May 12, 2024: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

May 12, 2024 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 12, 2024, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.

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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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Spelling Bee for May 12, 2024

Related puzzles

Center letter L: July 15, 2021
Center letter N: October 9, 2019

words: 138
score: 1,002 pts
pangrams: 7
compounds: 19
plurals: 14
bingo: yes

C x 11
E x 22
I x 16
L x 14
M x 61
N x 4
T x 10

5L x 25
6L x 35
7L x 35
8L x 27
9L x 5
10L x 9
11L x 2

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
C	2	2	3	1	1	2	-	11
E	5	6	5	4	-	1	1	22
I	3	3	3	2	2	3	-	16
L	4	1	5	4	-	-	-	14
M	11	17	15	13	2	2	1	61
N	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	4
T	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	10
tot	25	35	35	27	5	9	2	138

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	6	7	8	10	tot
E	1	-	-	-	-	1
I	-	1	2	-	1	4
L	-	-	3	-	-	3
M	-	-	3	2	-	5
N	-	1	-	-	-	1
T	-	2	2	1	-	5
tot	1	4	10	3	1	19

plu	6	7	10	tot
I	1	-	1	2
L	-	2	-	2
M	1	3	-	4
N	1	-	-	1
T	3	2	-	5
tot	6	7	1	14

debut appearances

CEMENTICLE, CLEMENTINE, INCLEMENT, LIMNETIC, MELINITIC, METICILLIN, NETILMICIN

word	length
ENTITLEMENT	11
MELILITITIC	11
CEMENTICLE	10	pangram
CLEMENTINE	10	pangram
ENTICEMENT	10
ILMENITITE	10
INCITEMENT	10
INCLINEMEN	* ^† 10
MELILITITE	10
METICILLIN	10	pangram
NETILMICIN	10	pangram
CEMENTITE	9
IMMINENCE	9
INCLEMENT	9	pangram
MELILITIC	9
MELINITIC	9	pangram
CIMINITE	8
ELEMICIN	8
ELIMINEE	8
EMINENCE	8
EMITTENT	8
ILMENITE	8
IMMINENT	8
LIMETTIN	8
LIMNEMIC	8
LIMNETIC	8	pangram
LINIMENT	8
MELENITE	8
MELILITE	8
MELINITE	8
MELITTIN	8
MELLITIC	8
MENILITE	8
MILLIEME	8
MILLINET	8
MIMETENE	8
MIMETITE	8
MINICELL	* 8
MINIMILL	* 8
MNEMENIC	8
TENEMENT	8
TIMELINE	* 8
TIMENTIN	8
CENEMIC	7
CENTIME	7
CLEMENT	7
ELEMENT	7
EMETINE	7
EMILITE	7
EMINENT	7
ENIMINE	7
ICEMELT	* 7
ICETIME	* 7
INTIMIN	7
LEETMEN	* ^† 7
LIEMENT	7
LIMELIT	* 7
LIMNITE	7
LINEMEN	* ^† 7
MELETIN	7
MELLITE	7
MELTEMI	7
MEMETIC	7	allowed elsewhere
MICELLE	7
MILLILE	7
MILLIME	7
MILLINE	7
MILLMEN	* ^† 7
MIMETIC	7
MINETTE	7
MINIMIN	* 7
MINTMEN	* ^† 7
MITITEI	7
MITTIMI	^† 7
NEMETIC	7
TELEMEN	^† 7
TINMINE	* 7
TITMICE	* ^† 7
CEMENT	6
CENEME	6
ELEMIN	6
EMETIC	6
EMETIN	6
EMICIN	6
ENLIMN	6
ENMEIN	6
ICEMEN	* ^† 6
IMINIC	6
INIMIC	6
LIMNIC	6
MEETEN	6
MEINIE	6
MELENE	6
MELINE	6
MENTEE	6
METTLE	6
MICELL	6
MICTIC	6
MIELIE	6
MILLET	6
MILLIE	6
MILLIM	6
MINIMI	^† 6
MINNIE	6
MITTEL	6
MITTEN	6
MNEMIC	6
NETMEN	* ^† 6
NIMITE	6
TEMENE	^† 6
TINMEN	* ^† 6
TITMEN	* ^† 6
TMETIC	6
CLIME	5
CMENE	5
ELEMI	5
ELMEN	5
EMCEE	* 5
EMEME	5
EMMET	5
IMENE	5
IMINE	5
IMMIE	5
LEMEL	5
LEMME	5
LIMEN	5
LIMIT	5
MELEE	5
MELEM	5
MELIC	5
MEMIC	5
METIC	5
MILLE	5
MIMIC	5
MINCE	5
MINIM	5
MINMI	5
MNEME	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

CE x 6	CI x 1	CL x 3	CM x 1
EL x 6	EM x 11	EN x 5
IC x 3	IL x 2	IM x 6	IN x 5
LE x 3	LI x 11
ME x 26	MI x 32	MN x 3
NE x 3	NI x 1
TE x 3	TI x 6	TM x 1

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