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 8, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 8, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter YALMNOR
Spelling Bee for May 8, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter R: July 15, 2024
Center letter L: November 26, 2020
Center letter L: October 3, 2019
Identical letters: November 2, 2018

words: 122
score: 795 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 1
compounds: 5
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 25
L x 16
M x 35
N x 21
O x 9
R x 10
Y x 6

5L x 58
6L x 20
7L x 20
8L x 16
9L x 6
10L x 1
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 10 7 6 2 - - - 25
L 10 3 1 2 - - - 16
M 17 4 7 4 3 - - 35
N 7 1 2 6 3 1 1 21
O 5 2 2 - - - - 9
R 7 1 2 - - - - 10
Y 2 2 - 2 - - - 6
tot 58 20 20 16 6 1 1 122

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 9 AM x 1 AN x 8 AR x 6 AY x 1
LA x 8 LO x 8
MA x 13 MO x 18 MY x 4
NA x 4 NO x 15 NY x 2
OL x 1 ON x 2 OR x 6
RA x 5 RO x 5
ROL x 2 ROO x 1 ROY x 2
YA x 6

cmp 5 6 7 8 tot
A - - 1 - 1
L - 1 - 2 3
O 1 - - - 1
tot 1 1 1 2 5

debut appearances 1
previously disallowed debuts 1
newly disallowed words 1 anonym

ALMONRY, LORRYMAN, MONOARYL, NONMAYORAL, NONNORMALLY, NORMALLY

word       length      
ALANYL 6
ALARY 5
ALLAY 5
ALLONYM 7
ALLONYMY 8
ALLOY 5
ALLYL 5
ALMAMY 6
ALMONRY 7 perfect pangram
AMORALLY 8
ANALLY 6
ANANYM 6
ANNOY 5
ANOMALY 7
ANOMY 5
ANONYM 6 newly disallowed
ANONYMA 7
ANYON 5
ARMORY 6
ARMYMAN * 7
AROYL 5
ARRAY 5
ARRAYAL 7
ARROYO 6
AYRAN 5
LALLY 5
LAMMY 5
LANARY 6
LAOYA 5
LARRY 5
LARRYMAN * 8
LAYAN 5
LAYMAN * 6
LOAMY 5
LOLLY 5
LOONY 5
LORNLY 6
LORRY 5
LORRYMAN * 8 pangram
LOYAL 5
LOYALLY 7
MALMY 5
MALONYL 7
MAMMARY 7
MANLY 5
MANNY 5
MARAY 5
MARLY 5
MARRY 5
MAYOR 5
MAYORAL 7
MAYORALLY 9
MAYORLY 7
MAYORY 6
MOANY 5
MOLARY 6
MOLLY 5 debut, previously disallowed
MOMLY 5
MOMMY 5
MONAMORY 8
MONOAMORY 9
MONOARYL 8 pangram
MONOMYARY 9
MONONYM 7
MONONYMY 8
MOONLY 6
MOONY 5
MOORY 5
MORALLY 7
MORAY 5
MORNAY 6
MOYAMOYA 8
MYALL 5
MYOMA 5
MYONYMY 7
MYRON 5
NANNY 5
NANOALLOY 9
NANOARRAY 9
NANOYARN 8
NONALLOY 8
NONALLY 7
NONANOYL 8
NONARMY 7
NONARY 6
NONLOYAL 8
NONMAYORAL 10 pangram
NONNORMALLY 11 pangram
NONNY 5
NONORALLY 9
NONROYAL 8
NONYL 5
NORMALLY 8 pangram
NORRY 5
NOYAN 5
NYALA 5
NYLON 5
OLLAY 5
ONLAY * 5
ONYON 5
ORALLOY 7
ORALLY 6
ORLAY 5
ORONYM 6
ORONYMY 7
OROYA 5
RALLY 5
RAMMY 5
RANNY 5
RAYON 5
RAYONNY 7
ROLLY 5
ROLONY 6
ROOMY 5
ROYAL 5
ROYALLY 7
YALMAN 6
YAMAMOMO 8
YARAY 5
YARNY 5
YARRAMAN 8
YARRAN 6

* compound(ish) word

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