May 6, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 6, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 6, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AF.

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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Spelling Bee for May 6, 2023

Related puzzles

Center letter F: October 11, 2021
Center letter A: August 4, 2020

words: 185
score: 975 pts
pangrams: 6
compounds: 5
plurals: 14
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	tot
A	2	2	4
R	-	1	1
tot	2	3	5

plu	4	5	6	8	tot
A	1	-	-	-	1
C	-	5	1	1	7
F	1	-	1	-	2
I	1	-	1	-	2
L	1	-	-	-	1
O	-	-	1	-	1
tot	4	5	4	1	14

ACROFACIAL, CALORIFIC, COROLLIFLORAL, ORIFICAL, ORIFICIAL, OROFACIAL

word	length
AALII	5
ACACIA	6
ACACIO	6
ACAI	4
ACALORIC	8
ACARI	5
ACOCIL	6
ACROFACIAL	10	pangram
AFFAIR	6
AIOLI	5
AIRCAR	* 6
AIRFALL	* 7
AIRFOIL	* 7
AIROL	5
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALFAIA	6
ALFIL	5
ALFILARIA	9
ALFOIL	* 6
ALIF	4
ALLARIC	7
ALLIACOL	8
ALLOIC	6
ALLOLALIA	9
ARACARI	7
ARACIAL	7
ARALIA	6
ARCI	^† 4
ARIA	4
ARIL	4
ARILLI	6
AROLIA	6
ARRICCIO	8
CAFFILA	7
CAFILA	6
CAICCO	6
CAIR	4
CALCARIA	8
CALCARIC	8
CALCIC	6
CALCIFIC	8
CALCIOL	7
CALICO	6
CALIF	5
CALLI	5
CALORIC	7
CALORIFIC	9	pangram
CARIOCA	7
CAROLI	6
CARRI	5
CARROCCI	^† 8
CARROCCIO	9
CARROCIO	8
CIAO	4
CICALA	6
CIFAL	5
CILIA	^† 5
CILIAL	6
CILIOLA	7
CILL	4
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRIO	5
CIRL	4
CIRRAL	6
CIRRI	^† 5
CLIFF	5
COCCI	^† 5
COCCIC	6
COCRICO	7
COFACIAL	8
COFOCI	^† 6
COIF	4
COIL	4
COIR	4
COLI	4
COLIC	5
COLICAL	7
COLOCOLIC	9
COLORIFIC	9
COOLIO	6
CORCAIR	7
CORIA	5
COROLLARIAL	11
COROLLIFLORAL	13	pangram
CRAIC	5
CRIA	4
CRIOLLO	7
CROCI	^† 5
FACIA	5
FACIAL	6
FAIL	4
FAIR	4
FALCIAL	7
FARARI	6
FARCICAL	8
FARIO	5
FIAR	4
FICO	4
FIFI	4
FILA	4
FILAR	5
FILARIA	7
FILARIAL	8
FILIAL	6
FILICAL	7
FILICIC	7
FILL	4
FILLO	5
FILO	4
FLAIL	5
FLAIR	5
FLIC	4
FLICFLAC	8
FLOCCI	^† 6
FOCACCIA	8
FOCI	^† 4
FOIL	4
FOLIA	5
FOLIAL	6
FOLIAR	6
FOLIC	5
FOLIO	5
FORRILL	7
FRAIL	5
FRIAR	5
FRICO	5
FRILL	5
FROLIC	6
ICACO	5
IFIL	4
ILALA	5
ILIA	^† 4
ILIAC	5
ILIACAL	7
ILIACI	^† 6
ILIAL	5
ILLICIA	7
ILLO	4
IORA	4
IRORI	5
LAARI	5
LACCIC	6
LAIC	4
LAICAL	6
LAIR	4
LARI	4
LIAO	4
LIAR	4
LILA	4
LILAC	5
LILL	4
LILO	4
LIRA	4
LOCALIC	7
LOCI	^† 4
LOFI	4
LOIR	4
LORICA	6
OFFICIAL	8
OLIO	4
OORALI	6
OORARI	6
OORIAL	6
ORARIA	^† 6
ORIFICAL	8	pangram
ORIFICIAL	9	pangram
OROFACIAL	9	pangram
RACIAL	6
RACLOIR	7
RAFFIA	6
RAIL	4
RAILCAR	* 7
RARIORA	7
RIAL	4
RICRAC	6
RIFF	4
RIFFRAFF	8
RILL	4
RIRORIRO	8
ROIL	4
RORIC	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AC x 7	AF x 1	AI x 5	AL x 12	AR x 9
		AFF x 1
CA x 20	CI x 14	CL x 1	CO x 18	CR x 4
FA x 8	FI x 13	FL x 5	FO x 9	FR x 5
IC x 1	IF x 1	IL x 8	IO x 1	IR x 1
LA x 6	LI x 7	LO x 5
OF x 1	OL x 1	OO x 3	OR x 4
RA x 6	RI x 6	RO x 2

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