May 17, 2022 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 17, 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 L: May 3, 2024Center letter C: May 8, 2023
Center letter I: January 19, 2021
words: 24
score: 119 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 6
A x 3
B x 8
C x 3
F x 4
K x 4
L x 2
4L x 8
5L x 8
6L x 1
8L x 5
9L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| B | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| C | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| F | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| K | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| L | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| tot | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| cmp | 8 | 9 | tot |
| B | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 1 | - | 1 |
| F | 1 | - | 1 |
| K | 2 | - | 2 |
| tot | 5 | 1 | 6 |
BACKFILL
| word | length | |||
| BALALAIKA | 9 | |||
| BLACKBALL | * 9 | |||
| BACKFILL | * 8 | pangram | ||
| CALLBACK | * 8 | |||
| FALLBACK | * 8 | |||
| KICKBACK | * 8 | |||
| KICKBALL | * 8 | |||
| ALKALI | 6 | |||
| ABACK | 5 | |||
| ALACK | 5 | |||
| BABKA | 5 | |||
| BLACK | 5 | |||
| CLACK | 5 | |||
| CLICK | 5 | |||
| FLACK | 5 | |||
| FLICK | 5 | |||
| BACK | 4 | |||
| BALK | 4 | |||
| BILK | 4 | |||
| FLAK | 4 | |||
| KICK | 4 | |||
| KILL | 4 | |||
| LACK | 4 | |||
| LICK | 4 |
* compound(ish) word