May 4, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

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

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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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

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

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

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

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