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May 6, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 6, 2023, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter IACFLOR
Spelling Bee for May 6, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter F: October 11, 2021
Center letter A: August 4, 2020

words: 185
score: 975 pts
pangrams: 6
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

A x 35
C x 57
F x 40
I x 12
L x 18
O x 9
R x 14

4L x 47
5L x 41
6L x 44
7L x 25
8L x 17
9L x 8
10L x 1
11L x 1
13L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 tot
A 5 5 14 5 3 2 1 - - 35
C 9 15 12 9 6 4 - 1 1 57
F 11 13 7 5 4 - - - - 40
I 4 5 1 2 - - - - - 12
L 12 2 3 1 - - - - - 18
O 1 - 4 - 2 2 - - - 9
R 5 1 3 3 2 - - - - 14
tot 47 41 44 25 17 8 1 1 1 185

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AC x 7 AF x 1 AI x 5 AL x 12 AR x 9
CA x 20 CI x 14 CL x 1 CO x 18 CR x 4
FA x 8 FI x 13 FL x 5 FO x 9 FR x 5
IC x 1 IF x 1 IL x 8 IO x 1 IR x 1
LA x 6 LI x 7 LO x 5
OF x 1 OL x 1 OO x 3 OR x 4
RA x 6 RI x 6 RO x 2

cmp 6 7 tot
A 2 2 4
R - 1 1
tot 2 3 5

debut appearances 0

ACROFACIAL, CALORIFIC, COROLLIFLORAL, ORIFICAL, ORIFICIAL, OROFACIAL

word       length      
AALII 5
ACACIA 6
ACACIO 6
ACAI 4
ACALORIC 8
ACARI 5
ACOCIL 6
ACROFACIAL 10 pangram
AFFAIR 6
AIOLI 5
AIRCAR * 6
AIRFALL * 7
AIRFOIL * 7
AIROL 5
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALCAIC 6
ALFAIA 6
ALFIL 5
ALFILARIA 9
ALFOIL * 6
ALIF 4
ALLARIC 7
ALLIACOL 8
ALLOIC 6
ALLOLALIA 9
ARACARI 7
ARACIAL 7
ARALIA 6
ARCI 4
ARIA 4
ARIL 4
ARILLI 6
AROLIA 6
ARRICCIO 8
CAFFILA 7
CAFILA 6
CAICCO 6
CAIR 4
CALCARIA 8
CALCARIC 8
CALCIC 6
CALCIFIC 8
CALCIOL 7
CALICO 6
CALIF 5
CALLI 5
CALORIC 7
CALORIFIC 9 pangram
CARIOCA 7
CAROLI 6
CARRI 5
CARROCCI 8
CARROCCIO 9
CARROCIO 8
CIAO 4
CICALA 6
CIFAL 5
CILIA 5
CILIAL 6
CILIOLA 7
CILL 4
CIRCA 5
CIRCAR 6
CIRCI 5
CIRIO 5
CIRL 4
CIRRAL 6
CIRRI 5
CLIFF 5
COCCI 5
COCCIC 6
COCRICO 7
COFACIAL 8
COFOCI 6
COIF 4
COIL 4
COIR 4
COLI 4
COLIC 5
COLICAL 7
COLOCOLIC 9
COLORIFIC 9
COOLIO 6
CORCAIR 7
CORIA 5
COROLLARIAL 11
COROLLIFLORAL 13 pangram
CRAIC 5
CRIA 4
CRIOLLO 7
CROCI 5
FACIA 5
FACIAL 6
FAIL 4
FAIR 4
FALCIAL 7
FARARI 6
FARCICAL 8
FARIO 5
FIAR 4
FICO 4
FIFI 4
FILA 4
FILAR 5
FILARIA 7
FILARIAL 8
FILIAL 6
FILICAL 7
FILICIC 7
FILL 4
FILLO 5
FILO 4
FLAIL 5
FLAIR 5
FLIC 4
FLICFLAC 8
FLOCCI 6
FOCACCIA 8
FOCI 4
FOIL 4
FOLIA 5
FOLIAL 6
FOLIAR 6
FOLIC 5
FOLIO 5
FORRILL 7
FRAIL 5
FRIAR 5
FRICO 5
FRILL 5
FROLIC 6
ICACO 5
IFIL 4
ILALA 5
ILIA 4
ILIAC 5
ILIACAL 7
ILIACI 6
ILIAL 5
ILLICIA 7
ILLO 4
IORA 4
IRORI 5
LAARI 5
LACCIC 6
LAIC 4
LAICAL 6
LAIR 4
LARI 4
LIAO 4
LIAR 4
LILA 4
LILAC 5
LILL 4
LILO 4
LIRA 4
LOCALIC 7
LOCI 4
LOFI 4
LOIR 4
LORICA 6
OFFICIAL 8
OLIO 4
OORALI 6
OORARI 6
OORIAL 6
ORARIA 6
ORIFICAL 8 pangram
ORIFICIAL 9 pangram
OROFACIAL 9 pangram
RACIAL 6
RACLOIR 7
RAFFIA 6
RAIL 4
RAILCAR * 7
RARIORA 7
RIAL 4
RICRAC 6
RIFF 4
RIFFRAFF 8
RILL 4
RIRORIRO 8
ROIL 4
RORIC 5

* compound(ish) word

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