May 31, 2018 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 31, 2018, 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 O: May 21, 2019
words: 31
score: 103 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
plurals: 0
C x 17
E x 2
H x 5
L x 5
M x 2
4L x 16
5L x 11
6L x 3
7L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | tot | |
| C | 8 | 7 | 2 | - | 17 |
| E | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| H | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| L | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| M | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| tot | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| cmp | 5 | 7 | tot |
| E | 1 | - | 1 |
| H | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 24 |
HEMLOCK
| word | length | |||
| CELL | 4 | |||
| CELLO | 5 | debut | ||
| CHECK | 5 | debut | ||
| CHEEK | 5 | debut | ||
| CHEM | 4 | debut, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| CHEMO | 5 | debut | ||
| CHOCK | 5 | debut | ||
| CHOKE | 5 | debut | ||
| CLOCHE | 6 | debut | ||
| CLOCK | 5 | debut | ||
| COCK | 4 | debut | ||
| COCKLE | 6 | debut | ||
| COHO | 4 | |||
| COKE | 4 | debut | ||
| COME | 4 | debut | ||
| COOK | 4 | debut | ||
| COOL | 4 | |||
| ECHO | 4 | debut | ||
| EMCEE | * 5 | debut | ||
| HECK | 4 | debut | ||
| HECKLE | 6 | debut | ||
| HEMLOCK | * 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| HOCK | 4 | debut | ||
| HOOCH | 5 | |||
| LECH | 4 | |||
| LEECH | 5 | |||
| LOCH | 4 | debut | ||
| LOCK | 4 | debut | ||
| LOCO | 4 | |||
| MOCK | 4 | debut | ||
| MOOCH | 5 | debut |
* compound(ish) word