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May 21, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 21, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LO.


Instructions

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center letter FBDEILO
Spelling Bee for May 21, 2022

words: 138
score: 687 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 14
bingo: yes

B x 30
D x 18
E x 5
F x 69
I x 1
L x 8
O x 7

4L x 40
5L x 26
6L x 36
7L x 19
8L x 11
9L x 4
11L x 1
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 tot
B 4 5 10 5 5 1 - - 30
D 6 2 5 2 2 1 - - 18
E - 3 1 1 - - - - 5
F 22 13 20 11 - 1 1 1 69
I 1 - - - - - - - 1
L 6 1 - - - 1 - - 8
O 1 2 - - 4 - - - 7
tot 40 26 36 19 11 4 1 1 138

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BE x 11 BI x 9 BL x 2 BO x 8
DE x 13 DI x 2 DO x 3
ED x 1 EF x 3 EL x 1
FE x 16 FI x 22 FL x 14 FO x 17
IF x 1
LI x 4 LO x 4
LOF x 3 LOO x 1
OD x 1 OF x 3 OI x 1 OL x 1 OO x 1

cmp 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 tot
B - - 2 3 1 - - 6
D - 1 - - - - - 1
E 1 - - - - - - 1
F - - - - 1 1 1 3
L - - - - 1 - - 1
O - - - 2 - - - 2
tot 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 14

debut appearances 3

BIOFIELD, FOIBLED, LIFEBLOOD

word       length      
BEEF 4
BEEFED 6
BEFELL 6
BEFIE 5
BEFIED 6
BEFLOOD 7
BEFOE 5
BEFOLD 6
BEFOOL 6
BEFOOLED 8
BELIEF 6
BIFF 4
BIFFED 6 debut
BIFFO 5
BIFID 5
BIFOLD 6
BIFOLIO 7
BILLFOLD * 8
BIOFIELD 8 pangram
BIOFOIL 7
BLOODFED * 8
BLOODFEED * 9
BOFF 4
BOFFED 6
BOFFO 5
BOILOFF * 7
BOOBFED * 7
BOOBFEED * 8
BOOF 4
BOOFED 6
DEEF 4
DEFFO 5
DEFI 4
DEFIB 5
DEFIBBED 8
DEFIED 6
DEFILE 6
DEFILED 7
DEFO 4
DEFOIL 6
DEFOILED 8
DEIFIED 7
DELF 4
DIEOFF * 6
DIFF 4
DOFF 4
DOFFED 6
DOLLIFIED 9
EDIFIED 7
EFFED 5
EFFELL 6
EFOLD * 5
ELFED 5
FEDDLE 6
FEDDLED 7
FEEB 4
FEEBLE 6
FEED 4
FEEL 4
FEELIE 6
FELID 5
FELL 4
FELLED 6
FELLFIELD * 9
FELLOE 6
FELOID 6
FEOFF 5
FEOFFED 7
FEOFFEE 7
FIBBED 6 debut
FIBBIE 6
FIDDED 6
FIDDLE 6
FIDDLED 7
FIDDLEDEDEE * 11
FIDDLEDEEDEE * 12
FIDEO 5
FIDO 4
FIEF 4
FIELD 5
FIELDED 7
FIFE 4
FIFED 5
FIFI 4
FIFIE 5
FILE 4
FILED 5
FILL 4
FILLED 6
FILLO 5
FILO 4
FLED 4
FLEE 4
FLEED 5
FLID 4
FLIE 4
FLIED 5
FLOB 4
FLOBBED 7
FLOE 4
FLOOD 5
FLOODED 7
FLOOF 5
FLOOFED 7
FLOOIE 6
FOBBED 6
FOIBLE 6
FOIBLED 7 perfect pangram
FOIL 4
FOILED 6
FOLD 4
FOLDED 6
FOLIO 5
FOLIOED 7
FOLIOLE 7
FOOD 4
FOODIE 6
FOOF 4
FOOFED 6
FOOFOO 6
FOOL 4
FOOLED 6
IFIL 4
LIEF 4
LIFE 4
LIFEBLOOD * 9 pangram, debut
LIFIE 5
LOFE 4
LOFF 4
LOFI 4
LOOF 4
ODDIFIED 8
OFFED 5
OFFFIELD * 8
OFFIE 5
OILFIELD * 8
OLDIFIED 8
OOFF 4

* compound(ish) word

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