May 13, 2023 | Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 13, 2023, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.
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Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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Center letter H: September 18, 2021words: 52
score: 342 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 2
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
A x 3
C x 28
D x 7
E x 4
H x 2
L x 7
N x 1
5L x 17
6L x 14
7L x 13
8L x 4
9L x 4
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| C | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| D | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 7 |
| E | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 |
| H | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| L | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| N | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 17 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 52 |
| cmp | 8 | 9 | tot |
| D | - | 1 | 1 |
| H | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
CHANNELED, DANCEHALL
| word | length | |||
| ACCEDE | 6 | |||
| ACCEDED | 7 | |||
| ACHED | 5 | |||
| CACHE | 5 | |||
| CACHED | 6 | |||
| CADENCE | 7 | |||
| CALLA | 5 | |||
| CALLED | 6 | |||
| CANAL | 5 | |||
| CANCAN | 6 | |||
| CANCEL | 6 | |||
| CANCELED | 8 | |||
| CANCELLED | 9 | |||
| CANDELA | 7 | |||
| CANDLE | 6 | |||
| CANED | 5 | |||
| CANNA | 5 | |||
| CANNED | 6 | |||
| CEDED | 5 | |||
| CELLED | 6 | |||
| CHALLAH | 7 | |||
| CHANCE | 6 | |||
| CHANCED | 7 | |||
| CHANCEL | 7 | |||
| CHANNEL | 7 | |||
| CHANNELED | 9 | pangram | ||
| CLADE | 5 | |||
| CLEAN | 5 | |||
| CLEANED | 7 | |||
| CLENCH | 6 | |||
| CLENCHED | 8 | |||
| DACHA | 5 | |||
| DANCE | 5 | |||
| DANCED | 6 | |||
| DANCEHALL | * 9 | pangram | ||
| DECADE | 6 | |||
| DECADENCE | 9 | |||
| DECAL | 5 | |||
| ENHANCE | 7 | |||
| ENHANCED | 8 | |||
| ENLACE | 6 | |||
| ENLACED | 7 | |||
| HEADACHE | * 8 | |||
| HENCE | 5 | |||
| LACED | 5 | |||
| LANCE | 5 | |||
| LANCED | 6 | |||
| LEACH | 5 | |||
| LEACHED | 7 | |||
| LEECH | 5 | |||
| LEECHED | 7 | |||
| NACELLE | 7 |
* compound(ish) word