Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
May 17, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 17, 2018, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been re­con­struct­ed from partial records. We feel reason­ably confident about the data below but cannot guar­an­tee perfect accuracy.
center letter OCFILMR
Spelling Bee for May 17, 2018

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words: 90
score: 673 pts
pangrams: 8
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 4 CL x 2 CO x 18 CR x 3
FI x 5 FL x 5 FO x 8 FR x 3
IR x 2
LI x 1 LO x 3
MI x 15 MO x 14
OR x 1
RI x 1 RO x 5

debut appearances 23

CILIFORM, CILIIFORM, COLIFORM, COROLLIFORM, FILICIFORM, FILIFORMIC, MICROFILL, MICROFILM

word       length      
COROLLIFORM 11 pangram
MICROMIRROR 11
FILICIFORM 10 pangram
FILIFORMIC 10 pangram
MICROCOCCI 10
CILIIFORM 9 pangram
CIRRIFORM 9
COLLOFORM 9
COLOCOLIC 9
COLORIFIC 9 debut
FLORIFORM 9
MICROCOIL 9
MICROCORM 9
MICROFILL 9 pangram
MICROFILM 9 pangram, debut
MICROFOCI 9
MICROFORM 9
MICROMILL 9
CILIFORM 8 pangram
COLIFORM 8 pangram
COLOCOLO 8
COOLROOM 8
COROCORO 8
FICIFORM 8
FILIFORM 8
FOLIFORM 8
FORMROOM 8
LILIFORM 8
LOCOFOCO 8
LOMILOMI 8
MICROMOL 8
MIRMILLO 8
MIROMIRO 8
MORIFORM 8
RIRORIRO 8
ROLLFORM 8
COCRICO 7
CRIOLLO 7
FORRILL 7
MILFOIL 7
MOORILL 7
MOROCCO 7 allowed elsewhere
ORIFORM 7
ROLLOFF 7
COCCIC 6
COFOCI 6
COOCOO 6
COOLIO 6
FLOCCI 6
FOOFOO 6
FORMIC 6
FORMOL 6
FROLIC 6 debut
LOIMIC 6
MIRROR 6
MOIMOI 6
MOLIMO 6
MOLLIC 6
MOMOIR 6
MOOMOO 6
ROCOCO 6 debut
ROMCOM 6 debut
CIRIO 5
CLOFF 5
CLOOF 5
COCCI 5 allowed elsewhere
COLIC 5 debut
COLOR 5 debut
COMIC 5
CORMI 5
CROCI 5
CROOL 5
FILLO 5
FLOCC 5
FLOOF 5
FLOOR 5
FOLIC 5 debut
FOLIO 5 debut
FRICO 5
FROLF 5
IRMOI 5
IRORI 5
MICRO 5
MOLOI 5
MOOLI 5
MOORI 5
MORIC 5
MORIL 5
MORRO 5
RORIC 5

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