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May 16, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been re­con­struct­ed from partial records. We feel reason­ably confident about the data below but cannot guar­an­tee perfect accuracy.
center letter TBEHILM
Spelling Bee for May 16, 2018

words: 134
score: 604 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 4
bingo: yes

B x 27
E x 13
H x 10
I x 6
L x 13
M x 24
T x 41

4L x 45
5L x 28
6L x 30
7L x 20
8L x 9
10L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 10 tot
B 8 4 8 2 4 1 27
E 4 5 1 2 1 - 13
H 2 2 4 2 - - 10
I 2 1 2 1 - - 6
L 4 3 2 3 1 - 13
M 8 2 3 7 3 1 24
T 17 11 10 3 - - 41
tot 45 28 30 20 9 2 134

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BE x 13 BI x 10 BL x 4
EB x 2 EH x 1 EI x 1 EL x 1 EM x 3 ET x 5
HE x 5 HI x 5
IH x 1 IL x 3 IT x 2
LE x 3 LI x 10
ME x 15 MI x 9
TE x 17 TH x 9 TI x 15

cmp 6 7 tot
H 1 - 1
I 1 - 1
L - 1 1
T 1 - 1
tot 3 1 4

debut appearances 29

THIMBLE

word       length      
BILLIETITE 10
MELILITITE 10
BELITTLE 8 debut
BIEHLITE 8
BILLETEE 8
BIMBETTE 8
EITELITE 8
LEITEITE 8
MELILITE 8
MILLIBIT 8
MIMETITE 8
BELLITE 7
BETITLE 7
EMILITE 7
ETHLETE 7
HELMLET 7
HILLITE 7
IHLEITE 7
LIMELIT * 7
LITHITE 7
LITTLIE 7
MEBIBIT 7
MELLITE 7
MELTEMI 7
MELTETH 7
MELTITH 7
MITITEI 7
MITTIMI 7
TEBIBIT 7
THIMBLE 7 perfect pangram, debut
TILLITE 7
BEETLE 6 debut
BEMEET 6
BETELL 6
BETHEL 6
BILETE 6
BILLET 6 debut
BITTIE 6
BLITHE 6 debut
EHLITE 6
HELMET 6 debut
HETTIE 6
HILITE * 6
HITTEE 6
ILLITE 6
ILLLIT * 6
LILITH 6
LITTLE 6
METTLE 6 debut
MILLET 6 debut
MITTEL 6
TEEHEE 6
TEETEE 6
TEETHE 6 debut
TELLEE 6
THIBET 6
THIBLE 6
THIETE 6
TILLET 6
TITBIT * 6
TITTLE 6
BETEL 5 debut
BETHE 5
BITEE 5
BLITE 5
EBBET 5
ELITE 5
EMMET 5
ETHEL 5
ETTLE 5
HEITI 5
HITHE 5
ILLTH 5
LETHE 5
LIMIT 5 debut
LITHE 5
MEITH 5
METHI 5
TEETH 5 debut
TEHEE 5
TETEL 5
THEBE 5
THEME 5 debut
THILL 5
TIBET 5
TILTH 5 allowed elsewhere
TITHE 5
TITHI 5
TITLE 5
BEET 4 debut
BELT 4 debut
BETE 4
BETH 4
BITE 4 debut
BITT 4
BLET 4
BLIT 4
EBIT 4
EMIT 4 debut
ETEM 4
ETHE 4
HETH 4
HILT 4
ITEM 4 debut
ITHM 4
LEET 4
LILT 4
LITE 4
LITH 4
MEET 4 debut
MELT 4 debut
METE 4 debut
METH 4 debut
METT 4
MILT 4
MITE 4 debut
MITT 4 debut
TEEL 4
TEEM 4 debut
TEET 4
TEIL 4
TELE 4
TELL 4 debut
TELT 4
TETE 4
TETH 4
THEE 4 debut
THEM 4 debut
TILE 4
TILI 4
TILL 4
TILT 4
TIME 4 debut
TITI 4

* compound(ish) word

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