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May 12, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 12, 2018, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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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 TABDGIR
Spelling Bee for May 12, 2018

words: 19
score: 117 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 4
plurals: 1

A x 3
B x 1
D x 2
G x 1
R x 4
T x 8

5L x 9
6L x 6
7L x 3
8L x 1

  5 6 7 8 tot
A 3 - - - 3
B - - - 1 1
D 1 - 1 - 2
G - - 1 - 1
R - 3 1 - 4
T 5 3 - - 8
tot 9 6 3 1 19

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AG x 1 AT x 2
BR x 1
BRA x 1
DI x 2
GI x 1
RA x 3 RI x 1
TA x 3 TI x 3 TR x 2

cmp 6 7 tot
D - 1 1
R 1 1 2
T 1 - 1
tot 2 2 4

plu 5 tot
A 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 30

DIRTBAG

word       length      
AGITA 5 debut
ATRIA  5 debut
ATTAR 5 debut
BRAGGART 8 debut
DIGIT 5 debut
DIRTBAG * 7 perfect pangram, debut
GIGABIT 7 debut
RABBIT 6 debut
RAGTAG * 6 debut
RATATAT * 7 debut
RIBBIT 6 debut
TABARD 6 debut
TAIGA 5 debut
TARTAR 6 debut
TIARA 5 debut
TIBIA 5 debut
TIDBIT * 6 debut
TRAIT 5 debut
TRIAD 5 debut

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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