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May 16, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with EL.


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 TBEHILM
Spelling Bee for May 16, 2018

words: 134
score: 604 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 4
bingo: yes

B x 27
E x 13
H x 10
I x 6
L x 13
M x 24
T x 41

4L x 45
5L x 28
6L x 30
7L x 20
8L x 9
10L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 10 tot
B 8 4 8 2 4 1 27
E 4 5 1 2 1 - 13
H 2 2 4 2 - - 10
I 2 1 2 1 - - 6
L 4 3 2 3 1 - 13
M 8 2 3 7 3 1 24
T 17 11 10 3 - - 41
tot 45 28 30 20 9 2 134

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BE x 13 BI x 10 BL x 4
EB x 2 EH x 1 EI x 1 EL x 1 EM x 3 ET x 5
ELI x 1
HE x 5 HI x 5
IH x 1 IL x 3 IT x 2
LE x 3 LI x 10
ME x 15 MI x 9
TE x 17 TH x 9 TI x 15

cmp 6 7 tot
H 1 - 1
I 1 - 1
L - 1 1
T 1 - 1
tot 3 1 4

debut appearances 29

THIMBLE

word       length      
BEET 4 debut
BEETLE 6 debut
BELITTLE 8 debut
BELLITE 7
BELT 4 debut
BEMEET 6
BETE 4
BETEL 5 debut
BETELL 6
BETH 4
BETHE 5
BETHEL 6
BETITLE 7
BIEHLITE 8
BILETE 6
BILLET 6 debut
BILLETEE 8
BILLIETITE 10
BIMBETTE 8
BITE 4 debut
BITEE 5
BITT 4
BITTIE 6
BLET 4
BLIT 4
BLITE 5
BLITHE 6 debut
EBBET 5
EBIT 4
EHLITE 6
EITELITE 8
ELITE 5
EMILITE 7
EMIT 4 debut
EMMET 5
ETEM 4
ETHE 4
ETHEL 5
ETHLETE 7
ETTLE 5
HEITI 5
HELMET 6 debut
HELMLET 7
HETH 4
HETTIE 6
HILITE * 6
HILLITE 7
HILT 4
HITHE 5
HITTEE 6
IHLEITE 7
ILLITE 6
ILLLIT * 6
ILLTH 5
ITEM 4 debut
ITHM 4
LEET 4
LEITEITE 8
LETHE 5
LILITH 6
LILT 4
LIMELIT * 7
LIMIT 5 debut
LITE 4
LITH 4
LITHE 5
LITHITE 7
LITTLE 6
LITTLIE 7
MEBIBIT 7
MEET 4 debut
MEITH 5
MELILITE 8
MELILITITE 10
MELLITE 7
MELT 4 debut
MELTEMI 7
MELTETH 7
MELTITH 7
METE 4 debut
METH 4 debut
METHI 5
METT 4
METTLE 6 debut
MILLET 6 debut
MILLIBIT 8
MILT 4
MIMETITE 8
MITE 4 debut
MITITEI 7
MITT 4 debut
MITTEL 6
MITTIMI 7
TEBIBIT 7
TEEHEE 6
TEEL 4
TEEM 4 debut
TEET 4
TEETEE 6
TEETH 5 debut
TEETHE 6 debut
TEHEE 5
TEIL 4
TELE 4
TELL 4 debut
TELLEE 6
TELT 4
TETE 4
TETEL 5
TETH 4
THEBE 5
THEE 4 debut
THEM 4 debut
THEME 5 debut
THIBET 6
THIBLE 6
THIETE 6
THILL 5
THIMBLE 7 perfect pangram, debut
TIBET 5
TILE 4
TILI 4
TILL 4
TILLET 6
TILLITE 7
TILT 4
TILTH 5 allowed elsewhere
TIME 4 debut
TITBIT * 6
TITHE 5
TITHI 5
TITI 4
TITLE 5
TITTLE 6

* compound(ish) word

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