Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
May 9, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 9, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with BR.


Instructions

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center letter ABCDKRY
Spelling Bee for May 9, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter R: April 20, 2021
Center letter B: July 11, 2020

words: 161
score: 626 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 7
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 32
B x 35
C x 31
D x 20
K x 20
R x 7
Y x 16

4L x 64
5L x 60
6L x 19
7L x 10
8L x 4
9L x 2
10L x 1
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 11 16 4 - - - - 1 32
B 12 12 3 5 2 - 1 - 35
C 11 9 4 4 1 2 - - 31
D 9 9 2 - - - - - 20
K 9 4 6 1 - - - - 20
R 5 2 - - - - - - 7
Y 7 8 - - 1 - - - 16
tot 64 60 19 10 4 2 1 1 161

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 11 AC x 6 AD x 5 AK x 1 AR x 9
BA x 30 BR x 5
BRA x 5
CA x 22 CR x 7 CY x 2
DA x 14 DR x 5 DY x 1
KA x 14 KR x 4 KY x 2
RA x 7
YA x 16

cmp 7 8 9 tot
B 2 2 - 4
C 1 - 2 3
tot 3 2 2 7

debut appearances 0
newly disallowed words 1 cracky

BACKYARD

word       length      
ABRACADABRA 11
BACKARARAR 10
CARRYBACK * 9
CRACKBACK * 9
BACKCARD * 8
BACKYARD * 8 pangram
CARACARA 8
YAKAYAKA 8
BACCARA 7
BACKARC * 7
BARBACK * 7 allowed elsewhere
BARKADA 7
BARRACK 7
CARACCA 7
CARRACK 7
CRYBABY * 7
CYBRARY 7
KADARKA 7
ABBACY 6
ABKARY 6
ACRACY 6
ARRACK 6
BAKKRA 6
BARRAD 6
BAYARD 6
CARACK 6
CAYCAY 6
CRABBY 6
CRACKY 6 newly disallowed
DARBAR 6
DRABBY 6
KABAKA 6
KABAYA 6
KAKKAK 6
KARACK 6
KARADA 6
KARAKA 6
ABACA 5
ABACK 5
ABADA 5
ABAKA 5
ABAYA 5
ABKAR 5
ACADA 5
ACARA 5
ACCRA 5
ADDRA 5
ADRAD 5
AKARA 5
ARABA 5
ARACA 5
ARARA 5
ARRAY 5
BABBY 5
BABKA 5
BACCA 5
BACCY 5
BACKY 5
BADDY 5
BARDY 5
BARKY 5
BARRA 5
BARRY 5
BRACK 5
BRAKY 5
CABBY 5
CACKY 5
CADDY 5
CAKRA 5
CARAC 5
CARBY 5
CARRY 5
CRACK 5
CYCAD 5
DABBA 5
DADDA 5
DADDY 5
DAKKA 5
DARBY 5
DARCY 5
DARDY 5
DRABA 5
DRYAD 5
KAKAR 5
KAYAK 5
KRAAR 5
KYACK 5
RABAB 5
RADAR 5
YABBA 5
YABBY 5
YACCA 5
YADDA 5
YAKKA 5
YAKKY 5
YARAK 5
YARAY 5
ABBA 4
ABRA 4
ACCA 4
ACRA 4
ADAD 4
ADDA 4
ADDY 4
ARAD 4
ARAK 4
ARBA 4
ARYK 4
BABA 4
BABY 4
BACK 4
BAKA 4
BARA 4
BARB 4
BARD 4
BARK 4
BAYA 4
BRAD 4
BRAK 4
BRAY 4
CABA 4
CACA 4
CACK 4
CADY 4
CAKY 4
CARB 4
CARD 4
CARK 4
CARR 4
CRAB 4
CRAY 4
DAAD 4
DACK 4
DADA 4
DARB 4
DARK 4
DARR 4
DRAB 4
DRAY 4
DYAD 4
KACK 4
KADY 4
KAKA 4
KARA 4
KAYA 4
KRAB 4
KRAR 4
KRAY 4
KYAK 4
RAAD 4
RACK 4
RACY 4
RADA 4
RAYA 4
YAAR 4
YACK 4
YARB 4
YARD 4
YARK 4
YARR 4
YAYA 4

* compound(ish) word

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