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May 17, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 17, 2019, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with KL.


Instructions

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center letter LABKRUW
Spelling Bee for May 17, 2019

words: 88
score: 349 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

A x 9
B x 35
K x 13
L x 16
R x 3
U x 1
W x 11

4L x 34
5L x 26
6L x 20
7L x 6
8L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 3 5 1 - - 9
B 15 7 11 2 - 35
K 2 5 2 3 1 13
L 9 3 4 - - 16
R - 2 1 - - 3
U - - 1 - - 1
W 5 4 - 1 1 11
tot 34 26 20 6 2 88

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 1 AL x 6 AU x 2
BA x 11 BL x 7 BR x 1 BU x 16
KA x 7 KL x 1 KR x 1 KU x 4
KLA x 1
LA x 12 LU x 4
RU x 3
UL x 1
WA x 9 WR x 1 WU x 1

cmp 7 8 tot
B 1 - 1
W - 1 1
tot 1 1 2

plu 5 6 tot
L 1 1 2
tot 1 1 2

BULWARK

word       length      
ABLUR 5
ALALA 5
ALAR 4
ALBA 4
ALULA 5
ALULAR 6
ALUWA 5
AULA 4
AURAL 5
BAAL 4
BABALA 6
BABUL 5
BAKULA 6
BALAUA 6
BALK 4
BALL 4
BALUBA 6
BARBAL 6
BAULK 5
BAWL 4
BLAA 4
BLAB 4
BLAK 4
BLAW 4
BLUB 4
BLUR 4
BLURB 5
BRAWL 5
BUAL 4
BUBAL 5
BULAK 5
BULB 4
BULBAL 6
BULBAR 6
BULBUL 6
BULK 4
BULL 4
BULLA 5
BULLAR 6
BULLBAR * 7
BULWARK 7 perfect pangram
BURL 4
BURLAK 6
BURLAW 6
KABALA 6
KABBALA 7
KALAKAAR 8
KALAKAR 7
KALUA 5
KARAKUL 7
KAWAL 5
KLAR 4
KRAAL 5
KULA 4
KULAK 5
KURAL 5
KURKUL 6
LABARA  6
LABBA 5
LABLAB 6
LABRA  5
LABRAL 6
LALL 4
LARB 4
LARK 4
LAUK 4
LAULAU 6
LAURA 5
LAWK 4
LUAU 4
LULL 4
LULU 4
LURK 4
RUBLU 5
RUBRAL 6
RURAL 5
ULLUKU 6
WALK 4
WALL 4
WALLA 5
WALLABA 7
WALLBALL * 8
WARAL 5
WAUL 4 allowed elsewhere
WAULK 5
WAWL 4
WRAWL 5
WULL 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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