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February 17, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 17, 2023, 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.

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center letter BAEILNP
Spelling Bee for February 17, 2023

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Center letter P: August 17, 2021

words: 161
score: 1,131 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 2
compounds: 7
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

A x 19
B x 74
E x 3
I x 4
L x 30
N x 11
P x 20

5L x 40
6L x 46
7L x 23
8L x 32
9L x 11
10L x 5
11L x 1
12L x 3

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 4 5 2 2 3 3 - - 19
B 19 27 10 12 4 1 - 1 74
E 1 1 - - 1 - - - 3
I - - - 1 - - 1 2 4
L 10 8 6 5 1 - - - 30
N 4 2 - 3 1 1 - - 11
P 2 3 5 9 1 - - - 20
tot 40 46 23 32 11 5 1 3 161

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 6 AL x 7 AN x 3 AP x 3
BA x 33 BE x 17 BI x 20 BL x 4
BIB x 3 BIE x 3 BIL x 8 BIN x 3 BIP x 3
EB x 1 EN x 2
IL x 1 IN x 3
LA x 14 LE x 7 LI x 9
NA x 5 NE x 2 NI x 4
PA x 6 PE x 3 PI x 6 PL x 5

cmp 5 6 7 8 tot
B - 1 2 1 4
N - - - 1 1
P 1 - 1 - 2
tot 1 1 3 2 7

plu 5 6 7 tot
B - - 1 1
L 1 1 - 2
tot 1 1 1 3

debut appearances 0

BIPLANE, INAPPEALABLE, INAPPELLABLE, PINNABLE, PLEBEIAN, PLEBIAN

word       length      
ABANAL 6
ABELE 5
ABELIA 6
ABELIAN 7
ABILLA 6
ABLEN 5
ALBAN 5
ALBANE 6
ALBINAL 7
ALIBI 5
ALIBLE 6
ALIENABLE 9 allowed elsewhere
ALLIABLE 8
ANABAENA 8
ANABELIAN 9
ANNEALABLE 10
APPEALABLE 10
APPELLABLE 10
APPLIABLE 9
BABALA 6
BABBIE 6
BABBLE 6
BABEL 5
BAILA 5
BAILABLE 8
BAILE 5
BAILEE 6
BAILI 5
BAILIE 6
BAILLI 6
BAILLIE 7
BAININ 6
BALEEN 6
BALENINE 8
BALIAN 6
BALLABILE 9
BALLABILI 9
BALLAN 6
BALLEAN 7
BALLIA 6
BALLPEN * 7
BALNEABLE 9
BALNEAL 7
BANABA 6
BANAL 5
BANANA 6
BANAPPLE 8
BANIA 5
BANIAN 6
BANNA 5
BANNABLE 8
BANNIAN 7
BEABLE 6
BEANBALL * 8
BEANIE 6
BEEBEE * 6
BEELINE * 7
BEENA 5
BELAP 5
BELEAP 6
BELIBEL 7
BELIE 5
BELLE 5
BELLINI 7
BENBEN 6
BENNA 5
BENNE 5
BENNIE 6
BENPEN 6
BIBBLE 6
BIBBLEBABBLE 12
BIBLE 5
BIENNALE 8
BIENNIA  7
BIENNIAL 8
BILABIAL 8
BILANE 6
BILBIE 6
BILIN 5
BILINEAL 8
BILLABLE 8
BILLENNIAL 10
BILLIE 6
BINANE 6
BINNA 5
BINNABLE 8
BIPLANAL 8
BIPLANE 7 perfect pangram
BIPPIE 6
BLAIN 5
BLEEP 5
BLEEPABLE 9
BLINI 5
EBENE 5
ENABLABLE 9
ENABLE 6
ILLABIAL 8
INALIENABLE 11
INAPPEALABLE 12 pangram
INAPPELLABLE 12 pangram
LABANA 6
LABANE 6
LABBA 5
LABEL 5
LABELABLE 9
LABELLA 7
LABENINE 8
LABIA  5
LABIAE  6
LABIAL 6
LABILE 6
LABLAB 6
LABNA 5
LABNE 5
LEAPABLE 8
LEBAN 5
LEBBAN 6
LEBEN 5
LEBLEBI 7
LEBNA 5
LEBNI 5
LIABLE 6
LIBEL 5
LIBELEE 7
LIBELLA 7
LIBELLE 7
LIBELLEE 8
LIENABLE 8
LINABLE 7
LINEABLE 8
NABAL 5
NABAN 5
NABBIE 6
NABLA 5
NAILABLE 8
NEBALIAN 8
NEBEL 5
NIBBLABLE 9
NIBBLE 6
NIBBLEABLE 10
NINEBALL * 8
PAIBAN 6
PALPABLE 8
PANNABLE 8
PAPABILE 8
PAPABILI 8
PAPABLE 7
PEBBLE 6
PEELABLE 8
PENNABLE 8
PIBAL * 5
PIBBLE 6
PINBALL * 7
PINNABLE 8 pangram
PIPABLE 7
PIPEABLE 8
PLANNABLE 9
PLEBE 5
PLEBEIAN 8 pangram
PLEBIAN 7 perfect pangram
PLIABLE 7

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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