May 6, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

May 6, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 6, 2023, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for May 6, 2023

Related puzzles

Center letter F: October 11, 2021
Center letter A: August 4, 2020

words: 138
score: 928 pts
pangrams: 6
bingo: yes

A x 30
C x 48
F x 29
I x 8
L x 6
O x 8
R x 9

5L x 41
6L x 44
7L x 25
8L x 17
9L x 8
10L x 1
11L x 1
13L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	tot
A	5	14	5	3	2	1	-	-	30
C	15	12	9	6	4	-	1	1	48
F	13	7	5	4	-	-	-	-	29
I	5	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	8
L	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	6
O	-	4	-	2	2	-	-	-	8
R	1	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	9
tot	41	44	25	17	8	1	1	1	138

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

debut appearances

ACROFACIAL, CALORIFIC, COROLLIFLORAL, ORIFICAL, ORIFICIAL, OROFACIAL

word	length
AALII	5
ACACIA	6
ACACIO	6
ACALORIC	8
ACARI	5
ACOCIL	6
ACROFACIAL	10	pangram
AFFAIR	6
AIOLI	5
AIRCAR	6
AIRFALL	7
AIRFOIL	7
AIROL	5
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALCAIC	6
ALFAIA	6
ALFIL	5
ALFILARIA	9
ALFOIL	6
ALLARIC	7
ALLIACOL	8
ALLOIC	6
ALLOLALIA	9
ARACARI	7
ARACIAL	7
ARALIA	6
ARILLI	6
AROLIA	6
ARRICCIO	8
CAFFILA	7
CAFILA	6
CAICCO	6
CALCARIA	8
CALCARIC	8
CALCIC	6
CALCIFIC	8
CALCIOL	7
CALICO	6
CALIF	5
CALLI	5
CALORIC	7
CALORIFIC	9	pangram
CARIOCA	7
CAROLI	6
CARRI	5
CARROCCI	8
CARROCCIO	9
CARROCIO	8
CICALA	6
CIFAL	5
CILIA	5
CILIAL	6
CILIOLA	7
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRCI	5
CIRIO	5
CIRRAL	6
CIRRI	5
CLIFF	5
COCCI	5
COCCIC	6
COCRICO	7
COFACIAL	8
COFOCI	6
COLIC	5
COLICAL	7
COLOCOLIC	9
COLORIFIC	9
COOLIO	6
CORCAIR	7
CORIA	5
COROLLARIAL	11
COROLLIFLORAL	13	pangram
CRAIC	5
CRIOLLO	7
CROCI	5
FACIA	5
FACIAL	6
FALCIAL	7
FARARI	6
FARCICAL	8
FARIO	5
FILAR	5
FILARIA	7
FILARIAL	8
FILIAL	6
FILICAL	7
FILICIC	7
FILLO	5
FLAIL	5
FLAIR	5
FLICFLAC	8
FLOCCI	6
FOCACCIA	8
FOLIA	5
FOLIAL	6
FOLIAR	6
FOLIC	5
FOLIO	5
FORRILL	7
FRAIL	5
FRIAR	5
FRICO	5
FRILL	5
FROLIC	6
ICACO	5
ILALA	5
ILIAC	5
ILIACAL	7
ILIACI	6
ILIAL	5
ILLICIA	7
IRORI	5
LAARI	5
LACCIC	6
LAICAL	6
LILAC	5
LOCALIC	7
LORICA	6
OFFICIAL	8
OORALI	6
OORARI	6
OORIAL	6
ORARIA	6
ORIFICAL	8	pangram
ORIFICIAL	9	pangram
OROFACIAL	9	pangram
RACIAL	6
RACLOIR	7
RAFFIA	6
RAILCAR	7
RARIORA	7
RICRAC	6
RIFFRAFF	8
RIRORIRO	8
RORIC	5

AA x 1	AC x 6	AF x 1	AI x 5	AL x 11	AR x 6
CA x 19	CI x 11	CL x 1	CO x 14	CR x 3
FA x 6	FI x 7	FL x 4	FO x 7	FR x 5
IC x 1	IL x 6	IR x 1
LA x 3	LI x 1	LO x 2
OF x 1	OO x 3	OR x 4
RA x 5	RI x 3	RO x 1

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