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May 12, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 12, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with VA.


Instructions

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center letter VACENOT
Spelling Bee for May 12, 2023

words: 88
score: 499 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 1
compounds: 0
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AV x 7
CA x 6 CE x 1 CO x 17
EA x 1 EN x 1 EV x 6
NA x 3 NE x 2 NO x 10
OC x 3 OT x 1 OV x 4
TA x 2 TE x 1
VA x 10 VE x 9 VO x 4
VAC x 5 VAN x 3 VAT x 2

plu 4 5 7 tot
C 1 1 - 2
N - 1 1 2
V - 1 - 1
tot 1 3 1 5

debut appearances 7

CENTAVO, CONCAVATE, CONVOCATE, COVENANT, COVENANTEE

word       length      
AVANT 5
AVCAT 5
AVEN 4
AVOCAT 6
AVOCATE 7
AVOCET 6 debut
AVVOCATO 8
CAVA  4
CAVAE  5
CAVAN 5
CAVE 4
CAVEAT 6
CAVETTO 7
CENTAVO 7 perfect pangram
COEVENT 7
CONCAVATE 9 pangram
CONCAVE 7 debut
CONCAVOCONCAVE 14
CONVECT 7 debut
CONVENANCE 10
CONVENE 7
CONVENT 7 debut
CONVNET 7
CONVO 5
CONVOCATE 9 pangram
COVE 4
COVEN 5
COVENANT 8 pangram, debut
COVENANTEE 10 pangram
COVENT 6
COVET 5
EAVE 4
ENCAVE 6
EVECTANT 8
EVEN 4
EVENT 5
EVET 4
EVOCATE 7
EVOVAE 6
NAVE 4
NAVETA 6
NAVETTE 7
NEVE 4
NEVEN 5
NONCONCAVE 10
NONEVEN 7
NONEVENT 8
NONVACANT 9
NONVOTE 7
NOVA 4
NOVAE  5 debut
NOVATE 6
NOVENA 6
NOVENAE  7
OCTAVATE 8
OCTAVE 6 debut
OCTAVO 6
OTTAVA 6
OVATE 5
OVEN 4
OVENETTE 8
OVOO 4
TATTVA 6
TAVA 4
TEEVEE 6
VACA 4
VACANCE 7
VACANT 6
VACATE 6
VACCENATE 9
VANE 4
VANETTE 7
VANNA 5
VATO 4
VATTOO 6
VEENA 5
VENA 4
VENAE  5
VENENATE 8
VENT 4
VENTA 5
VETA 4
VETO 4
VEVE 4
VOCATE 6
VONCE 5
VOTE 4
VOTEEN 6

† plural noun

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