May 7, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 7, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 7, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with EC.

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Spelling Bee for May 7, 2022

words: 291
score: 1,893 pts
pangrams: 20
perfect: 3
compounds: 11
plurals: 14
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AC x 26	AE x 2	AL x 8	AM x 10	AT x 6
CA x 58	CE x 16	CI x 13	CL x 18	CT x 1
EC x 9	EL x 4	EM x 6	ET x 1
ECC x 2	ECI x 1	ECL x 4	ECT x 2
IC x 5	IL x 7	IM x 1	IT x 1
LA x 17	LE x 9	LI x 4
MA x 12	ME x 19	MI x 13
TA x 12	TE x 7	TI x 5	TM x 1

cmp	5	6	7	8	9	tot
C	-	-	4	1	1	6
E	1	-	-	-	-	1
I	-	-	2	-	-	2
T	-	1	1	-	-	2
tot	1	1	7	1	1	11

plu	4	5	6	7	8	tot
A	-	2	-	-	-	2
C	-	3	2	1	-	6
I	-	-	1	-	-	1
L	1	-	-	-	1	2
M	1	-	-	-	1	2
T	-	-	-	1	-	1
tot	2	5	3	2	2	14

ACCLIMATE, AMLETIC, CALAMITE, CALCIMIMETIC, CLIMATE, EMETICAL, LACTATAEMIA, LACTATEMIA, LACTATEMIC, LACTICAEMIA, LACTICEMIA, LEMMATIC, LEMMATICAL, MEMETICAL, METALLIC, METALLICAL, METICAL, MIMETICAL, TELEMATIC, TELMATIC

word	length
ACATALLACTIC	12
CALCIMIMETIC	12	pangram
ACATALECTIC	11
ATELECTATIC	11
CATALLACTIC	11
CATAMITICAL	11
CLIMACTICAL	11
LACTATAEMIA	11	pangram
LACTICAEMIA	11	pangram
MELILITITIC	11
ACETACETIC	10
CATALECTIC	10
CATATECTIC	10
CLIMATICAL	10
CLITELLATE	10
ECLECTICAL	10
LACTATEMIA	10	pangram
LACTATEMIC	10	pangram
LACTICEMIA	10	pangram
LEMMATICAL	10	pangram
METALLICAL	10	pangram
METAMICTIC	10
METATECTIC	10
ACCLAMATE	9
ACCLIMATE	9	pangram
ALLACTITE	9
AMICITIAL	9
ATACAMITE	9
CALAMITIC	9
CALCAEMIA	9
CALCAEMIC	9
CAMELLATE	9
CATALATIC	9
CATCALLEE	* 9
CLIMACTIC	9
ECLECTICA	9
ELICITATE	9
MELILITIC	9
MEMETICAL	9	pangram
METACETIC	9
METAMATIC	9
MIMETICAL	9	pangram
TELEMATIC	9	pangram
ACETALIC	8
ACILIATE	8
CAIMACAM	8
CALAMATA	8
CALAMITE	8	pangram
CALCEATE	8
CALCEMIA	8
CALCEMIC	8
CALCITIC	8
CALICEAL	8
CALMECAC	8
CAMELLIA	8
CATAMITE	8
CATTIITE	8
CELLMATE	* 8
CLIMATIC	8
CLITELLA	8
ECILIATE	8
ECLECTIC	8
EMACIATE	8
EMETICAL	8	pangram
LECTICAE	^† 8
LECTICAL	8
LEMMATIC	8	pangram
MALEAMIC	8
MELLITIC	8
METALLIC	8	pangram
METAMICT	8
MICELLAE	^† 8
TACTICAL	8
TACTITIC	8
TELECALL	8
TELMATIC	8	pangram
ACCLAIM	7
ACETATE	7
ACMATIC	7
ALACTIC	7
ALLELIC	7
AMICITE	7
AMICTIC	7
AMLETIC	7	perfect pangram
ATACTIC	7
ATTACCA	7
CALAITE	7
CALCITE	7
CALICLE	7
CAMELIA	7
CAMLETT	7
CATCALL	* 7
CATMEAT	* 7
CATMILL	* 7
CATTAIL	* 7
CETACEA	7
CILIATE	7
CIMELIA	7
CLIMACI	^† 7
CLIMATE	7	perfect pangram
ECTATIC	7
ELECTEE	7
EMICATE	7
ICEMELT	* 7
ICETIME	* 7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
ILLICIT	7
ILLITIC	7
LACCATE	7
LACTATE	7
LACTEAL	7
LATITIC	7
LATTICE	7
LECTICA	7
LETTICE	7
LIMACEL	7
MACTATE	7
MALACCA	7
MALACIA	7
MALACIC	7
MATICAL	7
MEMETIC	7	allowed elsewhere
METICAL	7	perfect pangram
MICELLA	7
MICELLE	7
MIMETIC	7
MIMICAL	7
TACTILE	7
TACTITE	7
TALCITE	7
TECTATE	7
TITMICE	* ^† 7
ACACIA	6
ACELET	6
ACETAL	6
ACETIC	6
ACICLE	6
ACMAEA	6
ACMITE	6
ACTEME	6
AECIAL	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALETIC	6
ALLICE	6
AMELIC	6
AMICAL	6
AMIMIC	6
ATELIC	6
CAECAL	6
CAIMAC	6
CALAMI	6
CALCIC	6
CALLEE	6
CALLET	6
CAMACA	6
CAMAIL	6
CAMLET	6
CATLET	6
CATTLE	^† 6
CELIAC	6
CELLAE	^† 6
CELLIE	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CILICE	6
CITATE	6
CLITIC	6
CTETIC	6
ELICIT	6
EMETIC	6
ICICLE	6
ILIACI	^† 6
IMAMIC	6
ITALIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACTAM	6
LACTIC	6
LACTIM	6
LAICAL	6
LECTAL	6
LECTIC	6
MALEIC	6
MALICE	6
MECATE	6
METICA	6
MICATE	6
MICELL	6
MICTIC	6
TACTIC	6
TECTAL	6
TICTAC	6
TIETAC	* 6
TMETIC	6
ACETA	5
ACMIC	5
AECIA	^† 5
AMICE	5
AMICI	^† 5
ATTIC	5
CACTI	^† 5
CAECA	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CAMEL	5
CAMIA	5
CATTE	5
CECAL	5
CECIL	5
CEILI	5
CELLA	5
CELLI	^† 5
CILIA	^† 5
CITAL	5
CITEE	5
CLAIM	5
CLAME	5
CLEAT	5
CLEIT	5
CLIME	5
ECCLE	5
ECLAT	5
ECTAL	5
ELECT	5
EMCEE	* 5
ICTAL	5
ICTIC	5
ILEAC	5
ILIAC	5
LICIT	5
LILAC	5
MACLE	5
MALIC	5
MECCA	5
MELIC	5
MEMIC	5
METIC	5
MIMIC	5
TACET	5
TACIT	5
TATAC	5
TECTA	5
TELIC	5
TICAL	5
ACAI	4
ACCA	4
ACLE	4
ACME	4
ACTA	4
ACTI	4
ALEC	4
AMIC	4
CACA	4
CALE	4
CALL	4
CALM	4
CAMA	4
CAME	4
CAMI	4
CATE	4
CECA	4
CEIL	4
CELL	4
CELT	4
CEMI	4
CETE	4
CIEL	4
CILL	4
CIMA	4
CITE	4
CLAM	4
CLAT	4
CLEM	4
CLIT	4
ECCE	4
EMIC	4
ETIC	4
LACE	4
LAIC	4
LECT	4
LICE	^† 4
MACA	4
MACE	4
MICA	4
MICE	^† 4
MICI	4
TACE	4
TACT	4
TALC	4
TICE	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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