May 25, 2018: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 25, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 25, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

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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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.

Spelling Bee for May 25, 2018

Related puzzles

Center letter P: February 23, 2023
Center letter Y: May 1, 2021
Center letter A: December 15, 2019

words: 157
score: 772 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 18
plurals: 11
bingo: yes

A x 18
E x 17
M x 71
N x 9
P x 17
T x 19
Y x 6

4L x 38
5L x 46
6L x 35
7L x 27
8L x 8
9L x 3

	4	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	3	6	5	4	-	-	18
E	4	7	-	5	-	1	17
M	19	22	17	8	4	1	71
N	5	-	3	-	1	-	9
P	-	4	6	7	-	-	17
T	6	3	3	3	3	1	19
Y	1	4	1	-	-	-	6
tot	38	46	35	27	8	3	157

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	8	tot
A	2	-	-	2
M	2	1	1	4
N	2	-	1	3
P	4	3	-	7
T	-	-	2	2
tot	10	4	4	18

plu	5	6	7	tot
A	-	1	-	1
M	1	2	1	4
N	-	1	-	1
P	-	2	2	4
T	-	1	-	1
tot	1	7	3	11

PAYMENT, TYMPANATE

word	length
EMPYEMATA	9
MATAMATAM	9
TYMPANATE	9	pangram
MANYATTA	8
MATAMATA	8
METATYPE	* 8
METATYPY	8
NAMETAPE	* 8
TEAMMATE	* 8
TENEMENT	8
TENTMATE	* 8
AMANATY	7
ANATMAN	7
ATTAMAN	7
ATTEMPT	7
EMANANT	7	disallowed elsewhere
EMANATA	7
EMANATE	7
EMPYEMA	7
ENEMATA	7
MAMMATE	7
MANATEE	7
MANTAPA	7
MANYATA	7
MATAPEE	7
MEATMAN	7
MEATMEN	* ^† 7
METANYM	7
PAMPEAN	7
PAYMENT	7	perfect pangram
PEATMAN	7
PEATMEN	* ^† 7
PENNAME	* 7
PETEMAN	7
PETEMEN	* ^† 7
TMEMATA	7
TYMPANA	7
TYMPANY	7
AMENTA	6
ANANYM	6
APEMAN	* 6
APEMEN	* ^† 6
ATAMAN	6
MAMMAE	^† 6
MAMMEE	6
MAMMET	6
MAMMEY	6
MANANA	6
MANEEN	6
MANENT	6
MANNAN	6
MANYAT	6
MAPPEN	6
MATMAN	* 6
MATMEN	* ^† 6
MAYTEN	6
MEETEN	6
MENTEE	6
METATE	6
METEPA	6
NAMMET	6
NETMAN	* 6
NETMEN	* ^† 6
PANAMA	6
PANMAN	* 6
PANMEN	* ^† 6
PENMAN	* 6
PENMEN	* ^† 6
PYMENT	6
TAMPAN	6
TEMENE	^† 6
TYMPAN	6
YAMPEE	6
AMATE	5
AMENE	5
AMENT	5
ANTEM	5
APPAM	5
ATMAN	5
EMEME	5
EMMET	5
EMPTY	5
ENEMA	5	allowed elsewhere
ENEMY	5
EPEME	5
ETYMA	5	disallowed elsewhere
MAMEY	5
MAMMA	5
MAMMY	5	disallowed elsewhere
MAMPY	5
MANAT	5
MANET	5
MANNA	5
MANNY	5
MANTA	5
MANTY	5
MATEY	5
MATTA	5
MATTE	5
MATTY	5
MEANT	5
MEANY	5
MEATY	5
MEMEY	5
MENAT	5
MENTA	5
METAE	^† 5
MNEME	5
PAMPA	5
PAYAM	5
PENAM	5
PENEM	5
TAMMY	5
TEMPT	5
TMEMA	5
YAMEN	5
YAMPA	5
YAMPE	5
YAMPY	5
AMAE	4
AMEN	4
AMMA	4
EMMA	4
EMPT	4
ETEM	4
ETYM	4
MAAT	4
MAMA	4
MANA	4
MANE	4
MANY	4
MATE	4
MATT	4
MATY	4
MAYA	4
MEAN	4
MEAT	4
MEEM	4
MEET	4
MEME	4
MENE	4
META	4
METE	4
METT	4
MYNA	4
NAAM	4
NAME	4
NEAM	4
NEEM	4
NYEM	4
TAME	4
TAMP	4
TEAM	4
TEEM	4
TEMP	4
TYMP	4
YAMP	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AM x 8	AN x 3	AP x 3	AT x 4
EM x 10	EN x 3	EP x 1	ET x 3
MA x 44	ME x 25	MN x 1	MY x 1
NA x 4	NE x 4	NY x 1
PA x 7	PE x 9	PY x 1
TA x 4	TE x 8	TM x 2	TY x 5
YA x 6

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