Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
May 9, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 9, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with FI.


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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center letter LADFINW
Spelling Bee for May 9, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter I: August 13, 2020
Center letter I: July 8, 2020
Center letter N: February 14, 2020
Center letter A: July 8, 2019

words: 110
score: 455 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 13
bingo: yes

A x 22
D x 14
F x 17
I x 13
L x 22
N x 6
W x 16

4L x 43
5L x 29
6L x 22
7L x 7
8L x 9

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 5 6 6 5 - 22
D 6 3 3 1 1 14
F 8 6 3 - - 17
I 3 5 5 - - 13
L 9 4 5 1 3 22
N 4 2 - - - 6
W 8 3 - - 5 16
tot 43 29 22 7 9 110

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AD x 1 AF x 2 AL x 11 AN x 6 AW x 1
DA x 7 DI x 6 DW x 1
FA x 6 FI x 5 FL x 6
FIL x 3 FIN x 2
ID x 1 IF x 1 IL x 4 IN x 7
LA x 14 LI x 8
NA x 4 NI x 2
WA x 7 WI x 9

cmp 5 6 8 tot
A - 1 - 1
I 1 5 - 6
L - - 3 3
W - - 3 3
tot 1 6 6 13

WINDFALL, WINDFLAW

word       length      
AALII 5
ADLAND * 6
AFALINA 7
AFFINAL 7
ALALA 5
ALALIA 6
ALAN 4
ALAND 5
ALANNA 6
ALFAIA 6
ALFALFA 7
ALFIL 5
ALFIN 5
ALIF 4
ALLIIN 6
ANAL 4
ANIL 4
ANILID 6
ANILIID 7
ANILLIN 7
ANNAL 5
AWDL 4
DAAL 4
DALA 4
DALAAL 6
DALADALA 8
DALAL 5
DALI 4
DALL 4
DIAL 4
DIALID 6
DIALIN 6
DILAL 5
DILAWAN 7
DILL 4
DWAAL 5
FAAL 4
FAIL 4
FALDA 5
FALL 4
FALLAL 6
FANAL 5
FILA 4
FILIAL 6
FILL 4
FINAL 5
FINIAL 6
FLAFF 5
FLAIL 5
FLAN 4
FLAW 4
FLAWN 5
FLID 4
IDLI 4
IFIL 4
ILALA 5
ILIA 4
ILIAD 5
ILIAL 5
INFALL * 6
INFILL * 6
INIAL 5
INLAID * 6
INLAND * 6
INLAW * 5
INWALL * 6
LAID 4
LAIN 4
LALL 4
LALLAN 6
LALLAND 7
LANA 4
LANAI 5
LAND 4
LANDFALL * 8
LANDFILL * 8
LANDWIND * 8
LANIID 6
LAWAAN 6
LAWN 4
LIANA 5
LILA 4
LILIID 6
LILL 4
LININ 5
LINN 4
LIWAN 5
LIWIID 6
NAIL 4
NALA 4
NALL 4
NALLA 5
NIDAL 5
NILL 4
WAIL 4
WALD 4
WALI 4
WALIA 5
WALL 4
WALLA 5
WAWL 4
WILA 4
WILD 4
WILDLAND * 8
WILIWILI 8
WILL 4
WILLIWAW 8
WINAL 5
WINDFALL * 8 pangram
WINDFLAW * 8 pangram

* compound(ish) word

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