May 26, 2019: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

May 26, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 26, 2019, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for May 26, 2019

Related puzzles

Center letter R: February 28, 2023
Center letter D: April 21, 2020
Center letter L: December 30, 2018

words: 134
score: 815 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 7
bingo: yes

A x 28
B x 40
D x 20
I x 8
J x 7
L x 17
R x 14

5L x 59
6L x 39
7L x 16
8L x 16
9L x 3
12L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	12	tot
A	16	6	3	3	-	-	28
B	14	13	3	7	2	1	40
D	9	6	4	1	-	-	20
I	3	1	3	1	-	-	8
J	2	2	2	1	-	-	7
L	9	6	-	1	1	-	17
R	6	5	1	2	-	-	14
tot	59	39	16	16	3	1	134

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	7	8	tot
A	1	2	-	3
B	-	1	-	1
J	-	-	1	1
L	-	-	1	1
R	-	-	1	1
tot	1	3	3	7

JAILBIRD

word	length
AALII	5
ABADA	5
ABDAL	5
ABILLA	6
ABJAD	5
ABRADIAL	8
ADDRA	5
ADLIB	* 5
ADRAD	5
ADRADIAL	8
AIDID	5
AIRBALL	* 7
AIRBILL	* 7
AJAJA	5
AJARI	5
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALIBI	5
ARABA	5
ARADID	6
ARALIA	6
ARARA	5
ARARIBA	7
ARDRI	5
ARIID	5
ARILLI	6
ARRIBA	6
ARRIBADA	8
BABALA	6
BABILLARD	9
BADLA	5
BAIJI	5
BAILA	5
BAILI	5
BAILLI	6
BAIRDI	6
BAJADA	6
BAJAJ	5
BAJRA	5
BAJRI	5
BALBARID	8
BALDRIB	* 7
BALLABILI	9
BALLAD	6
BALLIA	6
BARADARI	8
BARBAL	6
BARBARALALIA	12
BARIA	5
BARILLA	7
BARRA	5
BARRAD	6
BARRIADA	8
BIDAR	5
BILABIAL	8
BILLARD	7
BILLIARD	8
BIRADARI	8
BIRADIAL	8	allowed elsewhere
BIRIBA	6
BIRRIA	6	allowed elsewhere
BRAAI	5
BRAID	5
BRAIL	5
BRAIRD	6
BRIAR	5
BRIARD	6
BRIDAL	6
DABBA	5
DADAJI	6
DADDA	5
DAIRA	5
DAIRID	6
DAJID	5
DAJJAAL	7
DAJJAL	6
DALAAL	6
DALADALA	8
DALAL	5
DARBAR	6
DARBARI	7
DIALID	6
DIARIAL	7
DIDJA	5
DILAL	5
DILARID	7
DRABA	5
DRAIL	5
IBALIID	7
ILALA	5
ILARIID	7
ILIAD	5	disallowed elsewhere
ILIAL	5
ILLABIAL	8
IRIDAL	6
IRIDIAL	7
JAADI	5
JAALI	5
JAILBIRD	* 8	pangram
JALABIB	7
JILABI	6
JILBAAB	7
JILBAB	6
LAARI	5
LABARA	6
LABBA	5
LABIA	5
LABIAL	6
LABIID	6
LABLAB	6
LABRA	5
LABRAL	6
LABRID	6
LAIRD	5
LARDBALL	* 8
LARID	5
LIARD	5
LIBRA	5
LIBRARIAL	9
LIDAR	5
RABAB	5
RABADI	6
RABBI	5
RABID	5
RADAR	5
RADIAD	6
RADIAL	6
RADIALIA	8
RADII	5
RAILBIRD	* 8
RAJBARI	7
RAJID	5
RALLID	6
RIBALD	6

* compound(ish) word

AA x 1	AB x 5	AD x 4	AI x 3	AJ x 2	AL x 3	AR x 10
BA x 25	BI x 8	BR x 7
DA x 13	DI x 5	DR x 2
IB x 1	IL x 5	IR x 2
JA x 4	JI x 3
LA x 13	LI x 4
RA x 13	RI x 1

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