May 4, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 4, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 4, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AR.

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 4, 2022

words: 158
score: 927 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 2
compounds: 1
plurals: 11
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AC x 21	AG x 4	AI x 1	AN x 1	AP x 1	AR x 9
		ARA x 3	ARC x 3	ARG x 1	ARN x 2
CA x 48	CI x 8	CR x 15
GA x 3	GR x 2
IC x 2	IN x 4	IR x 1
NA x 6	NI x 1
PA x 11	PI x 8	PR x 6
RA x 1	RI x 5

cmp	6	tot
A	1	1
tot	1	1

plu	4	5	6	7	8	tot
A	1	-	1	1	1	4
C	-	3	1	1	2	7
tot	1	3	2	2	3	11

CARNAPPING, CARPING, CRAPING, CRAPPING, PRANCING

word	length
ACACIA	6
ACACIIN	7
ACACIN	6
ACAI	4
ACANA	5
ACAPNIA	7
ACAPNIC	7
ACARA	5
ACARI	5
ACARIAN	7
ACARINARIA	10
ACCA	4
ACCINGING	9
ACCRA	5
ACINACI	^† 7
ACINAR	6
ACING	5
ACINI	5
ACINIC	6
ACRA	4
ACRANIA	7
AGAPIC	6
AGARIC	6
AGARICIC	8
AGARICINIC	10
AIRCAR	* 6
ANICCA	6
APIC	4
ARACA	5
ARACARI	7
ARANCINI	^† 8	allowed elsewhere
ARCANA	^† 6
ARCI	^† 4
ARCING	6
ARGIC	5
ARNICA	6
ARNICIN	7
CAAING	6
CAAPI	5
CACA	4
CAGING	6
CAINGIN	7
CAIR	4
CAIRING	7
CAIRN	5
CANCAN	6
CANCANNING	10
CANG	4
CANING	6
CANINI	6
CANN	4
CANNA	5
CANNING	7
CAPA	4
CAPI	4
CAPING	6
CAPPA	5
CAPPING	7
CAPRI	5
CAPRIC	6
CAPRICCI	^† 8
CAPRIN	6
CAPRINIC	8
CARAC	5
CARACARA	8
CARACCA	7
CARAGANA	8
CARAIPI	7
CARANA	6
CARANGIN	8
CARANNA	7
CARAP	5
CARIGNAN	8
CARINA	6
CARINARIA	9
CARING	6
CARN	4
CARNAP	6
CARNAPPING	10	pangram
CARNIN	6
CARP	4
CARPI	^† 5
CARPING	7	perfect pangram
CARR	4
CARRI	5
CICINNI	^† 7
CIGAR	5
CINCINNI	^† 8
CIPPI	5
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRRI	^† 5
CRAG	4
CRAIC	5
CRAIG	5
CRAN	4
CRANG	5
CRANIA	^† 6
CRANIC	6
CRANING	7
CRAP	4
CRAPING	7	perfect pangram
CRAPPING	8	pangram
CRIA	4
CRIN	4
CRINGING	8
CRINING	7
GACACA	6
GARANCIN	8
GARCINIA	8
GRACING	7
GRICING	7
ICARIIN	7
ICING	5
INCA	4
INCAP	5
INCARN	6
INIAC	5
IRAGGIC	7
NANCING	7
NANGCA	6
NARC	4
NARCING	7
NARIC	5
NARICA	6
NIACIN	6
PACA	4
PACARA	6
PACARANA	8
PACCAN	6
PACING	6
PAGANICA	8
PANACINAR	9
PANIC	5
PARACRANIA	10
PARICA	6
PARINARIC	9
PIANICA	7
PIAPIAC	7
PICA	4
PICARIAN	8
PICI	4
PICNIC	6
PICRA	5
PICRIC	6
PRAC	4
PRANCING	8	pangram
PRANIC	6
PRIAPIC	7
PRICING	7
PRINCIPIA	9
RACING	6
RICIN	5
RICING	6
RICINIA	7
RICINIC	7
RICRAC	6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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