
GURLING 7
ILLUI 5
ILLURING 8
INULIN 6
LIBBING 7
LIBRI 5
LIGGING 7
LIGNIN 6
LILLING 7
LINGUINI 8
LININ 5
LINING 6
LINNING 7
LIULI 5
LUBING 6
LUGGI 5
LUGGING 7
LUGING 6
LUIGINI 7
LUING 5
LULLING 7
LUNGI 5
LUNGING 7
LURGI 5
LURING 6
NIBBLING 8
NIBLING 7
NIGGLING 8
NILLING 7
NUBBLING 8
NULLING 7
NURLING 7
RIGGLING 8
RIGLING 7
RILING 6 debut
RILLING 7
RINGBILL * 8
RUBBLING 8 pangram
RUBLI 5
RUBLU 5
RULING 6
UNBLUING 8
UNBLUR 6
UNBLURRING 10 pangram
UNGLUING 8
UNLINING 8

* compound(ish) word

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