May 25, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 25, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with YA.
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Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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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.
Related puzzles
Center letter P: February 23, 2023Center letter Y: May 1, 2021
Center letter A: December 15, 2019
words: 157
score: 772 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 18
plurals: 11
bingo: yes
A x 18
E x 17
M x 71
N x 9
P x 17
T x 19
Y x 6
4L x 38
5L x 46
6L x 35
7L x 27
8L x 8
9L x 3
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 18 |
| E | 4 | 7 | - | 5 | - | 1 | 17 |
| M | 19 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 71 |
| N | 5 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| P | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 17 |
| T | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Y | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| tot | 38 | 46 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 157 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AM x 8 | AN x 3 | AP x 3 | AT x 4 |
| EM x 10 | EN x 3 | EP x 1 | ET x 3 |
| MA x 44 | ME x 25 | MN x 1 | MY x 1 |
| NA x 4 | NE x 4 | NY x 1 | |
| PA x 7 | PE x 9 | PY x 1 | |
| TA x 4 | TE x 8 | TM x 2 | TY x 5 |
| YA x 6 | |||
| YAM x 6 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| A | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| M | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| N | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| P | 4 | 3 | - | 7 |
| T | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| tot | 10 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| plu | 5 | 6 | 7 | tot |
| A | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| M | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| N | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| P | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| T | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| debut appearances | 43 |
PAYMENT, TYMPANATE
| word | length | |||
| AMAE | 4 | |||
| AMANATY | 7 | |||
| AMATE | 5 | |||
| AMEN | 4 | debut | ||
| AMENE | 5 | |||
| AMENT | 5 | |||
| AMENTA | 6 | |||
| AMMA | 4 | |||
| ANANYM | 6 | |||
| ANATMAN | 7 | |||
| ANTEM | 5 | |||
| APEMAN | * 6 | debut | ||
| APEMEN | * † 6 | debut | ||
| APPAM | 5 | |||
| ATAMAN | 6 | |||
| ATMAN | 5 | |||
| ATTAMAN | 7 | |||
| ATTEMPT | 7 | debut | ||
| EMANANT | 7 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| EMANATA | 7 | |||
| EMANATE | 7 | debut | ||
| EMEME | 5 | |||
| EMMA | 4 | |||
| EMMET | 5 | |||
| EMPT | 4 | |||
| EMPTY | 5 | debut | ||
| EMPYEMA | 7 | |||
| EMPYEMATA | 9 | |||
| ENEMA | 5 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| ENEMATA | 7 | |||
| ENEMY | 5 | debut | ||
| EPEME | 5 | |||
| ETEM | 4 | |||
| ETYM | 4 | |||
| ETYMA | 5 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| MAAT | 4 | |||
| MAMA | 4 | debut | ||
| MAMEY | 5 | |||
| MAMMA | 5 | debut | ||
| MAMMAE | † 6 | |||
| MAMMATE | 7 | |||
| MAMMEE | 6 | |||
| MAMMET | 6 | |||
| MAMMEY | 6 | |||
| MAMMY | 5 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| MAMPY | 5 | |||
| MANA | 4 | |||
| MANANA | 6 | |||
| MANAT | 5 | |||
| MANATEE | 7 | debut | ||
| MANE | 4 | debut | ||
| MANEEN | 6 | |||
| MANENT | 6 | |||
| MANET | 5 | |||
| MANNA | 5 | debut | ||
| MANNAN | 6 | |||
| MANNY | 5 | |||
| MANTA | 5 | debut | ||
| MANTAPA | 7 | |||
| MANTY | 5 | |||
| MANY | 4 | debut | ||
| MANYAT | 6 | |||
| MANYATA | 7 | |||
| MANYATTA | 8 | |||
| MAPPEN | 6 | |||
| MATAMATA | 8 | |||
| MATAMATAM | 9 | |||
| MATAPEE | 7 | |||
| MATE | 4 | debut | ||
| MATEY | 5 | debut | ||
| MATMAN | * 6 | |||
| MATMEN | * † 6 | |||
| MATT | 4 | |||
| MATTA | 5 | |||
| MATTE | 5 | debut | ||
| MATTY | 5 | |||
| MATY | 4 | |||
| MAYA | 4 | |||
| MAYTEN | 6 | |||
| MEAN | 4 | debut | ||
| MEANT | 5 | debut | ||
| MEANY | 5 | debut | ||
| MEAT | 4 | debut | ||
| MEATMAN | 7 | |||
| MEATMEN | * † 7 | |||
| MEATY | 5 | debut | ||
| MEEM | 4 | |||
| MEET | 4 | |||
| MEETEN | 6 | |||
| MEME | 4 | debut | ||
| MEMEY | 5 | |||
| MENAT | 5 | |||
| MENE | 4 | |||
| MENTA | 5 | |||
| MENTEE | 6 | debut | ||
| META | 4 | debut | ||
| METAE | † 5 | |||
| METANYM | 7 | |||
| METATE | 6 | |||
| METATYPE | * 8 | |||
| METATYPY | 8 | |||
| METE | 4 | |||
| METEPA | 6 | |||
| METT | 4 | |||
| MNEME | 5 | |||
| MYNA | 4 | debut | ||
| NAAM | 4 | |||
| NAME | 4 | debut | ||
| NAMETAPE | * 8 | debut | ||
| NAMMET | 6 | |||
| NEAM | 4 | |||
| NEEM | 4 | |||
| NETMAN | * 6 | |||
| NETMEN | * † 6 | |||
| NYEM | 4 | |||
| PAMPA | 5 | debut | ||
| PAMPEAN | 7 | |||
| PANAMA | 6 | debut | ||
| PANMAN | * 6 | |||
| PANMEN | * † 6 | |||
| PAYAM | 5 | |||
| PAYMENT | 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| PEATMAN | 7 | |||
| PEATMEN | * † 7 | |||
| PENAM | 5 | |||
| PENEM | 5 | |||
| PENMAN | * 6 | debut | ||
| PENMEN | * † 6 | debut | ||
| PENNAME | * 7 | |||
| PETEMAN | 7 | |||
| PETEMEN | * † 7 | |||
| PYMENT | 6 | |||
| TAME | 4 | debut | ||
| TAMMY | 5 | |||
| TAMP | 4 | debut | ||
| TAMPAN | 6 | |||
| TEAM | 4 | debut | ||
| TEAMMATE | * 8 | debut | ||
| TEEM | 4 | |||
| TEMENE | † 6 | |||
| TEMP | 4 | debut | ||
| TEMPT | 5 | debut | ||
| TENEMENT | 8 | debut | ||
| TENTMATE | * 8 | |||
| TMEMA | 5 | |||
| TMEMATA | 7 | |||
| TYMP | 4 | |||
| TYMPAN | 6 | |||
| TYMPANA | 7 | |||
| TYMPANATE | 9 | pangram | ||
| TYMPANY | 7 | |||
| YAMEN | 5 | |||
| YAMP | 4 | |||
| YAMPA | 5 | |||
| YAMPE | 5 | |||
| YAMPEE | 6 | |||
| YAMPY | 5 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun