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 18, 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 18, 2021, 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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center letter ACJLORU
Spelling Bee for May 18, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter R: April 24, 2023
Center letter C: May 31, 2022

words: 93
score: 573 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 1
bingo: yes

A x 23
C x 46
J x 9
L x 7
O x 2
R x 5
U x 1

5L x 37
6L x 24
7L x 19
8L x 13

  5 6 7 8 tot
A 13 7 3 - 23
C 13 11 12 10 46
J 4 2 2 1 9
L 4 2 1 - 7
O - 1 - 1 2
R 3 1 - 1 5
U - - 1 - 1
tot 37 24 19 13 93

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 5 AJ x 2 AL x 5 AR x 7 AU x 4
CA x 25 CL x 3 CO x 13 CR x 3 CU x 2
JA x 5 JO x 2 JU x 2
LA x 2 LO x 5
OC x 1 OR x 1
OCU x 1
RO x 3 RU x 2
UL x 1

cmp 8 tot
R 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 3

JOCULAR

word       length      
ACAJOU 6
ACARA 5
ACCRA 5
ACCRUAL 7
ACRAL 5
AJAJA 5
AJARACA 7
ALALA 5
ALCOOL 6
ALOLL 5
ALULA 5
ALULAR 6
ARACA 5
ARARA 5
ARCUAL 6
AROAR 5
AROLLA 6
AROURA 6
ARURA 5
AURAL 5
AURAR 5
AURORA 6
AURORAL 7
CACAO 5
CALALOO 7
CALALU 6
CALCAR 6
CALLA 5
CALLALOO 8
CALLALOU 8
CALLOO 6
CARAC 5
CARACAL 7
CARACARA 8
CARACCA 7
CARACOA 7
CARACORA 8
CARACUL 7
CARAJARA 8
CARAJARU 8
CARAJURA 8
CARAJURU 8
CARCAJOU 8
CAROA 5
CAROL 5
CARRAO 6
CARRUCA 7
CARUCA 6
CLARO 5
CLOACA 6
CLOACAL 7
COALA 5
COCAL 5
COCCAL 6
COCOA 5
COLLA 5
COLLAR 6
COLLOCAL 8
COOJA 5
CORAL 5
CORALLA 7
COROLLA 7
CORRAL 6
COUCAL 6
CRAJURU 7
CRURA 5
CRURAL 6
CURACAO 7
CURACOA 7
JACAL 5
JACUARU 7
JARARACA 8
JAROOL 6
JARUL 5
JOCULAR 7 perfect pangram, debut
JOUAL 5
JURAL 5
JURARA 6
LAULAU 6
LAURA 5
LOCAL 5
LOCAO 5
LOCULAR 7
LOCURA 6
LORAL 5
OCULAR 6 debut
ORACULAR 8 debut
ROCOA 5
ROLLCALL * 8
RORAL 5
RUCOLA 6
RURAL 5
ULLALOO 7

* compound(ish) word

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