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May 12, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 12, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with BR.


Instructions

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Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been re­con­struct­ed from partial records. We feel reason­ably confident about the data below but cannot guar­an­tee perfect accuracy.
center letter TABDGIR
Spelling Bee for May 12, 2018

words: 141
score: 651 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 6
bingo: yes

A x 25
B x 21
D x 17
G x 13
I x 2
R x 16
T x 47

4L x 40
5L x 44
6L x 30
7L x 16
8L x 8
9L x 2
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 5 13 2 3 - 1 1 25
B 7 4 7 2 1 - - 21
D 7 3 2 3 2 - - 17
G 5 2 3 3 - - - 13
I - 2 - - - - - 2
R 2 5 5 2 2 - - 16
T 14 15 11 3 3 1 - 47
tot 40 44 30 16 8 2 1 141

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AB x 1 AD x 4 AG x 4 AI x 1 AR x 6 AT x 8
BA x 14 BI x 2 BR x 5
BRA x 3 BRI x 2
DA x 5 DI x 11 DR x 1
GA x 5 GI x 6 GR x 2
ID x 1 IT x 1
RA x 11 RI x 5
TA x 24 TI x 10 TR x 13

cmp 6 7 tot
D - 1 1
R 1 1 2
T 3 - 3
tot 4 2 6

DIRTBAG

word       length      
AARTI 5
ABATAGATI 9
ADAT 4
ADATI 5
ADIABAT 7
ADIT 4
AGAIT 5
AGARITA 7
AGATI 5
AGITA 5
AIRT 4
ARATDAR 7
ARATI 5
ARBIT 5
ARRABBIATA 10
ARTAB 5
ARTIAD 6
ATAR 4
ATARI 5
ATGAR 5
ATRIA 5
ATTA 4
ATTAR 5
ATTID 5
ATTRIT 6
BABBIT 6
BABBITT 7
BAGGIT 6
BAIT 4
BARAAT 6
BARBAT 6
BARBITA 7
BATA 4
BATAB 5
BATARD 6
BATATA 6
BATIDA 6
BATT 4
BATTA 5
BIRT 4
BITT 4
BRAGGART 8
BRAIT 5
BRAT 4
BRIT 4
BRITT 5
DART 4
DATA 4
DATARATI 8
DATARIA 7
DATI 4
DIABAT 6
DIBATAG 7
DIGIRATI 8
DIGIT 5
DIGITI 6
DIRT 4
DIRTBAG * 7 perfect pangram
DITA 4
DITAG 5
DITT 4
DITTI 5
DRAT 4
GABBART 7
GAIT 4
GATA 4
GATRA 5
GATTA 5
GIBIBIT 7
GIGABIT 7
GIGGIT 6
GIRGIT 6
GIRT 4
GITTAR 6
GRAT 4
GRIT 4
IDDAT 5
ITTAR 5
RABAT 5
RABBIT 6
RABBITAT 8
RADIATA 7
RAGTAG * 6
RAIAT 5
RAITA 5 allowed elsewhere
RATA 4
RATARDID 8
RATATAT * 7
RATBAG 6
RIATA 5
RIBAT 5
RIBBIT 6
RITARD 6
RITT 4
TAARAB 6
TABARD 6
TABI 4
TABIA 5
TABID 5
TADA 4
TADIG 5
TAGATI 6
TAGRAG * 6
TAIGA 5
TAIRA 5
TAIT 4
TARADA 6
TARAI 5
TARAIRI 7
TARD 4
TART 4
TARTAR 6
TATA 4
TATARA 6
TATARARA 8
TATT 4
TATTA 5
TATTARARA 9
TIAR 4
TIARA 5
TIATR 5
TIBIA 5
TIBIAD 6
TIDBIT * 6
TIGRIDIA 8
TIRR 4
TITBIT * 6
TITI 4
TRAD 4
TRAGI 5
TRAIT 5
TRATT 5
TRIAD 5
TRIARII 7
TRIB 4
TRIBAR 6
TRIBRID 7
TRIG 4
TRIGA 5
TRIRADII 8
TRIT 4

* compound(ish) word

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