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May 31, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 31, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CL.


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center letter CEHKLMO
Spelling Bee for May 31, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter E: July 22, 2023
Center letter O: March 16, 2021
Center letter H: April 9, 2020
Center letter O: May 21, 2019

words: 103
score: 457 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

C x 56
E x 7
H x 12
K x 5
L x 10
M x 10
O x 3

4L x 32
5L x 32
6L x 23
7L x 10
8L x 4
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
C 16 19 13 5 3 - 56
E 2 3 1 1 - - 7
H 3 2 2 3 1 1 12
K 1 2 2 - - - 5
L 4 3 2 1 - - 10
M 4 3 2 - - 1 10
O 2 - 1 - - - 3
tot 32 32 23 10 4 2 103

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 4 CH x 21 CL x 8 CO x 23
CLE x 5 CLO x 3
EC x 6 EM x 1
HE x 5 HO x 7
KE x 4 KL x 1
LE x 3 LO x 7
ME x 2 MO x 8
OC x 1 OL x 1 OO x 1

debut appearances 24

HEMLOCK

word       length      
CELL 4
CELLO 5 debut
CELLOME 7
CELOM 5
CHECHE 6
CHECK 5 debut
CHEE 4
CHEEK 5 debut
CHEEKE 6
CHEEKO 6
CHEEM 5
CHELEM 6
CHEM 4 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CHEMO 5 debut
CHOCHEM 7
CHOCHO 6
CHOCK 5 debut
CHOCOLO 7
CHOKE 5 debut
CHOKO 5
CHOLE 5
CHOOCH 6
CHOOCHOO 8
CHOOK 5
CHOOM 5
CLECHE 6
CLECK 5
CLEEK 5
CLEM 4
CLEOME 6
CLOCHE 6 debut
CLOCK 5 debut
CLOME 5
COCK 4 debut
COCKHOLE 8
COCKLE 6 debut
COCO 4
COELOM 6
COELOME 7
COHO 4
COHOE 5
COKE 4 debut
COLE 4
COLL 4
COLO 4
COLOCOLO 8
COME 4 debut
COMM 4
COOCH 5
COOCOO 6
COOEE 5
COOK 4 debut
COOKEE 6
COOL 4
COOM 4
COOMKEE 7
ECCE 4
ECCLE 5
ECHELLE 7
ECHEME 6
ECHO 4 debut
ECKOL 5
EMCEE 5 debut
HECH 4
HECK 4 debut
HECKLE 6 debut
HEMLOCK 7 perfect pangram, debut
HEMOCOEL 8
HOCCO 5
HOCK 4 debut
HOCKLE 6
HOMMOCK 7
HOOCH 5
HOOKCHECK 9
HOOLOCK 7
KECK 4
KECKLE 6
KEECH 5
KELCH 5
KLOOCH 6
LECH 4
LEECH 5
LEECHEE 7
LOCH 4 debut
LOCHE 5
LOCK 4 debut
LOCO 4
LOHOCH 6
LOHOCK 6
LOOCH 5
MECK 4
MEECH 5
MOCH 4
MOCHE 5
MOCK 4 debut
MOCO 4
MOCOCK 6
MOLLEMOCK 9
MOLOCH 6
MOOCH 5 debut
OCHE 4
OLLOCK 6
OOCH 4

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