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 9, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 9, 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 WAHORTY
Spelling Bee for May 9, 2018

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Center letter T: November 9, 2021
Center letter O: January 18, 2020

words: 16
score: 108 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 4

A x 3
H x 1
T x 4
W x 7
Y x 1

5L x 7
6L x 4
7L x 1
8L x 1
9L x 3

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 1 - 1 - 1 3
H - 1 - - - 1
T 1 1 - 1 1 4
W 5 1 - - 1 7
Y - 1 - - - 1
tot 7 4 1 1 3 16

cmp 8 9 tot
A - 1 1
T 1 1 2
W - 1 1
tot 1 3 4

debut appearances 26

THROWAWAY

word       length      
ARROWROOT * 9 debut
THROWAWAY * 9 pangram, debut
WORRYWART * 9 debut
THATAWAY * 8 debut
ATHWART 7 debut
HARROW 6 debut
THWART 6 debut
WORTHY 6 debut
YARROW 6 debut
ARROW 5 debut
THROW 5 debut
WAHOO 5 debut
WARTY 5 debut
WORRY 5 debut
WORTH 5 debut
WRATH 5 debut

* compound(ish) word

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