February 28, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 28, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IL.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter D: April 21, 2020Center letter A: May 26, 2019
Center letter L: December 30, 2018
words: 134
score: 595 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 6
bingo: yes
A x 27
B x 39
D x 17
I x 4
J x 4
L x 19
R x 24
4L x 46
5L x 36
6L x 24
7L x 12
8L x 13
9L x 2
12L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | tot | |
| A | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 27 |
| B | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| D | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 17 |
| I | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| J | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| L | 6 | 8 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 19 |
| R | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 24 |
| tot | 46 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 134 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AB x 4 | AD x 3 | AI x 2 | AJ x 2 | AL x 1 | AR x 15 |
| BA x 18 | BI x 10 | BR x 11 | |||
| DA x 7 | DI x 4 | DR x 6 | |||
| IL x 1 | IR x 3 | ||||
| ILA x 1 | |||||
| JA x 3 | JI x 1 | ||||
| LA x 12 | LI x 7 | ||||
| RA x 19 | RI x 5 |
| cmp | 7 | 8 | tot |
| A | 2 | - | 2 |
| B | 1 | - | 1 |
| J | - | 1 | 1 |
| L | - | 1 | 1 |
| R | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| debut appearances | 0 |
JAILBIRD
| word | length | |||
| ABIR | 4 | |||
| ABRA | 4 | |||
| ABRADIAL | 8 | |||
| ABRI | 4 | |||
| ADDRA | 5 | |||
| ADRAD | 5 | |||
| ADRADIAL | 8 | |||
| AIRBALL | * 7 | |||
| AIRBILL | * 7 | |||
| AJAR | 4 | |||
| AJARI | 5 | |||
| ALAR | 4 | |||
| ARABA | 5 | |||
| ARAD | 4 | |||
| ARADID | 6 | |||
| ARALIA | 6 | |||
| ARARA | 5 | |||
| ARARIBA | 7 | |||
| ARBA | 4 | |||
| ARDRI | 5 | |||
| ARIA | 4 | |||
| ARID | 4 | |||
| ARIID | 5 | |||
| ARIL | 4 | |||
| ARILLI | 6 | |||
| ARRIBA | 6 | |||
| ARRIBADA | 8 | |||
| BABILLARD | 9 | |||
| BAIRDI | 6 | |||
| BAJRA | 5 | |||
| BAJRI | 5 | |||
| BALBARID | 8 | |||
| BALDRIB | * 7 | |||
| BARA | 4 | |||
| BARADARI | 8 | |||
| BARB | 4 | |||
| BARBAL | 6 | |||
| BARBARALALIA | 12 | |||
| BARD | 4 | |||
| BARI | 4 | |||
| BARIA | 5 | |||
| BARILLA | 7 | |||
| BARRA | 5 | |||
| BARRAD | 6 | |||
| BARRIADA | 8 | |||
| BIDAR | 5 | |||
| BILLARD | 7 | |||
| BILLIARD | 8 | |||
| BIRADARI | 8 | |||
| BIRADIAL | 8 | |||
| BIRD | 4 | |||
| BIRIBA | 6 | |||
| BIRL | 4 | |||
| BIRR | 4 | |||
| BIRRIA | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| BRAAI | 5 | |||
| BRAD | 4 | |||
| BRAID | 5 | |||
| BRAIL | 5 | |||
| BRAIRD | 6 | |||
| BRIAR | 5 | |||
| BRIARD | 6 | |||
| BRIDAL | 6 | |||
| BRIDI | 5 | |||
| BRIL | 4 | |||
| BRILL | 5 | |||
| DAIRA | 5 | |||
| DAIRID | 6 | |||
| DARB | 4 | |||
| DARBAR | 6 | |||
| DARBARI | 7 | |||
| DARI | 4 | |||
| DARR | 4 | |||
| DIARIAL | 7 | |||
| DILARID | 7 | |||
| DIRA | 4 | |||
| DIRL | 4 | |||
| DRAB | 4 | |||
| DRABA | 5 | |||
| DRAIL | 5 | |||
| DRIB | 4 | |||
| DRILID | 6 | |||
| DRILL | 5 | |||
| ILARIID | 7 | |||
| IRID | 4 | |||
| IRIDAL | 6 | |||
| IRIDIAL | 7 | |||
| JAILBIRD | * 8 | pangram | ||
| JARI | 4 | |||
| JARL | 4 | |||
| JIRD | 4 | |||
| LAARI | 5 | |||
| LABARA | 6 | |||
| LABRA | 5 | |||
| LABRAL | 6 | |||
| LABRID | 6 | |||
| LAIR | 4 | |||
| LAIRD | 5 | |||
| LARB | 4 | |||
| LARD | 4 | |||
| LARDBALL | * 8 | |||
| LARI | 4 | |||
| LARID | 5 | |||
| LIAR | 4 | |||
| LIARD | 5 | |||
| LIBRA | 5 | |||
| LIBRARIAL | 9 | |||
| LIBRI | 5 | |||
| LIDAR | 5 | |||
| LIRA | 4 | |||
| RAAD | 4 | |||
| RABAB | 5 | |||
| RABADI | 6 | |||
| RABBI | 5 | |||
| RABI | 4 | |||
| RABID | 5 | |||
| RADA | 4 | |||
| RADAR | 5 | |||
| RADIAD | 6 | |||
| RADIAL | 6 | |||
| RADIALIA | 8 | |||
| RADII | 5 | |||
| RAID | 4 | |||
| RAIL | 4 | |||
| RAILBIRD | * 8 | |||
| RAJA | 4 | |||
| RAJBARI | 7 | |||
| RAJID | 5 | |||
| RALLID | 6 | |||
| RIAD | 4 | |||
| RIAL | 4 | |||
| RIBA | 4 | |||
| RIBALD | 6 | |||
| RILL | 4 |
* compound(ish) word