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May 4, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 4, 2022, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter CAGINPR
Spelling Bee for May 4, 2022

words: 158
score: 927 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 2
compounds: 1
plurals: 11
bingo: yes

A x 37
C x 71
G x 5
I x 7
N x 7
P x 25
R x 6

4L x 25
5L x 32
6L x 42
7L x 32
8L x 17
9L x 5
10L x 5

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 5 8 11 8 2 1 2 37
C 14 17 16 12 9 1 2 71
G - - 1 2 2 - - 5
I 1 3 1 2 - - - 7
N 1 1 3 2 - - - 7
P 4 2 7 4 4 3 1 25
R - 1 3 2 - - - 6
tot 25 32 42 32 17 5 5 158

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 21 AG x 4 AI x 1 AN x 1 AP x 1 AR x 9
CA x 48 CI x 8 CR x 15
GA x 3 GR x 2
IC x 2 IN x 4 IR x 1
NA x 6 NI x 1
PA x 11 PI x 8 PR x 6
RA x 1 RI x 5

cmp 6 tot
A 1 1
tot 1 1

plu 4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 1 - 1 1 1 4
C - 3 1 1 2 7
tot 1 3 2 2 3 11

debut appearances 4

CARNAPPING, CARPING, CRAPING, CRAPPING, PRANCING

word       length      
ACACIA 6
ACACIIN 7
ACACIN 6
ACAI 4
ACANA 5
ACAPNIA 7
ACAPNIC 7
ACARA 5
ACARI 5
ACARIAN 7
ACARINARIA 10
ACCA 4
ACCINGING 9
ACCRA 5
ACINACI  7
ACINAR 6
ACING 5
ACINI 5
ACINIC 6
ACRA 4
ACRANIA 7
AGAPIC 6
AGARIC 6
AGARICIC 8
AGARICINIC 10
AIRCAR * 6
ANICCA 6
APIC 4
ARACA 5
ARACARI 7
ARANCINI  8 allowed elsewhere
ARCANA  6
ARCI  4
ARCING 6
ARGIC 5
ARNICA 6
ARNICIN 7
CAAING 6
CAAPI 5
CACA 4
CAGING 6
CAINGIN 7
CAIR 4
CAIRING 7
CAIRN 5
CANCAN 6
CANCANNING 10
CANG 4
CANING 6
CANINI 6
CANN 4
CANNA 5
CANNING 7
CAPA 4
CAPI 4
CAPING 6
CAPPA 5
CAPPING 7
CAPRI 5
CAPRIC 6
CAPRICCI  8
CAPRIN 6
CAPRINIC 8
CARAC 5
CARACARA 8
CARACCA 7
CARAGANA 8
CARAIPI 7
CARANA 6
CARANGIN 8
CARANNA 7
CARAP 5
CARIGNAN 8
CARINA 6
CARINARIA 9
CARING 6
CARN 4
CARNAP 6
CARNAPPING 10 pangram
CARNIN 6
CARP 4
CARPI  5
CARPING 7 perfect pangram, debut
CARR 4
CARRI 5
CICINNI  7
CIGAR 5
CINCINNI  8
CIPPI 5
CIRCA 5
CIRCAR 6
CIRCI  5
CIRRI  5
CRAG 4
CRAIC 5
CRAIG 5
CRAN 4
CRANG 5
CRANIA  6
CRANIC 6
CRANING 7
CRAP 4
CRAPING 7 perfect pangram
CRAPPING 8 pangram, debut
CRIA 4
CRIN 4
CRINGING 8
CRINING 7
GACACA 6
GARANCIN 8
GARCINIA 8
GRACING 7
GRICING 7
ICARIIN 7
ICING 5
INCA 4
INCAP 5
INCARN 6
INIAC 5
IRAGGIC 7
NANCING 7
NANGCA 6
NARC 4
NARCING 7
NARIC 5
NARICA 6
NIACIN 6
PACA 4
PACARA 6
PACARANA 8
PACCAN 6
PACING 6
PAGANICA 8
PANACINAR 9
PANIC 5
PARACRANIA 10
PARICA 6
PARINARIC 9
PIANICA 7
PIAPIAC 7
PICA 4
PICARIAN 8
PICI 4
PICNIC 6
PICRA 5
PICRIC 6
PRAC 4
PRANCING 8 pangram, debut
PRANIC 6
PRIAPIC 7
PRICING 7 debut
PRINCIPIA 9
RACING 6
RICIN 5
RICING 6
RICINIA 7
RICINIC 7
RICRAC 6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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