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May 7, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 7, 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.

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center letter CAEILMT
Spelling Bee for May 7, 2022

words: 245
score: 1,847 pts
pangrams: 20
perfect: 3
compounds: 11
plurals: 12
bingo: yes

A x 44
C x 84
E x 17
I x 14
L x 26
M x 39
T x 21

5L x 50
6L x 62
7L x 57
8L x 33
9L x 20
10L x 13
11L x 8
12L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 6 17 10 2 5 1 2 1 44
C 20 20 14 15 7 4 3 1 84
E 5 2 3 4 2 1 - - 17
I 4 4 6 - - - - - 14
L 2 7 8 3 - 4 2 - 26
M 7 7 11 5 5 3 1 - 39
T 6 5 5 4 1 - - - 21
tot 50 62 57 33 20 13 8 2 245

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 20 AE x 2 AL x 7 AM x 9 AT x 6
CA x 50 CE x 10 CI x 9 CL x 14 CT x 1
EC x 8 EL x 4 EM x 5
IC x 5 IL x 7 IM x 1 IT x 1
LA x 15 LE x 8 LI x 3
LEC x 5 LEM x 2 LET x 1
MA x 10 ME x 19 MI x 10
TA x 9 TE x 7 TI x 4 TM x 1

cmp 5 6 7 8 9 tot
C - - 4 1 1 6
E 1 - - - - 1
I - - 2 - - 2
T - 1 1 - - 2
tot 1 1 7 1 1 11

plu 5 6 7 8 tot
A 2 - - - 2
C 3 2 1 - 6
I - 1 - - 1
L - - - 1 1
M - - - 1 1
T - - 1 - 1
tot 5 3 2 2 12

ACCLIMATE, AMLETIC, CALAMITE, CALCIMIMETIC, CLIMATE, EMETICAL, LACTATAEMIA, LACTATEMIA, LACTATEMIC, LACTICAEMIA, LACTICEMIA, LEMMATIC, LEMMATICAL, MEMETICAL, METALLIC, METALLICAL, METICAL, MIMETICAL, TELEMATIC, TELMATIC

word       length      
ACACIA 6
ACATALECTIC 11
ACATALLACTIC 12
ACCLAIM 7
ACCLAMATE 9
ACCLIMATE 9 pangram
ACELET 6
ACETA 5
ACETACETIC 10
ACETAL 6
ACETALIC 8
ACETATE 7
ACETIC 6
ACICLE 6
ACILIATE 8
ACMAEA 6
ACMATIC 7
ACMIC 5
ACMITE 6
ACTEME 6
AECIA  5
AECIAL 6
ALACTIC 7
ALALIC 6
ALCAIC 6
ALETIC 6
ALLACTITE 9
ALLELIC 7
ALLICE 6
AMELIC 6
AMICAL 6
AMICE 5
AMICI  5
AMICITE 7
AMICITIAL 9
AMICTIC 7
AMIMIC 6
AMLETIC 7 perfect pangram
ATACAMITE 9
ATACTIC 7
ATELECTATIC 11
ATELIC 6
ATTACCA 7
ATTIC 5
CACTI  5
CAECA 5
CAECAL 6
CAIMAC 6
CAIMACAM 8
CALAITE 7
CALAMATA 8
CALAMI 6
CALAMITE 8 pangram
CALAMITIC 9
CALCAEMIA 9
CALCAEMIC 9
CALCEATE 8
CALCEMIA 8
CALCEMIC 8
CALCIC 6
CALCIMIMETIC 12 pangram
CALCITE 7
CALCITIC 8
CALICEAL 8
CALICLE 7
CALLA 5
CALLEE 6
CALLET 6
CALLI 5
CALMECAC 8
CAMACA 6
CAMAIL 6
CAMEL 5
CAMELIA 7
CAMELLATE 9
CAMELLIA 8
CAMIA 5
CAMLET 6
CAMLETT 7
CATALATIC 9
CATALECTIC 10
CATALLACTIC 11
CATAMITE 8
CATAMITICAL 11
CATATECTIC 10
CATCALL * 7
CATCALLEE * 9
CATLET 6
CATMEAT * 7
CATMILL * 7
CATTAIL * 7
CATTE 5
CATTIITE 8
CATTLE  6
CECAL 5
CECIL 5
CEILI 5
CELIAC 6
CELLA 5
CELLAE  6
CELLI  5
CELLIE 6
CELLMATE * 8
CETACEA 7
CICALA 6
CILIA  5
CILIAL 6
CILIATE 7
CILICE 6
CIMELIA 7
CITAL 5
CITATE 6
CITEE 5
CLAIM 5
CLAME 5
CLEAT 5
CLEIT 5
CLIMACI  7
CLIMACTIC 9
CLIMACTICAL 11
CLIMATE 7 perfect pangram
CLIMATIC 8
CLIMATICAL 10
CLIME 5
CLITELLA 8
CLITELLATE 10
CLITIC 6
CTETIC 6
ECCLE 5
ECILIATE 8
ECLAT 5
ECLECTIC 8
ECLECTICA 9
ECLECTICAL 10
ECTAL 5
ECTATIC 7
ELECT 5
ELECTEE 7
ELICIT 6
ELICITATE 9
EMACIATE 8
EMCEE * 5
EMETIC 6
EMETICAL 8 pangram
EMICATE 7
ICEMELT * 7
ICETIME * 7
ICICLE 6
ICTAL 5
ICTIC 5
ILEAC 5
ILIAC 5
ILIACAL 7
ILIACI  6
ILLICIA 7
ILLICIT 7
ILLITIC 7
IMAMIC 6
ITALIC 6
LACCATE 7
LACCIC 6
LACTAM 6
LACTATAEMIA 11 pangram
LACTATE 7
LACTATEMIA 10 pangram
LACTATEMIC 10 pangram
LACTEAL 7
LACTIC 6
LACTICAEMIA 11 pangram
LACTICEMIA 10 pangram
LACTIM 6
LAICAL 6
LATITIC 7
LATTICE 7
LECTAL 6
LECTIC 6
LECTICA 7
LECTICAE  8
LECTICAL 8
LEMMATIC 8 pangram
LEMMATICAL 10 pangram
LETTICE 7
LICIT 5
LILAC 5
LIMACEL 7
MACLE 5
MACTATE 7
MALACCA 7
MALACIA 7
MALACIC 7
MALEAMIC 8
MALEIC 6
MALIC 5
MALICE 6
MATICAL 7
MECATE 6
MECCA 5
MELIC 5
MELILITIC 9
MELILITITIC 11
MELLITIC 8
MEMETIC 7 allowed elsewhere
MEMETICAL 9 pangram
MEMIC 5
METACETIC 9
METALLIC 8 pangram
METALLICAL 10 pangram
METAMATIC 9
METAMICT 8
METAMICTIC 10
METATECTIC 10
METIC 5
METICA 6
METICAL 7 perfect pangram
MICATE 6
MICELL 6
MICELLA 7
MICELLAE  8
MICELLE 7
MICTIC 6
MIMETIC 7
MIMETICAL 9 pangram
MIMIC 5
MIMICAL 7
TACET 5
TACIT 5
TACTIC 6
TACTICAL 8
TACTILE 7
TACTITE 7
TACTITIC 8
TALCITE 7
TATAC 5
TECTA 5
TECTAL 6
TECTATE 7
TELECALL 8
TELEMATIC 9 pangram
TELIC 5
TELMATIC 8 pangram
TICAL 5
TICTAC 6
TIETAC * 6
TITMICE *  7
TMETIC 6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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