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May 9, 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 9, 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 LBGINOW
Spelling Bee for May 9, 2021

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Center letter W: September 19, 2022

words: 141
score: 1,010 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 2
compounds: 10
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

B x 40
G x 22
I x 5
L x 33
N x 16
O x 16
W x 9

5L x 24
6L x 37
7L x 37
8L x 26
9L x 9
10L x 6
11L x 1
14L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 tot
B 9 7 12 6 3 2 - 1 40
G 4 5 5 6 1 1 - - 22
I 1 1 1 - 2 - - - 5
L 7 12 11 2 - 1 - - 33
N - 3 6 3 1 2 1 - 16
O 3 7 1 4 1 - - - 16
W - 2 1 5 1 - - - 9
tot 24 37 37 26 9 6 1 1 141

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BI x 18 BL x 6 BO x 16
GI x 5 GL x 6 GN x 1 GO x 10
IG x 2 IN x 3
LI x 10 LO x 23
NI x 4 NO x 12
OB x 6 OG x 3 OI x 1 OL x 2 ON x 1 OO x 2 OW x 1
WI x 7 WO x 2

cmp 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
I - 1 1 - 1 - 3
L 2 - 1 2 - 1 6
O - - - 1 - - 1
tot 2 1 2 3 1 1 10

plu 5 tot
L 1 1
tot 1 1

BILLOWING, BLOWING, BOWLING, INBLOWING, WOBBLING

word       length      
BIBLIOBLOGGING 14
NONBLOGGING 11
BIBLIOBLOG 10
BIOLOGGING 10
GOOGILLION 10
LONGLINING * 10
NONBOILING 10
NONGLOWING 10
BILLOWING 9 pangram
BOLOGNINI 9
BOLOGNINO 9
GOOGOLGON 9
IGNOBLING 9
INBLOWING * 9 pangram
NONILLION 9
OBLONGING 9
WILLOWING 9
BIBBLING 8
BINGLING 8
BLOBBING 8
BLOGGING 8
BOBBLING 8
BOGGLING 8
GIGGLING 8
GINGLING 8
GLOBBING 8
GOBBLING 8
GOGGLING 8
GOOGLING 8
LONGWING * 8
LONGWOOL * 8
NIBBLING 8
NIGGLING 8
NOBBLING 8
OBLIGING 8
OLIGONOL 8
ONLINING * 8
OOGONIOL 8
WIBBLING 8
WIGGLING 8
WILIWILI 8
WOBBLING 8 pangram
WOGGLING 8
BILGING 7
BILLING 7
BILLION 7
BILOBOL 7
BLOWING 7 perfect pangram
BOGOLON 7
BOILING 7
BOLILLO 7
BOLLING 7
BOLOING 7
BOOLING 7
BOWLING 7 perfect pangram
GILLING 7
GLOBING 7
GLONOIN 7
GLOWING 7
GOWLING 7
INBLOWN * 7
LIBBING 7
LIGGING 7
LILLING 7
LINNING 7
LOBBING 7
LOGGING 7
LOLLING 7
LONGBOW * 7
LONGING 7
LOONING 7
LOWLING 7
NIBLING 7
NILLING 7
NOBILIN 7
NONBLOG 7
NONLONG 7
NONWOOL 7
OGGLING 7
WILLING 7
BIGOLI 6
BILING 6
BILLIO 6
BILLON 6
BILLOW 6
BIOOIL 6
BOBBOL 6
GIGOLO 6
GLOBIN 6
GOBLIN 6
GOLGIN 6
GOOGOL 6
INBLOW * 6
LIGNIN 6
LIGNOL 6
LINING 6
LINNOW 6
LOBING 6
LOBOLO 6
LOGION 6
LOGLOG 6
LOLIGO 6
LONNIN 6
LOOING 6
LOWING 6
NONILL 6
NONLOW 6
NONOIL 6
OBLONG 6
OBOLOI 6
OGLING 6
OILING 6
OLINGO 6
OOLONG 6
OWLING 6
WILING 6
WILLOW 6
BILBO 5
BILIN 5
BLING 5
BLINI 5
BLOWN 5
BOBOL 5
BOLIN 5
BOLON 5
BOWLO 5
GIBLI 5
GLOGG 5
GNOLL 5
GOLLI 5
IGLOO 5
LINGO 5
LININ 5
LOGIN * 5
LOGOI  5
LOGON * 5
LONGI 5
LOONG 5
OBOLI 5
OBOLO 5
OGLIO 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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