October 9, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

October 9, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 9, 2022, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for October 9, 2022

words: 127
score: 813 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 3
compounds: 6
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

A x 25
E x 8
L x 16
N x 12
P x 41
T x 18
Y x 7

5L x 60
6L x 26
7L x 17
8L x 16
9L x 6
10L x 1
11L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	10	4	5	4	-	1	1	25
E	2	3	1	1	1	-	-	8
L	6	7	1	2	-	-	-	16
N	7	2	2	1	-	-	-	12
P	17	6	8	5	5	-	-	41
T	12	3	-	3	-	-	-	18
Y	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	7
tot	60	26	17	16	6	1	1	127

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	7	8	9	tot
E	-	1	-	1
N	1	-	-	1
P	1	1	1	3
T	-	1	-	1
tot	2	3	1	6

plu	5	6	tot
L	-	1	1
P	1	-	1
tot	1	1	2

debut appearances

APLENTY, NETPLAY, PATENTLY, PENALTY, PLATYPNEA

word	length
ANTENATALLY	11
ANTENNALLY	10
ENNEATYPE	9
PALATALLY	9
PELTATELY	9
PENNYANTE	* 9
PENTYLENE	9
PLATYPNEA	9	pangram
ALLYLATE	8
ALLYLENE	8
ANTEALLY	8
ANTETYPE	8
EYEPLATE	* 8
LANYAPPE	8
LATENTLY	8
NATANTLY	8
PATENTLY	8	pangram, debut
PATTYPAN	* 8
PENTENYL	8
PENTYNYL	8
PLAYETTE	8
TELEPLAY	8
TELETYPE	8
TENPENNY	* 8
ALLENYL	7
ANALYTE	7
APETALY	7
APLENTY	7	perfect pangram, debut
AYAPANA	7
ENTALLY	7
LAYETTE	7
NATALLY	7
NETPLAY	* 7	perfect pangram
PAPALLY	7
PELLETY	7
PENALLY	7
PENALTY	7	perfect pangram, debut
PENTYNE	7
PLANTLY	7
PLAYLET	7
PLAYPEN	* 7
ALANYL	6
ANALLY	6
APPLEY	6
AYEAYE	6
ENTYPY	6
EYALET	6
EYELET	6
LANELY	6
LANYAP	6
LATELY	6
LEALLY	6
LEALTY	6
LEANLY	6
LYTTAE	^† 6
NEATLY	6
NETTLY	6
PALELY	6
PAPAYA	6
PENTYL	6
PLATEY	6
PLAYTE	6
PLENTY	6
TANYAN	6
TEENTY	6
TETANY	6
YATTLE	6
ALLAY	5
ALLEY	5
ALLYL	5
ALTYN	5
ANTLY	5
APELY	5
APPLY	5
APTLY	5
AYELP	5
AYLET	5
ELAYL	5
ENYNE	5
LALLY	5
LAPPY	5
LAYAN	5
LEPPY	5
LYATE	5
LYTTA	5
NANNY	5
NANTY	5
NATTY	5
NATYA	5
NEAPY	5
NETTY	5
NYALA	5
PALAY	5
PALLY	5
PANTY	5
PANYA	5
PAPPY	5
PATLY	5
PATTY	5
PAYEE	5
PEATY	5
PEEPY	5
PENNY	5
PEPPY	5
PETTY	5
PLATY	5
PLAYA	5
PLEYT	5
PYLAE	^† 5
TALLY	5
TANTY	5
TANYA	5
TAPPY	5
TATTY	5
TEENY	5
TELLY	5
TELYN	5
TENNY	5
TENTY	5
TYPAL	5
TYPEY	5
YAPAN	5
YAPPY	5
YATTA	5
YELPY	5
YENTA	5
YENTE	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AL x 8	AN x 7	AP x 6	AY x 4
EL x 1	EN x 4	EY x 3
LA x 9	LE x 4	LY x 3
NA x 6	NE x 5	NY x 1
PA x 14	PE x 15	PL x 11	PY x 1
TA x 6	TE x 10	TY x 2
YA x 4	YE x 3

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