October 22, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

October 22, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 22, 2022, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

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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 October 22, 2022

Related puzzles

Center letter A: August 1, 2021
Center letter L: December 14, 2020

words: 182
score: 915 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 1
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 31
C x 103
I x 7
L x 15
M x 21
O x 3
Y x 2

4L x 47
5L x 41
6L x 47
7L x 21
8L x 14
9L x 7
10L x 3
11L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	6	2	13	3	2	2	1	2	31
C	29	28	23	8	9	4	2	-	103
I	-	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	7
L	5	3	4	2	1	-	-	-	15
M	6	3	3	6	2	1	-	-	21
O	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3
Y	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
tot	47	41	47	21	14	7	3	2	182

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	7	tot
C	1	1
tot	1	1

plu	4	5	6	7	tot
A	-	1	-	-	1
C	-	2	-	1	3
I	-	-	1	-	1
L	1	-	-	-	1
tot	1	3	1	1	6

debut appearances

COMICALLY

word	length
ACYCLICALLY	11
ALLYLICALLY	11
ALLOCYCLIC	10
CYCLICALLY	10
CYCLOALLYL	10
ACYCLICAL	9
ALICYCLIC	9
CALLIMICO	9
CLOACALLY	9
COLOCOLIC	9
COMICALLY	9	pangram
MIMICALLY	9
ACALYCAL	8
ALLIACOL	8
CAIMACAM	8
CALLALOO	8
CLAMMILY	8
COCYCLIC	8
COLLOCAL	8
COLOCOLO	8
CYCLAMIC	8
CYCLICAL	8
CYCLICLY	8
LAICALLY	8
MAIOLICA	8
MYOCOMMA	8
ACCLAIM	7
ACYCLIC	7
ALLYLIC	7
CALALOO	7
CALCIOL	7
CILIOLA	7
CLIMACI	^† 7
CLOACAL	7
COCOYAM	* 7
COLICAL	7
COMICAL	7
ILIACAL	7
ILLICIA	7
LOCALIC	7
LOCALLY	7
MALACCA	7
MALACIA	7
MALACIC	7
MIMICAL	7
MYCOLIC	7
MYCOLYL	7
ACACIA	6
ACACIO	6
ACCOMA	6
ACOCIL	6
ACOMIA	6
ACYLAL	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALCOOL	6
ALLOIC	6
AMICAL	6
AMIMIC	6
AMYLIC	6
CAICCO	6
CAIMAC	6
CALAMI	6
CALCIC	6
CALICO	6
CALLOO	6
CALMLY	6
CAMACA	6
CAMAIL	6
CAYCAY	6
CICALA	6
CILIAL	6
CLAMMY	6
CLOACA	6
COALLY	6
COCCAL	6
COCCIC	6
COOCOO	6
COOLIO	6
COOLLY	6
CYCLAM	6
CYCLIC	6
CYCLOL	6
ILIACI	^† 6
IMAMIC	6
LACCIC	6
LACILY	6
LAICAL	6
LOIMIC	6
MACACO	6
MALOCA	6
MOLLIC	6
OCCAMY	6
OOMIAC	6
ACMIC	5
AMICI	^† 5
CACAO	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CALMY	5
CAMIA	5
CCOYA	5
CILIA	^† 5
CILLY	5
CLAIM	5
CLOAM	5
COALA	5
COALY	5
COCAL	5
COCCI	^† 5
COCOA	5
COILY	5
COLIC	5
COLLA	5
COLLY	5
COMAL	5
COMIC	5
COMMA	5
COMMY	5
COYLY	5
COYOL	5
CYCLI	5
CYCLO	5
CYMOL	5
ICACO	5
ICILY	5
ILIAC	5
LILAC	5
LOCAL	5
LOCAO	5
MACCO	5
MALIC	5
MIMIC	5
YACAL	5
YACCA	5
ACAI	4
ACCA	4
ACYL	4
ALCO	4
ALOC	4
AMIC	4
CACA	4
CALL	4
CALM	4
CALO	4
CAMA	4
CAMI	4
CAMO	4
CAYO	4
CIAO	4
CILL	4
CIMA	4
CLAM	4
CLAY	4
CLOY	4
COAL	4
COCA	4
COCO	4
COIL	4
COLA	4
COLI	4
COLL	4
COLO	4
COLY	4
COMA	4
COMM	4
COOL	4
COOM	4
COYA	4
CYMA	4
LACY	4
LAIC	4
LOCA	4
LOCI	^† 4
LOCO	4
MACA	4
MACO	4
MICA	4
MICI	4
MICO	4
MOCO	4
OCCY	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AC x 15	AL x 11	AM x 5
CA x 28	CC x 1	CI x 8	CL x 11	CO x 43	CY x 12
IC x 2	IL x 4	IM x 1
LA x 6	LI x 1	LO x 8
MA x 10	MI x 6	MO x 2	MY x 3
OC x 2	OO x 1
YA x 2

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