May 26, 2022 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 26, 2022, alongside other analysis.
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 N: January 24, 2024Center letter P: April 18, 2021
Center letter A: October 18, 2020
words: 46
score: 219 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 4
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AI x 1 | AN x 3 | AP x 1 | AR x 2 |
| DI x 2 | DR x 3 | ||
| IN x 2 | IR x 1 | ||
| NA x 2 | NO x 3 | ||
| ON x 1 | OP x 2 | OR x 1 | |
| PA x 6 | PI x 3 | PO x 1 | PR x 1 |
| RA x 9 | RI x 2 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| A | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| I | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| R | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| plu | 5 | tot |
| P | 1 | 1 |
| R | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 2 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 1 | |
| previously disallowed debuts | 1 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | apiarian |
PARANOID, RAINDROP
| word | length | |||
| AIRDROP | * 7 | |||
| ANDIRON | 7 | |||
| ANDROID | 7 | |||
| ANION | 5 | |||
| APIAN | 5 | |||
| ARIA | 4 | |||
| ARID | 4 | |||
| DINAR | 5 | |||
| DINO | 4 | |||
| DRAIN | 5 | |||
| DRIP | 4 | |||
| DROID | 5 | |||
| INDOOR | * 6 | |||
| INROAD | * 6 | |||
| IRON | 4 | |||
| NADIR | 5 | |||
| NAIAD | 5 | |||
| NOIR | 4 | |||
| NONPAID | 7 | |||
| NORI | 4 | debut, previously disallowed | ||
| ONION | 5 | |||
| OPINION | 7 | |||
| OPIOID | 6 | |||
| ORDAIN | 6 | |||
| PAID | 4 | |||
| PAIN | 4 | |||
| PAIR | 4 | |||
| PANINI | 6 | |||
| PARANOIA | 8 | |||
| PARANOID | 8 | pangram | ||
| PIANO | 5 | |||
| PINION | 6 | |||
| PIPPIN | 6 | |||
| PODIA | † 5 | |||
| PRIOR | 5 | |||
| RADIAN | 6 | |||
| RADII | † 5 | |||
| RADIO | 5 | |||
| RAID | 4 | |||
| RAIN | 4 | |||
| RAINDROP | * 8 | pangram | ||
| RANI | 4 | |||
| RAPID | 5 | |||
| RAPINI | 6 | |||
| RIND | 4 | |||
| RIPARIAN | 8 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun