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April 16, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from April 16, 2022, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter FAELNTU
Spelling Bee for April 16, 2022

words: 104
score: 735 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 6
E x 7
F x 58
L x 9
N x 2
T x 7
U x 15

5L x 20
6L x 31
7L x 30
8L x 14
9L x 6
10L x 2
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 1 1 3 1 - - - 6
E 1 3 2 1 - - - 7
F 14 18 14 8 3 - 1 58
L 1 2 5 1 - - - 9
N 1 1 - - - - - 2
T - 1 5 - - 1 - 7
U 2 5 1 3 3 1 - 15
tot 20 31 30 14 6 2 1 104

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AF x 3 AL x 2 AU x 1
EF x 4 EL x 2 EN x 1
FA x 21 FE x 9 FL x 23 FU x 5
LA x 1 LE x 6 LU x 2
NA x 1 NE x 1
TA x 2 TE x 2 TU x 3
UN x 15
UNA x 1 UNE x 1 UNF x 11 UNL x 1 UNT x 1

debut appearances 9
previously disallowed debuts 1
newly reallowed words 1

AFFLUENT, FAUNLET, FLATULENT, UNAFFLUENT, UNFATEFUL, UNFLATTEN

word       length      
FLANNELETTE 11
TUFTAFFETA 10
UNAFFLUENT 10 pangram
FLANNELET 9
FLATULATE 9
FLATULENT 9 pangram, debut
UNFATEFUL 9 pangram
UNFLATTEN 9 pangram
UNTUNEFUL 9 debut, previously disallowed
AFFLUENT 8 pangram, debut
EFFLUENT 8
FAULTFUL 8
FAUNULAE 8
FELLATEE 8
FLATETTE 8
FLATFEET 8 newly reallowed
FLATLEAF 8
FLATULAE 8
FLUELLEN 8
LEAFFALL 8
UNEFFETE 8
UNFALLEN 8
UNFLUENT 8
AFLAUNT 7
ALFALFA 7
AUFLAUF 7
EFFLATE 7
ELFETTE 7
FALAFEL 7
FANLEAF 7
FATEFUL 7
FAUNLET 7 perfect pangram
FAUNULA 7
FAUNULE 7
FEETFUL 7
FELAFEL 7
FELLATE 7
FLANNEL 7 debut
FLANNEN 7
FLATLET 7
FLATTEN 7 debut
FLATULA 7
LANEFUL 7
LEAFFUL 7
LEAFLET 7
LEAFULE 7
LULLFUL 7
TAFFETA 7
TALEFUL 7
TEALEAF 7
TENTFUL 7
TUNEFUL 7
UNFATAL 7
AFETAL 6
EFFELL 6
EFFETE 6
ENFANT 6
FAFFLE 6
FALLAL 6
FALLEN 6 debut
FANNEL 6
FATELE 6
FATTEN 6 debut
FAUNAE 6 debut
FAUNAL 6
FENNEL 6
FETTLE 6
FLAUNT 6 debut
FLAUTA 6
FLUATE 6
FLUENT 6
FUFFLE 6
FULLEN 6
FUNANA 6
FUNNEL 6
LEAFEN 6
LEAFET 6
NETFUL 6
TUFFET 6
UNFEEL 6
UNFELT 6
UNFUEL 6
UNFULL 6
UNLEAF 6
ALEFT 5
ELFEN 5
FAENA 5
FANAL 5
FATAL 5
FAULT 5
FAUNA 5
FELLA 5
FETAL 5
FETTA 5
FLAFF 5
FLEEN 5
FLEET 5
FLUFF 5
FLUTE 5
FULLA 5
LUFFA 5
NAFEN 5
UNFAT 5
UNFUN 5

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