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April 16, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from April 16, 2022, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


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center letter FAELNTU
Spelling Bee for April 16, 2022

words: 147
score: 778 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 1
compounds: 5
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

A x 7
E x 7
F x 89
L x 13
N x 4
T x 12
U x 15

4L x 43
5L x 20
6L x 31
7L x 30
8L x 14
9L x 6
10L x 2
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 1 1 1 3 1 - - - 7
E - 1 3 2 1 - - - 7
F 31 14 18 14 8 3 - 1 89
L 4 1 2 5 1 - - - 13
N 2 1 1 - - - - - 4
T 5 - 1 5 - - 1 - 12
U - 2 5 1 3 3 1 - 15
tot 43 20 31 30 14 6 2 1 147

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AF x 3 AL x 3 AU x 1
EF x 4 EL x 2 EN x 1
FA x 30 FE x 19 FL x 29 FU x 11
LA x 1 LE x 8 LU x 4
NA x 2 NE x 2
TA x 3 TE x 3 TU x 6
UN x 15

cmp 7 8 tot
F 1 2 3
L - 1 1
T 1 - 1
tot 2 3 5

plu 4 6 8 tot
F 1 1 3 5
tot 1 1 3 5

debut appearances 9
previously disallowed debuts 1
newly reallowed words 1

AFFLUENT, FAUNLET, FLATULENT, UNAFFLUENT, UNFATEFUL, UNFLATTEN

word       length      
FLANNELETTE 11
TUFTAFFETA 10
UNAFFLUENT 10 pangram
FLANNELET 9
FLATULATE 9
FLATULENT 9 pangram, debut
UNFATEFUL 9 pangram
UNFLATTEN 9 pangram
UNTUNEFUL 9 debut, previously disallowed
AFFLUENT 8 pangram, debut
EFFLUENT 8
FAULTFUL 8
FAUNULAE  8
FELLATEE 8
FLATETTE 8
FLATFEET *  8 newly reallowed
FLATLEAF * 8
FLATULAE  8
FLUELLEN 8
LEAFFALL * 8
UNEFFETE 8
UNFALLEN 8
UNFLUENT 8
AFLAUNT 7
ALFALFA 7
AUFLAUF 7
EFFLATE 7
ELFETTE 7
FALAFEL 7
FANLEAF * 7
FATEFUL 7
FAUNLET 7 perfect pangram
FAUNULA 7
FAUNULE 7
FEETFUL 7
FELAFEL 7
FELLATE 7
FLANNEL 7 debut
FLANNEN 7
FLATLET 7
FLATTEN 7 debut
FLATULA 7
LANEFUL 7
LEAFFUL 7
LEAFLET 7
LEAFULE 7
LULLFUL 7
TAFFETA 7
TALEFUL 7
TEALEAF * 7
TENTFUL 7
TUNEFUL 7
UNFATAL 7
AFETAL 6
EFFELL 6
EFFETE 6
ENFANT 6
FAFFLE 6
FALLAL 6
FALLEN 6 debut
FANNEL 6
FATELE 6
FATTEN 6 debut
FAUNAE  6 debut
FAUNAL 6
FENNEL 6
FETTLE 6
FLAUNT 6 debut
FLAUTA 6
FLUATE 6
FLUENT 6
FUFFLE 6
FULLEN 6
FUNANA 6
FUNNEL 6
LEAFEN 6
LEAFET 6
NETFUL 6
TUFFET 6
UNFEEL 6
UNFELT 6
UNFUEL 6
UNFULL 6
UNLEAF 6
ALEFT 5
ELFEN 5
FAENA 5
FANAL 5
FATAL 5
FAULT 5
FAUNA 5
FELLA 5
FETAL 5
FETTA 5
FLAFF 5
FLEEN 5
FLEET 5
FLUFF 5
FLUTE 5
FULLA 5
LUFFA 5
NAFEN 5
UNFAT 5
UNFUN 5
ALEF 4
FAAL 4
FAFF 4
FALL 4
FALT 4
FANA 4
FANE 4
FATE 4
FAUN 4
FAUT 4
FEAL 4
FEAT 4
FEEL 4
FEEN 4
FEET  4
FELL 4
FELT 4
FENT 4
FETA 4
FETE 4
FLAN 4
FLAT 4
FLEA 4
FLEE 4
FLET 4
FLUE 4
FUEL 4
FUET 4
FUFF 4
FUFU 4
FULE 4
FULL 4
LEAF 4
LEFT 4
LUFF 4
LUFT 4
NAFF 4
NEAF 4
TAFT 4
TEFF 4 allowed elsewhere
TUFA 4
TUFF 4
TUFT 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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