October 22, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

October 22, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 22, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AK.

Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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Spelling Bee for October 22, 2023

words: 144
score: 745 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 10
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

A x 21
B x 74
D x 6
E x 10
K x 15
M x 5
N x 13

4L x 32
5L x 35
6L x 42
7L x 12
8L x 17
9L x 2
10L x 3
11L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	6	7	3	2	1	-	1	1	21
B	20	15	24	6	6	1	2	-	74
D	-	1	3	-	2	-	-	-	6
E	-	3	2	-	4	1	-	-	10
K	2	1	6	2	4	-	-	-	15
M	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	5
N	3	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	13
tot	32	35	42	12	17	2	3	1	144

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AB x 11	AD x 1	AK x 1	AM x 7	AN x 1
		AKA x 1
BA x 33	BE x 41
DA x 3	DE x 3
EB x 2	EM x 6	EN x 2
KA x 7	KE x 5	KN x 3
MA x 5
NA x 9	NE x 4

cmp	6	7	8	tot
B	3	2	-	5
D	-	-	1	1
K	-	-	2	2
N	2	-	-	2
tot	5	2	3	10

plu	6	7	9	tot
A	1	-	-	1
B	1	1	-	2
E	-	-	1	1
N	1	-	-	1
tot	3	1	1	5

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word	length
ABADA	5
ABAKA	5
ABANDANNAAD	11
ABANDANNAD	10
ABBA	4
ABBE	4
ABBED	5
ABEAM	5
ABED	4
ABEND	5
ABENDED	7
ADEB	4
AKANBE	6
AMAKEBE	7
AMBA	4
AMBAN	5
AMBE	4
AMEBA	5
AMEBAE	^† 6
AMEBAN	6
ANABAENA	8
BAAED	5
BABA	4
BABBED	6
BABE	4
BABKA	5
BADAM	5
BADDED	6
BADDEN	6
BADDENED	8
BADE	4
BADMAN	* 6
BADMEN	* ^† 6
BAKA	4
BAKANAE	7
BAKE	4
BAKED	5
BAMMED	6
BANABA	6
BANAK	5
BANANA	6
BAND	4
BANDA	5
BANDANA	7
BANDANAED	9
BANDANNA	8
BANDANNAED	10
BANDED	6
BANE	4
BANED	5
BANK	4
BANKED	6
BANNA	5
BANNED	6
BEAD	4
BEADED	6
BEADMAN	* 7
BEADMEN	* ^† 7
BEAK	4
BEAKED	6
BEAM	4
BEAMED	6
BEAN	4
BEANED	6
BEDAD	5
BEDAMN	6
BEDAMNED	8
BEDDED	6
BEDE	4
BEDEEN	6
BEEBEE	* 6
BEEK	4
BEEN	4
BEENA	5
BEKA	4
BEKEN	5
BEKENNED	8
BEMA	4
BEMADDEN	8
BEMADDENED	10
BEMAN	5
BEMBA	5
BEMEAN	6
BEMEANED	8
BENAME	6
BENAMED	7
BENAMEE	7
BENBEN	6
BEND	4
BENDED	6
BENDEE	6
BENE	4
BENK	4
BENNA	5
BENNE	5
DABBA	5
DABBED	6
DAEBAK	6
DEADBAND	* 8
DEBEAK	6
DEBEAKED	8
EBBED	5
EBENE	5
EMBANK	6
EMBANKED	8	pangram
EMBEAM	6
EMBEAMED	8
EMBED	5
EMBEDDED	8
ENDAMEBA	8
ENDAMEBAE	^† 9
KABABBED	8
KABAKA	6
KABANA	6
KADAMB	6
KADAMBA	7
KAKABEAK	* 8
KANBAN	6
KEBAB	5
KEBABBED	8
KEBBED	6
KEMB	4
KEMBED	6
KNAB	4
KNABBED	7
KNEEBAND	* 8
MABE	4
MAMBA	5
MANAMBA	7
MANEABA	7
MANEB	5
NABAM	5
NABAN	5
NABBED	6
NABE	4
NABK	4
NABMAN	* 6
NABMEN	* ^† 6
NAKBA	5
NAMBA	5
NEBBED	6
NEBEK	5
NEEB	4
NEEMB	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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