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February 28, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 28, 2022, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter IABDLOR
Spelling Bee for February 28, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter D: February 26, 2024
Center letter B: June 22, 2021

words: 198
score: 1,306 pts
pangrams: 7
perfect: 3
compounds: 13
plurals: 7
bingo: yes

A x 35
B x 63
D x 25
I x 16
L x 22
O x 19
R x 18

5L x 68
6L x 55
7L x 36
8L x 22
9L x 13
10L x 3
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 12 tot
A 11 9 7 6 2 - - 35
B 20 16 10 9 7 - 1 63
D 10 7 6 1 - 1 - 25
I 8 1 4 1 2 - - 16
L 10 7 2 1 1 1 - 22
O 5 10 3 - 1 - - 19
R 4 5 4 4 - 1 - 18
tot 68 55 36 22 13 3 1 198

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AB x 6 AD x 2 AI x 5 AL x 6 AR x 15
BA x 19 BI x 21 BL x 1 BO x 9 BR x 13
DA x 4 DI x 9 DO x 8 DR x 4
IA x 1 IB x 1 ID x 2 IL x 5 IO x 2 IR x 5
LA x 9 LI x 10 LO x 3
LOR x 3
OB x 4 OD x 1 OI x 5 OL x 1 OO x 4 OR x 4
RA x 14 RI x 3 RO x 1

cmp 5 7 8 9 10 tot
A 1 2 - - - 3
B - 2 - 3 - 5
D - - - - 1 1
O - 1 - - - 1
R - 1 2 - - 3
tot 1 6 2 3 1 13

plu 5 6 7 8 10 tot
I 1 - - - - 1
L 1 - - - - 1
O - 1 - - - 1
R 1 - 1 1 1 4
tot 3 1 1 1 1 7

debut appearances 0

ARABIDIOL, ARBIDOL, BILLBOARD, BROADBILL, DOLLARBIRD, LABROID, RIBALDO

word       length      
AALII 5
ABIDOL 6
ABILAO 6
ABILLA 6
ABILO 5
ABOIL 5
ABRADIAL 8
ADLIB * 5
ADRADIAL 8
AIDID 5
AIOLI 5
AIRBALL * 7
AIRBILL * 7
AIROL 5
ALALIA 6
ALIBI 5
ALLODIA 7
ALLODIAL 8
ALLOLALIA 9
ALODIAL 7
ARABIDIOL 9 pangram
ARADID 6
ARALIA 6
ARARIBA 7
ARBIDOL 7 perfect pangram
ARBORIO 7
ARBOROID 8
ARDRI 5
ARIID 5
ARILLI 6
ARILLOID 8
AROID 5
AROLIA 6
ARRIBA 6
ARRIBADA 8
BABILLARD 9
BAIAO 5
BAILA 5
BAILI 5
BAILLI 6
BAILO 5
BAILOR 6
BAIRDI 6
BALBARID 8
BALDRIB * 7
BALLABILI 9
BALLIA 6
BALOI 5
BARADARI 8
BARBARALALIA 12
BARIA 5
BARILLA 7
BARRIADA 8
BARRIO 6
BIDAR 5
BILABIAL 8
BILBO 5
BILBOA 6
BILLARD 7
BILLBOARD * 9 pangram
BILLIARD 8
BILLIO 6
BILOBAL 7
BILOBAR 7
BILOBOL 7
BIOBALL 7
BIODAD 6
BIOLAB 6
BIOLOAD 7
BIOOIL 6
BIRADARI 8
BIRADIAL 8
BIRDO 5
BIRIBA 6
BIRRIA 6 allowed elsewhere
BLOODBIRD * 9
BODAI 5
BOIAR 5
BOLILLO 7
BOOBIALLA 9
BOOBIRD * 7
BOOID 5
BORBORID 8
BORDARII 8
BORID 5
BRAAI 5
BRADORIID 9
BRAID 5
BRAIL 5
BRAIRD 6
BRIAR 5
BRIARD 6
BRIDAL 6
BRIDI 5
BRILL 5
BRILLO 6
BROADBILL * 9 pangram
BROIL 5
DABOIA 6
DAIRA 5
DAIRID 6
DARBARI 7
DIABLO 6
DIABOLO 7
DIALID 6
DIARIAL 7
DILAL 5
DILARID 7
DILDO 5
DIOBOL 6
DIOID 5
DOIRA 5
DOLIA 5
DOLIOLID 8
DOLLARBIRD * 10 pangram
DOODIA 6
DORADID 7
DORID 5
DORIDID 7
DRAIL 5
DRILID 6
DRILL 5
DROID 5
IAIDO 5
IBALIID 7
IDIOLALIA 9
IDOLA  5
ILALA 5
ILARIID 7
ILIAD 5
ILIAL 5
ILLABIAL 8
IODAL 5
IODOL 5
IRIDAL 6
IRIDIAL 7
IRIDODIAL 9
IRIDOID 7
IRORI 5
LAARI 5
LABIA  5
LABIAL 6
LABIID 6
LABRID 6
LABROID 7 perfect pangram
LAIRD 5
LARID 5
LAROID 6
LIARD 5
LIBIDIBI 8
LIBIDO 6
LIBRA 5
LIBRARIAL 9
LIBRI 5
LIDAR 5
LIDOL 5
LILIID 6
LILIOID 7
LORID 5
LORIID 6
LORILABIAL 10
OBLOID 6
OBOLI 5
OBOLID 6
OBOLOI 6
ODIID 5
OIBARA 6
OIDIA 5
OIDIAL 6
OIDIOID 7
OILBIRD * 7
OLOID 5
OOIDAL 6
OORALI 6
OORARI 6
OORIAL 6
ORARIA  6
ORIBI 5
ORIOLID 7
OROLABIAL 9
RABADI 6
RABBI 5
RABID 5
RADIAD 6
RADIAL 6
RADIALIA  8
RADII  5
RADIO 5
RADIOLARIA  10
RADIOLI *  7
RAILBIRD * 8
RAILROAD * 8
RALLID 6
RARIORA 7
RIBALD 6
RIBALDO 7 perfect pangram
RIRORIRO 8
ROBIOLA 7

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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