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 CO.
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Instructions
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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 May 21, 2023
Related puzzles
Center letter M: June 8, 2021
Center letter N: January 6, 2019
words: 129
score: 670 pts
pangrams: 5
compounds: 12
plurals: 0
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
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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
COMBATANT, COMBATTANT, MONOBACTAM, NONCOMBAT, NONCOMBATANT
NONCOMB ATANT
12
pangram
COMB ATTANT
10
pangram
MONOB ACTAM
10
pangram
NONTOB ACCO
10
TAB ONTAB ON
10
COMB ATANT
9
pangram
NONB ANANA
9
NONCOMB AT
9
pangram
B ONNACON
8
CATACOMB
8
MOONB OOT
* 8
NONTAB OO
8
B ATAB OB
7
B OATMAN
* 7
B ONACON
7
B OOTMAN
* 7
CATB OAT
* 7
MANAMB A
7
MANB OOB
* 7
MOONB AT
* 7
NANOB OT
7
NONB OOM
7
OCCAB OT
7
TAB ACCO
7
TAB ANCA
7
TOB ACCO
7
TOTOAB A
7
AB ACOT
6
AB ATON
6
B AB ACO
6
B AB OON
6
B ACCOO
6
B AMB OO
6
B ANAB A
6
B ANANA
6
B ANNAT
6
B ANTAM
6
B AOB AB
6
B ATACA
6
B ATATA
6
B ATMAN
* 6
B OB CAT
* 6
B ONB ON
6
B ONMOT
* 6
B ONOB O
6
B OOB OO
6
B OOCOO
6
B OTTOM
6
CAB ANA
6
CAB MAN
* 6
CATMAB
6
COMB AT
6
MACAB O
6
MANB OT
* 6
NAB MAN
* 6
NAB OOM
6
NAB OOT
6
TAB ACO
6
TAB NAB
6
TAB OON
6
TAMB AC
6
TAMB ON
6
TAMB OO
6
TOMB AC
6
AB ACA
5
AB B OT
5
AB OMA
5
AB OON
5
AMB AN
5
AMB ON
5
B AB OO
5
B ACCA
5
B ACON
5
B ACOO
5
B ANAT
5
B ANCO
5
B ANNA
5
B ATAB
5
B ATON
5
B ATTA
5
B OB AC
5
B OCCA
5
B OMB A
5
B OMB O
5
CAB AN
5
CAOB A
5
COMB O
5
COOMB
5
MAMB A
5
MAMB O
5
NAB AM
5
NAB AN
5
NAB OB
5
NAMB A
5
TAB ON
5
TAB OO
5
TOMB O
5
AB B A
4
AB OB
4
AMB A
4
AMB O
4
B AB A
4
B ANC
4
B ANT
4
B AON
4
B ATA
4
B ATT
4
B OAB
4
B OAT
4
B OB A
4
B OB O
4
B OCA
4
B OMA
4
B OMB
4
B ONA
4
B OOB
4
B OOM
4
B OON
4
B OOT
4
B OTA
4
B OTO
4
B OTT
4
CAB A
4
COB B
4
COMB
4
NOOB
4
OB AN
4
OB B O
4
TOMB
4
* compound(ish) word