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May 9, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 9, 2021, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter LBGINOW
Spelling Bee for May 9, 2021

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Center letter W: September 19, 2022

words: 141
score: 1,010 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 2
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

B x 40
G x 22
I x 5
L x 33
N x 16
O x 16
W x 9

5L x 24
6L x 37
7L x 37
8L x 26
9L x 9
10L x 6
11L x 1
14L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 tot
B 9 7 12 6 3 2 - 1 40
G 4 5 5 6 1 1 - - 22
I 1 1 1 - 2 - - - 5
L 7 12 11 2 - 1 - - 33
N - 3 6 3 1 2 1 - 16
O 3 7 1 4 1 - - - 16
W - 2 1 5 1 - - - 9
tot 24 37 37 26 9 6 1 1 141

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BI x 18 BL x 6 BO x 16
GI x 5 GL x 6 GN x 1 GO x 10
IG x 2 IN x 3
LI x 10 LO x 23
NI x 4 NO x 12
OB x 6 OG x 3 OI x 1 OL x 2 ON x 1 OO x 2 OW x 1
WI x 7 WO x 2
WOB x 1 WOG x 1

plu 5 tot
L 1 1
tot 1 1

BILLOWING, BLOWING, BOWLING, INBLOWING, WOBBLING

word       length      
BIBBLING 8
BIBLIOBLOG 10
BIBLIOBLOGGING 14
BIGOLI 6
BILBO 5
BILGING 7
BILIN 5
BILING 6
BILLING 7
BILLIO 6
BILLION 7
BILLON 6
BILLOW 6
BILLOWING 9 pangram
BILOBOL 7
BINGLING 8
BIOLOGGING 10
BIOOIL 6
BLING 5
BLINI 5
BLOBBING 8
BLOGGING 8
BLOWING 7 perfect pangram
BLOWN 5
BOBBLING 8
BOBBOL 6
BOBOL 5
BOGGLING 8
BOGOLON 7
BOILING 7
BOLILLO 7
BOLIN 5
BOLLING 7
BOLOGNINI 9
BOLOGNINO 9
BOLOING 7
BOLON 5
BOOLING 7
BOWLING 7 perfect pangram
BOWLO 5
GIBLI 5
GIGGLING 8
GIGOLO 6
GILLING 7
GINGLING 8
GLOBBING 8
GLOBIN 6
GLOBING 7
GLOGG 5
GLONOIN 7
GLOWING 7
GNOLL 5
GOBBLING 8
GOBLIN 6
GOGGLING 8
GOLGIN 6
GOLLI 5
GOOGILLION 10
GOOGLING 8
GOOGOL 6
GOOGOLGON 9
GOWLING 7
IGLOO 5
IGNOBLING 9
INBLOW 6
INBLOWING 9 pangram
INBLOWN 7
LIBBING 7
LIGGING 7
LIGNIN 6
LIGNOL 6
LILLING 7
LINGO 5
LININ 5
LINING 6
LINNING 7
LINNOW 6
LOBBING 7
LOBING 6
LOBOLO 6
LOGGING 7
LOGIN 5
LOGION 6
LOGLOG 6
LOGOI  5
LOGON 5
LOLIGO 6
LOLLING 7
LONGBOW 7
LONGI 5
LONGING 7
LONGLINING 10
LONGWING 8
LONGWOOL 8
LONNIN 6
LOOING 6
LOONG 5
LOONING 7
LOWING 6
LOWLING 7
NIBBLING 8
NIBLING 7
NIGGLING 8
NILLING 7
NOBBLING 8
NOBILIN 7
NONBLOG 7
NONBLOGGING 11
NONBOILING 10
NONGLOWING 10
NONILL 6
NONILLION 9
NONLONG 7
NONLOW 6
NONOIL 6
NONWOOL 7
OBLIGING 8
OBLONG 6
OBLONGING 9
OBOLI 5
OBOLO 5
OBOLOI 6
OGGLING 7
OGLING 6
OGLIO 5
OILING 6
OLIGONOL 8
OLINGO 6
ONLINING 8
OOGONIOL 8
OOLONG 6
OWLING 6
WIBBLING 8
WIGGLING 8
WILING 6
WILIWILI 8
WILLING 7
WILLOW 6
WILLOWING 9
WOBBLING 8 pangram
WOGGLING 8

† plural noun

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