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January 16, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 16, 2019, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter YAEGLMP
Spelling Bee for January 16, 2019

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Center letter G: July 31, 2019

words: 86
score: 480 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 15
E x 3
G x 20
L x 10
M x 14
P x 17
Y x 7

5L x 57
6L x 19
7L x 6
8L x 4

  5 6 7 8 tot
A 9 4 1 1 15
E 2 - 1 - 3
G 13 5 1 1 20
L 6 2 1 1 10
M 8 5 - 1 14
P 13 2 2 - 17
Y 6 1 - - 7
tot 57 19 6 4 86

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AG x 3 AL x 5 AM x 2 AP x 3 AY x 2
EL x 2 EM x 1
GA x 13 GE x 1 GL x 5 GY x 1
GAG x 1 GAL x 2 GAM x 5 GAP x 1 GAY x 4
LA x 6 LE x 4
MA x 9 ME x 3 MY x 2
PA x 10 PE x 3 PL x 1 PY x 3
YA x 5 YE x 2

cmp 7 8 tot
A 1 - 1
G - 1 1
M - 1 1
tot 1 2 3

plu 5 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 13
newly disallowed words 2 gappy, mammy

GAMEPLAY

word       length      
AGAMY 5
AGEPLAY * 7
AGLEY 5
ALAMPY 6
ALLAY 5
ALLEY 5
ALLYL 5
ALMAMY 6
AMPALAYA 8
AMPLY 5
APELY 5
APPLEY 6
APPLY 5
AYEAYE 6
AYELP 5
ELAYL 5
ELEGY 5 debut
EMPYEMA 7
GAGGY 5
GALLEY 6 debut
GALLY 5
GAMAY 5
GAMELY 6 debut
GAMEPLAY * 8 pangram, debut
GAMEY 5
GAMMY 5
GAPPY 5 newly disallowed
GAYAL 5
GAYELLE 7
GAYLE 5
GAYLY 5
GEMMY 5
GLAMMY 6
GLEAMY 6 debut
GLEGLY 6
GLYME 5
GLYPE 5
GYMEL 5
LAGGY 5 allowed elsewhere
LALLY 5
LALLYGAG 8
LAMELY 6 debut
LAMMY 5
LAPPY 5
LEALLY 6
LEGALLY 7 debut
LEGGY 5 debut
LEPPY 5
MAGGY 5
MALEYL 6
MALMY 5
MAMEY 5
MAMMEY 6
MAMPY 5
MAPLEY 6
MAPLY 5
MAYAPPLE * 8
MEALY 5 debut
MELLAY 6
MEMEY 5
MYALL 5
MYGALE 6
PALAY 5
PALAYAM 7
PALELY 6 debut
PALLY 5
PALMY 5
PAPALLY 7
PAPAYA 6
PAPPY 5
PAYAM 5
PAYEE 5 debut
PEEPY 5
PEGGY 5
PEPPY 5
PLAYA 5
PYGAL 5
PYGMY 5
PYLAE  5
YAMPA 5
YAMPE 5
YAMPEE 6
YAMPY 5
YAPPY 5
YEALM 5
YELPY 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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