May 23, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 23, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 23, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AI.

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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 23, 2023

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Center letter C: October 3, 2020

words: 205
score: 1,185 pts
pangrams: 10
perfect: 2
compounds: 4
plurals: 9
bingo: yes

A x 30
B x 84
C x 24
E x 7
I x 11
L x 30
M x 19

4L x 43
5L x 39
6L x 56
7L x 27
8L x 21
9L x 12
10L x 2
11L x 4
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
A	7	9	5	4	3	-	-	2	-	30
B	30	11	24	7	5	4	1	1	1	84
C	1	7	7	4	3	2	-	-	-	24
E	-	-	4	1	-	1	1	-	-	7
I	2	1	2	1	3	1	-	1	-	11
L	2	7	10	7	3	1	-	-	-	30
M	1	4	4	3	4	3	-	-	-	19
tot	43	39	56	27	21	12	2	4	1	205

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	8	tot
B	1	1	-	2
I	-	1	-	1
L	-	-	1	1
tot	1	2	1	4

plu	5	6	7	tot
A	1	1	-	2
B	-	1	1	2
C	-	-	1	1
I	1	-	-	1
L	1	1	1	3
tot	3	3	3	9

debut appearances	4
previously disallowed debuts	2

ABEMACICLIB, ACCLAIMABLE, ALEMBIC, AMICABLE, BACILLAEMIA, BACILLEMIA, CEMBALI, CLAIMABLE, CLIMBABLE, MIMICABLE

word	length
ABACA	5
ABACI	^† 5
ABBA	4
ABBE	4
ABEAM	5
ABELE	5
ABELIA	6
ABEMACICLIB	11	pangram
ABILLA	6
ABLE	4
ACCLAIMABLE	11	pangram
AIMABLE	7
ALBA	4
ALBE	4
ALBIC	5
ALEMBIC	7	perfect pangram
ALIBI	5
ALIBLE	6
ALLIABLE	8
AMABILE	7
AMBA	4
AMBAL	5
AMBALAMA	8
AMBE	4
AMBLE	5
AMEBA	5
AMEBAE	^† 6
AMEBIC	6
AMIABLE	7	debut
AMICABLE	8	pangram
BAAL	4
BAALIM	^† 6
BABA	4
BABALA	6
BABBIE	6
BABBLE	6
BABE	4
BABEL	5
BACCA	5
BACCALA	7
BACILLAEMIA	11	pangram
BACILLEMIA	10	pangram
BACILLI	^† 7
BAEL	4
BAICAI	6
BAIL	4
BAILA	5
BAILABLE	8
BAILE	5
BAILEE	6
BAILI	5
BAILIE	6
BAILLI	6
BAILLIE	7
BALE	4
BALL	4
BALLABILE	9
BALLABILI	9
BALLIA	6
BALM	4
BAMI	4
BAMMIE	6
BEABLE	6
BEAL	4
BEAM	4
BECALL	6
BECALM	6
BECAME	6
BECCAL	6
BECLAM	6
BEEBALM	* 7
BEEBEE	* 6
BEEL	4
BELACE	6
BELAM	5
BELIBEL	7
BELIE	5
BELIME	6
BELL	4
BELLE	5
BEMA	4
BEMBA	5
BIALLELIC	9
BIBB	4
BIBBLE	6
BIBBLEBABBLE	12
BIBE	4
BIBI	4
BIBLE	5
BIBLICAL	8
BICCIE	6
BICE	4
BICELLE	7
BILABIAL	8
BILBIE	6
BILE	4
BILIMBI	7
BILL	4
BILLABLE	8
BILLIE	6
BIMA	4
BIMBLE	6
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLAE	4
BLAM	4
BLAMABLE	8	debut, previously disallowed
BLAME	5
BLAMEABLE	9	debut, previously disallowed
BLEA	4
BLEB	4
BLEE	4
BLEM	4
BLIM	4
CABA	4
CABAL	5
CABALA	6
CABALIC	7
CABBALA	7
CABBALIC	8
CABBIE	6
CABBLE	6
CABLE	5
CALABA	6
CALAMBAC	8
CALLABLE	8
CAMBIA	6
CAMBIAL	7
CAMBIC	6
CEBIL	5
CEIBA	5
CELEB	5
CEMBALI	^† 7	perfect pangram
CIBAI	5
CIMBIA	6
CLAIMABLE	9	pangram
CLIMB	5
CLIMBABLE	9	pangram
EMAILABLE	9
EMBALM	6
EMBALMABLE	10
EMBEAM	6
EMBLEM	6
EMBLEMA	7
EMBLIC	6
IAMB	4
IAMBI	^† 5
IAMBIC	6
ICEBALL	* 7
ILLABIAL	8
IMBABALA	8
IMBE	4
IMBECILE	8
IMBECILIC	9
IMBIBE	6
IMMALLEABLE	11
LABBA	5
LABEL	5
LABELABLE	9
LABELLA	7
LABIA	^† 5
LABIAE	^† 6
LABIAL	6
LABILE	6
LABLAB	6
LACEABLE	8
LAMB	4
LAMBA	5
LAMBEL	6
LAMBIC	6
LAMBIE	6
LAMBLIA	7
LEBLEBI	7
LIABLE	6
LIBECCI	^† 7
LIBEL	5
LIBELEE	7
LIBELLA	7
LIBELLE	7
LIBELLEE	8
LIMB	4
LIMBA	5
LIMBAL	6
LIMBI	5
LIMBIC	6
LIMBMEAL	* 8
MABBLE	6
MABE	4
MABELA	6
MABELE	6
MAILABLE	8	debut
MALBEC	6
MALIMBE	7
MALLEABLE	9
MAMBA	5
MBILA	5
MELBA	5
MEMEABLE	8
MILAB	5
MILLABLE	8
MIMABLE	7
MIMIAMB	7
MIMIAMBI	8
MIMIAMBIC	9
MIMICABLE	9	pangram

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AB x 10	AC x 1	AI x 1	AL x 7	AM x 11
		AIM x 1
BA x 32	BE x 20	BI x 20	BL x 12
CA x 15	CE x 4	CI x 2	CL x 3
EM x 7
IA x 3	IC x 1	IL x 1	IM x 6
LA x 16	LE x 1	LI x 13
MA x 9	MB x 1	ME x 2	MI x 7

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