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 14, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 14, 2022, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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Instructions

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center letter DAILNVY
Spelling Bee for May 14, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter A: January 17, 2024

words: 105
score: 646 pts
pangrams: 2
bingo: yes

A x 11
D x 39
I x 14
L x 13
N x 9
V x 16
Y x 3

5L x 47
6L x 28
7L x 17
8L x 9
9L x 2
10L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 3 6 1 1 - - 11
D 21 6 7 4 - 1 39
I 7 3 2 1 1 - 14
L 4 5 2 2 - - 13
N 3 4 1 - 1 - 9
V 7 3 4 1 - 1 16
Y 2 1 - - - - 3
tot 47 28 17 9 2 2 105

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AD x 3 AI x 1 AL x 2 AN x 3 AV x 2
DA x 20 DI x 18 DV x 1
ID x 3 IL x 1 IN x 10
LA x 8 LI x 4 LY x 1
NA x 6 NI x 3
VA x 9 VI x 7
YA x 3

debut appearances 3

INVALIDLY, VANADYLIAN

word       length      
ADLAND 6
ADLAY 5
ADVILLIN 8
AIDID 5
ALAND 5
ALYDID 6
ANILID 6
ANILIID 7
ANYDAY 6
AVIDIN 6
AVIDLY 6
DAANA 5
DADDA 5
DADDY 5
DADLY 5
DADYL 5
DAILY 5
DAIVA 5
DALAAL 6
DALADALA 8
DALAL 5
DALLY 5
DANAID 6
DANDA 5
DANDI 5
DANDILY 7
DANDIYA 7
DANDY 5
DAVALLIA 8
DAVIDIA 7
DAYLILY 7
DIALID 6
DIALIN 6
DIALLYL 7
DIDDLY 6
DIDDY 5
DIDNA 5
DIDNY 5
DILAL 5
DILLY 5
DILLYDALLY 10
DINNA 5
DIVAN 5
DIVIDIVI 8
DIVINIID 8
DIVINYL 7
DIVVY 5
DIYNYL 6
DIYYA 5
DVANDVA 7
IDLILY 6
IDYLL 5
IDYLLIAN 8
ILIAD 5
INDAN 5
INDANYL 7
INDIA 5
INDIN 5
INIAD 5
INIID 5
INLAID 6
INLAND 6
INVALID 7 debut
INVALIDLY 9 pangram, debut
LADDY 5
LAIDLY 6
LALLAND 7
LANDAY 6
LANDLADY 8
LANDLY 6
LANIID 6
LAVANDIN 8
LILIID 6
LINDY 5
LIVID 5
LIVIDLY 7
LYDIA 5
NAIAD 5
NAIDID 6
NANDID 6
NANDINA 7
NANDINIID 9
NAVAID 6
NIDAL 5
NIDDA 5
NINDAN 6
VAIDYA 6
VALID 5
VALIDLY 7
VANADIA 7
VANADIAN 8
VANADYL 7
VANADYLIAN 10 pangram
VANDA 5
VANDAL 6 debut
VIAND 5 disallowed elsewhere
VIDAN 5
VIDANA 6
VIDDY 5
VIVDA 5
VIVID 5
VIVIDLY 7
YADDA 5
YADNYA 6
YANDY 5

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