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 25, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 25, 2020, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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 NACDHIP
Spelling Bee for May 25, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter A: November 27, 2023
Center letter C: January 4, 2021
Center letter I: February 20, 2020
Center letter C: March 7, 2019

words: 161
score: 865 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 2
bingo: yes

A x 26
C x 34
D x 18
H x 13
I x 16
N x 24
P x 30

4L x 28
5L x 49
6L x 35
7L x 32
8L x 10
9L x 6
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 2 8 5 7 4 - - 26
C 3 7 10 8 3 2 1 34
D 2 6 2 4 2 2 - 18
H 3 4 2 2 1 1 - 13
I 3 8 1 4 - - - 16
N 9 6 6 2 - 1 - 24
P 6 10 9 5 - - - 30
tot 28 49 35 32 10 6 1 161

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 8 AD x 1 AH x 2 AN x 8 AP x 7
CA x 16 CH x 13 CI x 3 CN x 2
DA x 11 DH x 2 DI x 5
HA x 11 HI x 2
IN x 16
NA x 15 NI x 9
PA x 15 PH x 1 PI x 14

cmp 5 7 tot
H - 1 1
N 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 1
previously disallowed debuts 1

DIAPHANIC, HANDICAP

word       length      
ACACIIN 7
ACACIN 6
ACANA 5
ACAPNIA 7
ACAPNIC 7
ACINACI 7
ACINI 5
ACINIC 6
ADHAN 5
AHAAINA 7
AHIND 5
ANACIDIC 8
ANAN 4
ANANA 5
ANAPHIA 7
ANAPID 6
ANDIC 5
ANICCA 6
ANNA 4
APADANA 7
APHANIID 8
APHIDIAN 8
APIAN 5
APICIDIN 8
APIIN 5
APINCH 6
CAHINCA 7
CANACID 7
CANADA 6
CANCAN 6
CANCHA 6
CAND 4
CANDICIDIN 10
CANDID 6
CANDIDA 7
CANDIDID 8
CANID 5
CANINI 6
CANN 4
CANNA 5 debut, previously disallowed
CANNACH 7
CAPNIID 7
CHAIN 5
CHANA 5
CHANCHADA 9
CHANDID 7
CHANID 6
CHANNA 6
CHANNID 7
CHHANA 6
CHIN 4
CHINA 5
CHINCAPIN 9
CHINCH 6
CHINDI 6
CICINNI 7
CINCH 5
CINCINNI 8
CNIDA 5
CNIDICIN 8
DAANA 5
DAINCHA 7
DANA 4
DANAID 6
DAND 4
DANDA 5
DANDI 5
DAPHNIA 7
DAPHNID 7
DAPHNIID 8
DAPHNIN 7
DHAINCHA 8
DHANIA 6
DIAPHANIC 9 pangram
DIAPHANID 9
DIDNA 5
DINIC 5
DINNA 5
HADACIDIN 9
HADNA 5
HAHNIID 7
HAIN 4
HAINCH 6
HANAI 5
HANCH 5
HAND 4
HANDI 5
HANDICAP 8 pangram
HANDPAN * 7
HIND 4
HIPPIN 6
INACHID 7
INCA 4
INCAP 5
INCH 4
INCHI 5
INDAN 5
INDIA 5
INDIACA 7
INDICA 6 allowed elsewhere
INDICAN 7
INDICIA 7
INDIN 5
INIA 4
INIAC 5
INIAD 5
INIID 5
NAAI 4
NAAN 4
NACHANI 7
NADA 4
NAIAD 5
NAIDID 6
NAIN 4
NANA 4
NANDID 6
NANDINA 7
NANDINIID 9
NANNA 5
NANNAN 6
NAPA 4
NAPPA 5
NIACIN 6
NICAD * 5
NIDDA 5
NIDDAH 6
NIDI 4
NINA 4
NINDAN 6
NIPA 4
NIPAH 5
PAAN 4
PACCAN 6
PAHAN 5
PAIN 4
PANADA 6
PAND 4
PANDA 5
PANDAN 6
PANDANI 7
PANIC 5
PANIN 5
PANINI 6
PANNI 5
PAPAIN 6
PAPHIAN 7
PHAN 4
PIAN 4
PIANICA 7
PICANHA 7
PICNIC 6
PINA 4
PINCH 5
PINDA 5
PINDAN 6
PINID 5
PININ 5
PINNA 5
PINNID 6
PIPPIAN 7
PIPPIN 6 allowed elsewhere

* compound(ish) word

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