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
October 12, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 12, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with FA.


Instructions

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center letter YAFILMR
Spelling Bee for October 12, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter R: November 19, 2021
Center letter I: October 30, 2020
Center letter R: April 29, 2019

words: 106
score: 484 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
bingo: yes

A x 20
F x 27
I x 4
L x 8
M x 20
R x 11
Y x 16

4L x 35
5L x 33
6L x 17
7L x 10
8L x 5
9L x 2
10L x 4

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 7 5 5 1 1 1 - 20
F 2 8 6 6 3 - 2 27
I 3 - 1 - - - - 4
L 4 4 - - - - - 8
M 3 8 2 3 1 1 2 20
R 4 4 3 - - - - 11
Y 12 4 - - - - - 16
tot 35 33 17 10 5 2 4 106

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AF x 3 AI x 3 AL x 6 AM x 1 AR x 7
FA x 11 FI x 7 FL x 3 FR x 6
FAF x 1 FAI x 4 FAM x 3 FAR x 3
IF x 2 IL x 1 IM x 1
LA x 5 LI x 2 LY x 1
MA x 12 MI x 6 MY x 2
RA x 5 RI x 5 RY x 1
YA x 12 YI x 4

cmp 6 8 tot
F - 1 1
M 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 0

FAMILIARLY, FRAMILY

word       length      
AFFRAY 6
AFFY 4
AFLY 4
AIRIFY 6
AIRILY 6
AIRY 4
ALARY 5
ALIYA 5
ALLAY 5
ALLY 4
ALLYL 5
ALMAMY 6
AMYL 4
ARIARY 6
ARILLARY 8
ARMILLARY 9
ARMY 4
ARRAY 5
ARRAYAL 7
ARYL 4
FAFFY 5
FAIRILY 7
FAIRLY 6
FAIRY 5
FAIRYFLY * 8
FAMILIALLY 10
FAMILIARLY 10 pangram
FAMILY 6
FARARIYA 8
FARMLY 6
FARMY 5
FILIALLY 8
FILLY 5
FILMIFY 7
FILMILY 7
FILMY 5
FIRMLY 6
FIRRY 5
FLAMY 5
FLARY 5
FLAY 4
FRAILLY 7 allowed elsewhere
FRAMILY 7 perfect pangram
FRAY 4
FRIARLY 7
FRIARY 6
FRILLY 6
IFFILY 6
IFFY 4
ILLY 4
IMMY 4
LAIRY 5
LALLY 5
LAMMY 5
LARRY 5
LAYA 4
LILY 4
LIMY 4
LYRA 4
MAFIYA 6
MAILY 5
MALARIALLY 10
MALMY 5
MAMILLARY 9
MAMMARY 7
MAMMILLARY 10
MARAY 5
MARLY 5
MARRY 5
MAYA 4
MAYFLY * 6
MIFFILY 7
MIFFY 5
MILIARY 7
MILLIARY 8
MIRLY 5
MIRY 4
MYAL 4
MYALL 5
RALLY 5
RAMIFY 6
RAMMY 5
RARIFY 6
RAYA 4
RIFFLY 6
RIFFY 5
RILY 4
RIMY 4
RIYAL 5
RYAL 4
YAAR 4
YAFF 4
YAIR 4
YALI 4
YARAY 5
YARFA 5
YARI 4
YARL 4
YARM 4
YARR 4
YARRI 5
YAYA 4
YIFF 4
YIFFY 5
YILL 4
YIRR 4

* compound(ish) word

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