May 12, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 12, 2021, 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.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter A: March 30, 2024Identical letters: May 11, 2020
Center letter T: May 23, 2019
Center letter O: October 11, 2018
words: 27
score: 93 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 3
A x 1
C x 14
J x 3
P x 3
T x 6
4L x 16
5L x 4
6L x 1
7L x 4
8L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot | |
| A | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| C | 7 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| J | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| T | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | 6 |
| tot | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AT x 1 | |
| CA x 2 | CO x 12 |
| JA x 2 | JO x 1 |
| PA x 2 | PO x 1 |
| TA x 3 | TO x 3 |
| cmp | 7 | tot |
| C | 1 | 1 |
| J | 1 | 1 |
| T | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 3 | 3 |
| debut appearances | 0 |
JACKPOT
| word | length | |||
| ATTACK | 6 | |||
| CACAO | 5 | |||
| CAPO | 4 | |||
| COACT | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| COAT | 4 | |||
| COCA | 4 | |||
| COCK | 4 | |||
| COCKAPOO | 8 | |||
| COCKATOO | 8 | |||
| COCOA | 5 | |||
| COOK | 4 | |||
| COOKTOP | * 7 | |||
| COOP | 4 | |||
| COOPT | 5 | |||
| COOT | 4 | |||
| JACK | 4 | |||
| JACKPOT | * 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| JOCK | 4 | |||
| PACK | 4 | |||
| PACT | 4 | |||
| POCK | 4 | |||
| TACK | 4 | |||
| TACO | 4 | |||
| TACT | 4 | |||
| TOCCATA | 7 | |||
| TOCK | 4 | |||
| TOPCOAT | * 7 |
* compound(ish) word