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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

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center letter IACFLOR
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
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

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

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