Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
May 8, 2023 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 8, 2023, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter CABFIKL
Spelling Bee for May 8, 2023

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Center letter L: May 3, 2024
Center letter K: May 17, 2022
Center letter I: January 19, 2021

words: 26
score: 165 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 6
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 2 AC x 1 AL x 1
BA x 2 BI x 1 BL x 2
CA x 4 CI x 1 CL x 3
CAB x 2 CAL x 2
FA x 2 FL x 2
IL x 1
KI x 2
LA x 1 LI x 1

cmp 8 9 tot
B 1 1 2
C 1 - 1
F 1 - 1
K 2 - 2
tot 5 1 6

plu 5 7 tot
A 1 - 1
B - 1 1
C 1 - 1
tot 2 1 3

BACKFILL

word       length      
ABACI  5
ABACK 5
ACACIA 6
ALACK 5
BACILLI  7
BACKFILL * 8 pangram
BIBLICAL 8
BLACK 5
BLACKBALL * 9
CABAL 5
CABALA 6
CALLA 5
CALLBACK * 8
CILIA  5
CLACK 5
CLICK 5
CLIFF 5
FACIAL 6
FALLBACK * 8
FLACK 5
FLICK 5
ILIAC 5
KICKBACK * 8
KICKBALL * 8
LAICAL 6
LILAC 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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