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May 15, 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 15, 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 ACEHKNY
Spelling Bee for May 15, 2018

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Center letter H: August 2, 2024
Center letter E: July 4, 2020
Center letter C: November 28, 2019
Center letter N: May 11, 2019

words: 106
score: 621 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
bingo: yes

A x 16
C x 33
E x 2
H x 15
K x 23
N x 9
Y x 8

5L x 50
6L x 37
7L x 12
8L x 5
9L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 6 9 1 - - 16
C 11 13 5 2 2 33
E 1 - 1 - - 2
H 9 4 2 - - 15
K 14 7 2 - - 23
N 5 2 1 1 - 9
Y 4 2 - 2 - 8
tot 50 37 12 5 2 106

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 6 AE x 1 AK x 5 AN x 3 AY x 1
CA x 13 CH x 18 CY x 2
EK x 1 EN x 1
HA x 9 HE x 1 HY x 5
KA x 10 KE x 3 KH x 7 KN x 2 KY x 1
KNA x 2
NA x 8 NE x 1
YA x 7 YE x 1

cmp 6 8 tot
C 1 - 1
N - 1 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 31

HACKNEY

word       length      
ACANA 5
ACENE 5
ACHENE 6
ACHKAN 6
ACKEE 5
ACKEY 5
AENACH 6
AKANYE 6
AKEAKE 6
AKEKEE 6
AKENE 5
AKHYANA 7
ANANA 5
ANANCY 6
ANANKE 6
AYEAYE 6
CACHACA 7
CACHE 5 debut
CACKY 5
CAECA 5
CAKEY 5 allowed elsewhere
CANCAN 6 debut
CANCHA 6
CANNA 5 allowed elsewhere
CANNACH 7
CANNAE * 6
CANNY 5 debut
CAYCAY 6
CAYENNE 7 debut
CHACHA 6
CHACHACHA 9
CHACK 5
CHAKACHA 8
CHANA 5
CHANCE 6 debut
CHANCEY 7
CHANCY 6 debut
CHANK 5
CHANNA 6
CHAYA 5
CHAYAH 6
CHAYKHANA 9
CHEKA 5
CHENNA 6
CHHANA 6
CHHENA 6
CHYACK 6
CYANEAN 7
CYNANCHE 8
EKAHA 5
ENHANCE 7 debut
HACEK 5
HACKEE 6
HACKNEY 7 perfect pangram, debut
HACKY 5
HAKEA 5
HANCE 5
HANCH 5
HANKY 5 debut
HAYEY 5
HENNA 5 debut
HYAENA 6
HYAENAE 7
HYCEAN 6
HYENA 5 debut
HYENAE 6
KACHA 5
KACHCHA 7
KAHKE 5
KAKKAK 6
KAKKE 5
KANAKA 6
KANEH 5
KANNA 5
KANNY 5
KAYAK 5 debut
KECAK 5
KEHAYA 6
KEHYA 5
KHAEN 5
KHAKAN 6
KHANA 5
KHANKA 6
KHANKAH 7
KHAYA 5
KHENNA 6
KNACK 5 debut
KNACKY 6
KYACK 5
NAKEN 5
NAKEY 5
NANKEEN 7 allowed elsewhere
NANNA 5
NANNAN 6
NANNY 5 debut
NAYAK 5
NAYAKA 6
NECKACHE * 8
YACCA 5
YAKAYAKA 8
YAKAYAKE 8
YAKKA 5
YAKKY 5
YANCE 5
YANKEE 6
YEEHAH 6

* compound(ish) word

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