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May 16, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2018, 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.

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Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been re­con­struct­ed from partial records. We feel reason­ably confident about the data below but cannot guar­an­tee perfect accuracy.
center letter TBEHILM
Spelling Bee for May 16, 2018

words: 89
score: 559 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 4
bingo: yes

B x 19
E x 9
H x 8
I x 4
L x 9
M x 16
T x 24

5L x 28
6L x 30
7L x 20
8L x 9
10L x 2

  5 6 7 8 10 tot
B 4 8 2 4 1 19
E 5 1 2 1 - 9
H 2 4 2 - - 8
I 1 2 1 - - 4
L 3 2 3 1 - 9
M 2 3 7 3 1 16
T 11 10 3 - - 24
tot 28 30 20 9 2 89

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BE x 9 BI x 8 BL x 2
EB x 1 EH x 1 EI x 1 EL x 1 EM x 2 ET x 3
HE x 4 HI x 4
IH x 1 IL x 3
LE x 2 LI x 7
LIL x 1 LIM x 2 LIT x 4
ME x 10 MI x 6
TE x 8 TH x 7 TI x 9

cmp 6 7 tot
H 1 - 1
I 1 - 1
L - 1 1
T 1 - 1
tot 3 1 4

debut appearances 29

THIMBLE

word       length      
BEETLE 6 debut
BELITTLE 8 debut
BELLITE 7
BEMEET 6
BETEL 5 debut
BETELL 6
BETHE 5
BETHEL 6
BETITLE 7
BIEHLITE 8
BILETE 6
BILLET 6 debut
BILLETEE 8
BILLIETITE 10
BIMBETTE 8
BITEE 5
BITTIE 6
BLITE 5
BLITHE 6 debut
EBBET 5
EHLITE 6
EITELITE 8
ELITE 5
EMILITE 7
EMMET 5
ETHEL 5
ETHLETE 7
ETTLE 5
HEITI 5
HELMET 6 debut
HELMLET 7
HETTIE 6
HILITE * 6
HILLITE 7
HITHE 5
HITTEE 6
IHLEITE 7
ILLITE 6
ILLLIT * 6
ILLTH 5
LEITEITE 8
LETHE 5
LILITH 6
LIMELIT * 7
LIMIT 5 debut
LITHE 5
LITHITE 7
LITTLE 6
LITTLIE 7
MEBIBIT 7
MEITH 5
MELILITE 8
MELILITITE 10
MELLITE 7
MELTEMI 7
MELTETH 7
MELTITH 7
METHI 5
METTLE 6 debut
MILLET 6 debut
MILLIBIT 8
MIMETITE 8
MITITEI 7
MITTEL 6
MITTIMI 7
TEBIBIT 7
TEEHEE 6
TEETEE 6
TEETH 5 debut
TEETHE 6 debut
TEHEE 5
TELLEE 6
TETEL 5
THEBE 5
THEME 5 debut
THIBET 6
THIBLE 6
THIETE 6
THILL 5
THIMBLE 7 perfect pangram, debut
TIBET 5
TILLET 6
TILLITE 7
TILTH 5 allowed elsewhere
TITBIT * 6
TITHE 5
TITHI 5
TITLE 5
TITTLE 6

* compound(ish) word

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