May 16, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 16, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2021, 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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Spelling Bee for May 16, 2021

words: 141
score: 642 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 2
bingo: yes

A x 17
F x 20
G x 30
I x 13
N x 21
U x 11
W x 29

4L x 47
5L x 33
6L x 25
7L x 24
8L x 6
9L x 4
10L x 1
11L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	6	6	4	-	1	-	-	-	17
F	7	5	2	5	-	-	-	1	20
G	11	8	4	6	-	1	-	-	30
I	5	1	4	1	1	1	-	-	13
N	10	4	4	2	1	-	-	-	21
U	2	2	2	2	1	2	-	-	11
W	6	7	5	8	2	-	1	-	29
tot	47	33	25	24	6	4	1	1	141

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	10	tot
W	1	1	2
tot	1	1	2

GUFFAWING

word	length
AFFINING	8
AGAIN	5
AGGING	6
AGIN	4
AGING	5
AGUA	4
AGUING	6
AGUNG	5
AIGA	4
AIWAN	5
ANAN	4
ANANA	5
ANGINA	6
ANNA	4
AWAG	4
AWING	5
AWNING	6
FAFF	4
FAFFING	7
FAGIN	5
FAIN	4
FAINAIGUING	11
FANA	4
FANG	4
FANGA	5
FANGING	7
FANNING	7
FAUN	4
FAUNA	5
FAWN	4
FAWNING	7
FINNA	5
FUGA	4
FUNANA	6
FUNGA	5
FUNGIA	6
FUNGIAN	7
GAFF	4
GAFFA	5
GAFFING	7
GAGA	4
GAGGING	7
GAGING	6
GAIN	4
GAINING	7
GAIWAN	6
GANG	4
GANGA	5
GANGING	7
GANNA	5
GAUGING	7
GAUN	4
GINA	4
GNAFF	5
GNAG	4
GNAW	4
GNAWING	7
GUAN	4
GUANA	5
GUANIN	6
GUFFAW	6
GUFFAWING	9	pangram
GUGA	4
GUNA	4
GUNGA	5
GUNIA	5
GWAAI	5
IGUANA	6
IGUANIAN	8
INANGA	6
INAU	4
INAW	4
INFANG	6
INFANGING	9
INFAUNA	7
INGA	4
INGANG	6
INIA	4
IWAN	4
IWANA	5
NAAI	4
NAAIING	7
NAAN	4
NAFF	4
NAGA	4
NAGANA	6
NAGGIN	6
NAGGING	7
NAIF	4
NAIG	4
NAIN	4
NANA	4
NANG	4
NANGA	5
NANNA	5
NANNAN	6
NGINA	5
NIFFNAFF	8
NIGUA	5
NINA	4
NINANG	6
UNAGI	5
UNAGING	7
UNAI	4
UNANGIA	7
UNAU	4
UNFANG	6
UNFANGING	9
UNGAG	5
UNGAGGING	9
UNGAIN	6
UNWANING	8
WAAG	4
WAAW	4
WAFF	4
WAFFING	7
WAGANGA	7
WAGGA	5
WAGGING	7
WAGING	6
WAIF	4
WAIFING	7
WAIN	4
WAINING	7
WANANGA	7
WANG	4
WANGA	5
WANGAN	6
WANGUN	6
WANIGAN	7
WANING	6
WANNA	5
WANNIGAN	8
WANNING	7
WIGAN	5
WIGWAG	* 6
WIGWAGGING	* 10
WINGWANG	8
WINNA	5
WUNGA	5
WUNNA	5

* compound(ish) word

AF x 1	AG x 7	AI x 2	AN x 4	AW x 3
FA x 14	FI x 1	FU x 5
GA x 15	GI x 1	GN x 4	GU x 9	GW x 1
IG x 2	IN x 9	IW x 2
NA x 16	NG x 1	NI x 4
UN x 11
WA x 22	WI x 5	WU x 2

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