May 15, 2019: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 15, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 15, 2019, 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 15, 2019

Related puzzles

Center letter M: August 3, 2023
Center letter N: September 10, 2020
Center letter R: February 19, 2020

words: 227
score: 1,184 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 10
plurals: 7
bingo: yes

A x 49
I x 23
M x 49
N x 18
R x 14
T x 50
V x 24

4L x 53
5L x 62
6L x 39
7L x 39
8L x 22
9L x 6
10L x 2
11L x 2
13L x 1
15L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	15	tot
A	7	12	11	9	4	3	-	1	1	1	49
I	6	6	2	5	2	1	1	-	-	-	23
M	11	15	10	7	5	-	1	-	-	-	49
N	4	3	3	6	1	1	-	-	-	-	18
R	7	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	14
T	11	17	9	5	6	1	-	1	-	-	50
V	7	4	4	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	24
tot	53	62	39	39	22	6	2	2	1	1	227

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	8	tot
A	1	-	-	1
M	1	3	2	6
T	2	-	1	3
tot	4	3	3	10

plu	5	6	7	tot
A	2	-	-	2
M	-	2	1	3
T	-	1	-	1
V	-	1	-	1
tot	2	4	1	7

debut appearances

INTRAVITAM, VARMINT

word	length
ANTITRINITARIAN	15
ANTIINVARIANT	13
ANTIVITAMIN	11
TRINITARIAN	11
INTRAVITAM	10	pangram
MATRIMANIA	10
ANTIAVIAN	9
ANTIMANIA	9
ANTITRAIN	9
INVARIANT	9	debut
NITRATIAN	9
TRINITRIN	9
AMANITIN	8
ANTIARIN	8
ARMARIAN	8
ARRIVANT	8
IMMANANT	8
IRRITANT	8
MAINTAIN	8
MANNITAN	8
MARINARA	8
MINIMART	* 8
MINITART	* 8
NIRAMIAI	8
RAATRANI	8
RANARIAN	8
TINTAMAR	8
TITANIAN	8
TIVAIVAI	8
TRAINMAN	* 8	disallowed elsewhere
TRIMARAN	8
TRIVIATA	8
VARANIAN	8
VINARIAN	8
AMANITA	7
AMARTIA	7
ANTIAIR	7
ANTIART	7
ANTIMAN	7
ANTIMIR	7
ANTIRAT	7
ARMARIA	7
ATTAINT	7	disallowed elsewhere
IMITANT	7
INTIMIN	7
INTRANT	7
INTRATA	7
ITRAMIN	7
MARTIAN	7
MARTINI	7
MINIMIN	* 7
MINIVAN	* 7	debut
MINTMAN	* 7
MITMITA	7
MITTIMI	^† 7
NATIVAR	7
NATRIAN	7
NAVARIN	7
NIRVANA	7
NITRIAN	7
NTAMANI	7
TAMARIN	7
TARAIRI	7
TITANIA	7
TITRANT	7
TRIARII	7
VARATTI	7
VARIANT	7	debut
VARMINT	7	perfect pangram, debut
VITAMIN	7	debut
VITRAIN	7
VIVARIA	7
VIVARTA	7
AIMARA	6
AIRMAN	* 6
AMIMIA	6
AMRITA	6
ANIMAT	6
ANTIAR	6
ANTRIN	6
ATTAIN	6
ATTRIT	6
AVANIA	6
AVANTI	6
IMARTI	6
INTIMA	6
MANAIA	6
MANINI	6
MANITA	6
MANTIT	* 6
MARINA	6
MARTIN	6
MATRIN	6
MINIMA	^† 6
MINIMI	^† 6
MIRITI	6
NAIANT	6
NAMMIT	6
NRITTA	6
TAMARI	6	allowed elsewhere
TANNIA	6
TANNIN	6
TATAMI	6
TINMAN	* 6
TITIAN	6
TITMAN	* 6
TRITAN	6
TRIVIA	^† 6
VIMANA	6
VIMINA	^† 6
VIRAMA	6
VIVRTI	6
AARTI	5
AIRAN	5
AMAIN	5
AMARI	^† 5
AMIRA	5
AMNIA	5
AMRIT	5
ANIMA	5
ARATI	5
ATARI	5
ATRIA	^† 5
AVIAN	5
IMARI	5
INARI	5
INNIT	5
IRIAN	5
ITTAR	5
IVAIN	5
MANIA	5
MANTI	5
MARAI	5
MARIA	5
MARRI	5
MATAI	5
MATIN	5
MAVIN	5
MINAR	5
MINIM	5
MINMI	5
MIRAA	5
MIRIN	5	allowed elsewhere
MITRA	5
MITTA	5
NAIRA	5
NANTI	5
NITTA	5
RAIAT	5
RAITA	5	allowed elsewhere
RAVIN	5
RIANT	5	disallowed elsewhere
RIATA	5
TAINT	5
TAIRA	5
TAIRN	5
TAMIN	5
TANIA	5
TANTI	5
TARAI	5
TARIN	5
TIARA	5
TIATR	5
TIMAR	5
TINTA	5
TIRMA	5
TITAN	5
TITIN	5
TRAIN	5
TRAIT	5
VANIN	5
VARIA	5
VITTA	5
VIVAT	5
AIRT	4
AMIA	4
AMIN	4
AMIR	4
ANTI	4
ARIA	4
ARNI	4
IMAM	4
IMAN	4
IMIN	4
INIA	4
INTI	4
IVAN	4
MAIM	4
MAIN	4
MAIR	4
MAMI	4
MANI	4
MIAI	4
MINA	4
MINI	4
MINT	4
MIRV	4
MITT	4
NAAI	4
NAIN	4
NAIT	4
NINA	4
RAIM	4
RAIN	4
RAMI	4
RANI	4
RIMA	4
RITT	4
RIVA	4
TAIN	4
TAIT	4
TIAN	4
TIAR	4
TINA	4
TINT	4
TIRR	4
TITI	4
TRIM	4
TRIN	4
TRIT	4
VAIN	4
VAIR	4
VINA	4
VINT	4
VIRA	4
VITA	4
VIVA	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AI x 4	AM x 13	AN x 17	AR x 6	AT x 5	AV x 3
IM x 7	IN x 10	IR x 2	IT x 2	IV x 2
MA x 26	MI x 23
NA x 10	NI x 6	NR x 1	NT x 1
RA x 9	RI x 5
TA x 16	TI x 21	TR x 13
VA x 8	VI x 16

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