May 21, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 21, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with NO.
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 M: June 8, 2021Center letter N: January 6, 2019
words: 129
score: 670 pts
pangrams: 5
compounds: 12
bingo: yes
A x 12
B x 59
C x 15
M x 9
N x 15
O x 3
T x 16
4L x 32
5L x 33
6L x 37
7L x 15
8L x 4
9L x 3
10L x 4
12L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | tot | |
| A | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| B | 21 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 59 |
| C | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 |
| M | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| N | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| O | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| T | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 16 |
| tot | 32 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 129 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AB x 8 | AM x 4 |
| BA x 29 | BO x 30 |
| CA x 8 | CO x 7 |
| MA x 6 | MO x 3 |
| NA x 8 | NO x 7 |
| NON x 6 | NOO x 1 |
| OB x 2 | OC x 1 |
| TA x 11 | TO x 5 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| B | 3 | 2 | - | 5 |
| C | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| M | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| N | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| debut appearances | 0 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | catboat |
COMBATANT, COMBATTANT, MONOBACTAM, NONCOMBAT, NONCOMBATANT
| word | length | |||
| ABACA | 5 | |||
| ABACOT | 6 | |||
| ABATON | 6 | |||
| ABBA | 4 | |||
| ABBOT | 5 | |||
| ABOB | 4 | |||
| ABOMA | 5 | |||
| ABOON | 5 | |||
| AMBA | 4 | |||
| AMBAN | 5 | |||
| AMBO | 4 | |||
| AMBON | 5 | |||
| BABA | 4 | |||
| BABACO | 6 | |||
| BABOO | 5 | |||
| BABOON | 6 | |||
| BACCA | 5 | |||
| BACCOO | 6 | |||
| BACON | 5 | |||
| BACOO | 5 | |||
| BAMBOO | 6 | |||
| BANABA | 6 | |||
| BANANA | 6 | |||
| BANAT | 5 | |||
| BANC | 4 | |||
| BANCO | 5 | |||
| BANNA | 5 | |||
| BANNAT | 6 | |||
| BANT | 4 | |||
| BANTAM | 6 | |||
| BAOBAB | 6 | |||
| BAON | 4 | |||
| BATA | 4 | |||
| BATAB | 5 | |||
| BATABOB | 7 | |||
| BATACA | 6 | |||
| BATATA | 6 | |||
| BATMAN | * 6 | |||
| BATON | 5 | |||
| BATT | 4 | |||
| BATTA | 5 | |||
| BOAB | 4 | |||
| BOAT | 4 | |||
| BOATMAN | * 7 | |||
| BOBA | 4 | |||
| BOBAC | 5 | |||
| BOBCAT | * 6 | |||
| BOBO | 4 | |||
| BOCA | 4 | |||
| BOCCA | 5 | |||
| BOMA | 4 | |||
| BOMB | 4 | |||
| BOMBA | 5 | |||
| BOMBO | 5 | |||
| BONA | 4 | |||
| BONACON | 7 | |||
| BONBON | 6 | |||
| BONMOT | * 6 | |||
| BONNACON | 8 | |||
| BONOBO | 6 | |||
| BOOB | 4 | |||
| BOOBOO | 6 | |||
| BOOCOO | 6 | |||
| BOOM | 4 | |||
| BOON | 4 | |||
| BOOT | 4 | |||
| BOOTMAN | * 7 | |||
| BOTA | 4 | |||
| BOTO | 4 | |||
| BOTT | 4 | |||
| BOTTOM | 6 | |||
| CABA | 4 | |||
| CABAN | 5 | |||
| CABANA | 6 | |||
| CABMAN | * 6 | |||
| CAOBA | 5 | |||
| CATACOMB | 8 | |||
| CATBOAT | * 7 | newly disallowed | ||
| CATMAB | 6 | |||
| COBB | 4 | |||
| COMB | 4 | |||
| COMBAT | 6 | |||
| COMBATANT | 9 | pangram | ||
| COMBATTANT | 10 | pangram | ||
| COMBO | 5 | |||
| COOMB | 5 | |||
| MACABO | 6 | |||
| MAMBA | 5 | |||
| MAMBO | 5 | |||
| MANAMBA | 7 | |||
| MANBOOB | * 7 | |||
| MANBOT | * 6 | |||
| MONOBACTAM | 10 | pangram | ||
| MOONBAT | * 7 | |||
| MOONBOOT | * 8 | |||
| NABAM | 5 | |||
| NABAN | 5 | |||
| NABMAN | * 6 | |||
| NABOB | 5 | |||
| NABOOM | 6 | |||
| NABOOT | 6 | |||
| NAMBA | 5 | |||
| NANOBOT | 7 | |||
| NONBANANA | 9 | |||
| NONBOOM | 7 | |||
| NONCOMBAT | 9 | pangram | ||
| NONCOMBATANT | 12 | pangram | ||
| NONTABOO | 8 | |||
| NONTOBACCO | 10 | |||
| NOOB | 4 | |||
| OBAN | 4 | |||
| OBBO | 4 | |||
| OCCABOT | 7 | |||
| TABACCO | 7 | |||
| TABACO | 6 | |||
| TABANCA | 7 | |||
| TABNAB | 6 | |||
| TABON | 5 | |||
| TABONTABON | 10 | |||
| TABOO | 5 | |||
| TABOON | 6 | |||
| TAMBAC | 6 | |||
| TAMBON | 6 | |||
| TAMBOO | 6 | |||
| TOBACCO | 7 | |||
| TOMB | 4 | |||
| TOMBAC | 6 | |||
| TOMBO | 5 | |||
| TOTOABA | 7 |
* compound(ish) word