May 9, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 9, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 9, 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 9, 2021

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Center letter W: September 19, 2022

words: 185
score: 1,054 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 2
compounds: 10
bingo: yes

B x 52
G x 29
I x 7
L x 48
N x 20
O x 18
W x 11

4L x 44
5L x 24
6L x 37
7L x 37
8L x 26
9L x 9
10L x 6
11L x 1
14L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	14	tot
B	12	9	7	12	6	3	2	-	1	52
G	7	4	5	5	6	1	1	-	-	29
I	2	1	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	7
L	15	7	12	11	2	-	1	-	-	48
N	4	-	3	6	3	1	2	1	-	20
O	2	3	7	1	4	1	-	-	-	18
W	2	-	2	1	5	1	-	-	-	11
tot	44	24	37	37	26	9	6	1	1	185

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
I	-	1	1	-	1	-	3
L	2	-	1	2	-	1	6
O	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
tot	2	1	2	3	1	1	10

BILLOWING, BLOWING, BOWLING, INBLOWING, WOBBLING

word	length
BIBLIOBLOGGING	14
NONBLOGGING	11
BIBLIOBLOG	10
BIOLOGGING	10
GOOGILLION	10
LONGLINING	* 10
NONBOILING	10
NONGLOWING	10
BILLOWING	9	pangram
BOLOGNINI	9
BOLOGNINO	9
GOOGOLGON	9
IGNOBLING	9
INBLOWING	* 9	pangram
NONILLION	9
OBLONGING	9
WILLOWING	9
BIBBLING	8
BINGLING	8
BLOBBING	8
BLOGGING	8
BOBBLING	8
BOGGLING	8
GIGGLING	8
GINGLING	8
GLOBBING	8
GOBBLING	8
GOGGLING	8
GOOGLING	8
LONGWING	* 8
LONGWOOL	* 8
NIBBLING	8
NIGGLING	8
NOBBLING	8
OBLIGING	8
OLIGONOL	8
ONLINING	* 8
OOGONIOL	8
WIBBLING	8
WIGGLING	8
WILIWILI	8
WOBBLING	8	pangram
WOGGLING	8
BILGING	7
BILLING	7
BILLION	7
BILOBOL	7
BLOWING	7	perfect pangram
BOGOLON	7
BOILING	7
BOLILLO	7
BOLLING	7
BOLOING	7
BOOLING	7
BOWLING	7	perfect pangram
GILLING	7
GLOBING	7
GLONOIN	7
GLOWING	7
GOWLING	7
INBLOWN	* 7
LIBBING	7
LIGGING	7
LILLING	7
LINNING	7
LOBBING	7
LOGGING	7
LOLLING	7
LONGBOW	* 7
LONGING	7
LOONING	7
LOWLING	7
NIBLING	7
NILLING	7
NOBILIN	7
NONBLOG	7
NONLONG	7
NONWOOL	7
OGGLING	7
WILLING	7
BIGOLI	6
BILING	6
BILLIO	6
BILLON	6
BILLOW	6
BIOOIL	6
BOBBOL	6
GIGOLO	6
GLOBIN	6
GOBLIN	6
GOLGIN	6
GOOGOL	6
INBLOW	* 6
LIGNIN	6
LIGNOL	6
LINING	6
LINNOW	6
LOBING	6
LOBOLO	6
LOGION	6
LOGLOG	6
LOLIGO	6
LONNIN	6
LOOING	6
LOWING	6
NONILL	6
NONLOW	6
NONOIL	6
OBLONG	6
OBOLOI	6
OGLING	6
OILING	6
OLINGO	6
OOLONG	6
OWLING	6
WILING	6
WILLOW	6
BILBO	5
BILIN	5
BLING	5
BLINI	5
BLOWN	5
BOBOL	5
BOLIN	5
BOLON	5
BOWLO	5
GIBLI	5
GLOGG	5
GNOLL	5
GOLLI	5
IGLOO	5
LINGO	5
LININ	5
LOGIN	* 5
LOGOI	5
LOGON	* 5
LONGI	5
LOONG	5
OBOLI	5
OBOLO	5
OGLIO	5
BILL	4
BILO	4
BLIN	4
BLOB	4
BLOG	4
BLOW	4
BOIL	4
BOLI	4
BOLL	4
BOLO	4
BOOL	4
BOWL	4
GILL	4
GILO	4
GLIB	4
GLOB	4
GLOW	4
GOOL	4
GOWL	4
IGIL	4
ILLO	4
LILL	4
LILO	4
LING	4
LINN	4
LINO	4
LION	4
LOBI	4
LOBO	4
LOGO	4
LOIN	4
LOLL	4
LONG	4
LOOB	4
LOON	4
LOWN	4
NILL	4
NOIL	4
NOLL	4
NOLO	4
OBOL	4
OLIO	4
WILL	4
WOOL	4

* compound(ish) word

BI x 20	BL x 10	BO x 22
GI x 7	GL x 9	GN x 1	GO x 12
IG x 3	IL x 1	IN x 3
LI x 16	LO x 32
NI x 5	NO x 15
OB x 7	OG x 3	OI x 1	OL x 3	ON x 1	OO x 2	OW x 1
WI x 8	WO x 3

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