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August 27, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 27, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IL.


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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center letter YABCILM
Spelling Bee for August 27, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter M: January 20, 2022
Center letter B: April 21, 2021

words: 98
score: 546 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
bingo: yes

A x 22
B x 26
C x 20
I x 4
L x 12
M x 7
Y x 7

4L x 21
5L x 33
6L x 17
7L x 5
8L x 12
9L x 3
10L x 5
11L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 5 4 4 3 2 2 - 2 22
B 3 11 4 1 4 - 3 - 26
C 2 4 8 1 4 - 1 - 20
I 2 1 - - - - 1 - 4
L 4 5 1 - 2 - - - 12
M 2 4 - - - 1 - - 7
Y 3 4 - - - - - - 7
tot 21 33 17 5 12 3 5 2 98

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 3 AC x 6 AL x 8 AM x 5
BA x 12 BI x 10 BL x 4
CA x 4 CI x 1 CL x 4 CY x 11
IA x 1 IC x 1 IL x 1 IM x 1
ILL x 1
LA x 9 LI x 3
MA x 4 MI x 1 MY x 2
YA x 6 YI x 1

cmp 5 8 tot
B - 1 1
L 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2

AMICABLY, BICYCLAM, CYMBIAL, IAMBICALLY

word       length      
ABAYA 5
ABBACY 6
ABLY 4
ACALYCAL 8
ACYCLIC 7
ACYCLICAL 9
ACYCLICALLY 11
ACYL 4
ACYLAL 6
ALICYCLIC 9
ALIYA 5
ALLAY 5
ALLY 4
ALLYL 5
ALLYLIC 7
ALLYLICALLY 11
ALMAMY 6
AMBY 4
AMIABLY 7
AMICABLY 8 pangram
AMYL 4
AMYLIC 6
BABBLY 6
BABBY 5
BABILY 6
BABY 4
BACCY 5
BALLCLAY * 8
BALLY 5
BALMILY 7
BALMY 5
BAMMY 5
BAYA 4
BAYILA 6
BIALY 5
BIBLICALLY 10
BICCY 5
BICYCLAM 8 pangram
BICYCLIC 8
BICYCLICAL 10
BILABIALLY 10
BILBY 5
BILLY 5
BIMMY 5
BLABBY 6
BLAMABLY 8
BLAY 4
BLIMY 5
CABBY 5
CALMLY 6
CALMY 5
CAYCAY 6
CILLY 5
CLAMMILY 8
CLAMMY 6
CLAY 4
CLIMBY 6
CYCLAM 6
CYCLAMIC 8
CYCLI 5
CYCLIC 6
CYCLICAL 8
CYCLICALLY 10
CYCLICLY 8
CYMA 4
CYMBAL 6
CYMBIA 6
CYMBIAL 7 perfect pangram
IAMBICALLY 10 pangram
ICILY 5
ILLY 4
IMMY 4
LABIALLY 8
LACILY 6
LACY 4
LAICALLY 8
LALLY 5
LAMBY 5
LAMMY 5
LAYA 4
LAYBY * 5
LILY 4
LIMBY 5
LIMY 4
MABBY 5
MAILY 5
MALMY 5
MAYA 4
MIMICALLY 9
MYAL 4
MYALL 5
YABBA 5
YABBY 5
YACAL 5
YACCA 5
YALI 4
YAYA 4
YILL 4

* compound(ish) word

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