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May 16, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2018, 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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Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been re­con­struct­ed from partial records. We feel reason­ably confident about the data below but cannot guar­an­tee perfect accuracy.
center letter TBEHILM
Spelling Bee for May 16, 2018

words: 19
score: 116 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 0
plurals: 1

B x 5
E x 1
H x 1
L x 3
M x 2
T x 7

5L x 8
6L x 9
7L x 1
8L x 1

  5 6 7 8 tot
B 1 3 - 1 5
E 1 - - - 1
H - 1 - - 1
L 2 1 - - 3
M - 2 - - 2
T 4 2 1 - 7
tot 8 9 1 1 19

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BE x 3 BI x 1 BL x 1
BLI x 1
EL x 1
HE x 1
LI x 3
ME x 1 MI x 1
TE x 2 TH x 2 TI x 3

plu 5 tot
T 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 29

THIMBLE

word       length      
BEETLE 6 debut
BELITTLE 8 debut
BETEL 5 debut
BILLET 6 debut
BLITHE 6 debut
ELITE 5
HELMET 6 debut
LIMIT 5 debut
LITHE 5
LITTLE 6
METTLE 6 debut
MILLET 6 debut
TEETH  5 debut
TEETHE 6 debut
THEME 5 debut
THIMBLE 7 perfect pangram, debut
TITHE 5
TITLE 5
TITTLE 6

† plural noun

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