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May 4, 2023 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 4, 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.

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center letter HEGILNT
Spelling Bee for May 4, 2023

words: 51
score: 405 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 1
compounds: 6
plurals: 1

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
EI x 5 EN x 2
HE x 6 HI x 7
LE x 3 LI x 6
LIG x 5 LIT x 1
NE x 2 NI x 6
TE x 4 TH x 4 TI x 6

cmp 8 9 10 12 tot
E 1 - 1 - 2
H - 1 - 1 2
N - - 2 - 2
tot 1 1 3 1 6

plu 5 tot
T 1 1
tot 1 1

ENLIGHTEN, ENLIGHTENING, LENGTHENING, LIGHTEN, LIGHTENING

word       length      
EIGHT 5
EIGHTEEN * 8
EIGHTEENTH * 10
EIGHTH 6
EIGHTIETH 9
ENLIGHTEN 9 pangram
ENLIGHTENING 12 pangram
HEELING 7
HEIGHT 6
HEIGHTEN 8
HEIGHTENING 11
HEINIE 6
HENGE 5
HIGHLIGHT * 9
HIGHLIGHTING * 12
HILLING 7
HINGE 5
HINGING 7
HINTING 7
HITTING 7
LENGTH 6
LENGTHEN 8
LENGTHENING 11 pangram
LIGHT 5
LIGHTEN 7 perfect pangram
LIGHTENING 10 pangram
LIGHTING 8
LIGHTNING 9
LITHE 5
NEIGH 5
NEIGHING 8
NIGHT 5
NIGHTIE 7
NIGHTLIGHT * 10
NINETEENTH * 10
NINETIETH 9
NINTH 5
TEETH  5
TEETHE 6
TEETHING 8
TENTH 5
THIGH 5
THINE 5
THING 5
THINNING 8
TIGHT 5
TIGHTEN 7
TIGHTENING 10
TILTH 5
TITHE 5
TITHING 7

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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