May 9, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 9, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with TI.
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Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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Related puzzles
Center letter O: January 16, 2020words: 77
score: 309 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 1
bingo: yes
F x 17
H x 6
I x 2
O x 2
R x 15
T x 24
W x 11
4L x 33
5L x 21
6L x 10
7L x 3
8L x 7
9L x 3
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| F | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| H | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| I | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| R | 11 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 15 |
| T | 11 | 6 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| W | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 11 |
| tot | 33 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 77 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| FI x 1 | FO x 9 | FR x 7 | |
| HO x 6 | |||
| IF x 1 | IR x 1 | ||
| OF x 1 | OR x 1 | ||
| RI x 5 | RO x 10 | ||
| TH x 4 | TI x 2 | TO x 8 | TR x 10 |
| TIR x 2 | |||
| WH x 3 | WI x 1 | WO x 3 | WR x 4 |
| plu | 4 | tot |
| T | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 |
| debut appearances | 1 |
| previously disallowed debuts | 1 |
FORTHWITH
| word | length | |||
| FIRTH | 5 | |||
| FOOTROT | 7 | |||
| FORHOO | 6 | |||
| FORHOW | 6 | |||
| FORRIT | 6 | |||
| FORT | 4 | |||
| FORTH | 5 | |||
| FORTHROW | 8 | |||
| FORTHWITH | 9 | pangram | ||
| FORWORTH | 8 | |||
| FRIT | 4 | |||
| FRITH | 5 | |||
| FROOT | 5 | |||
| FROT | 4 | |||
| FROTH | 5 | |||
| FROTTOIR | 8 | |||
| FROW | 4 | |||
| HOOFROT | 7 | |||
| HORI | 4 | |||
| HORO | 4 | |||
| HORROR | 6 | |||
| HORROW | 6 | |||
| HOTR | 4 | |||
| IFRIT | 5 | |||
| IRORI | 5 | |||
| OFFTHROW | 8 | |||
| ORTHO | 5 | |||
| RIFF | 4 | |||
| RIFT | 4 | |||
| RIOT | 4 | |||
| RIRORIRO | 8 | |||
| RITT | 4 | |||
| ROOF | 4 | |||
| ROOT | 4 | |||
| ROOTROT | 7 | |||
| RORT | 4 | |||
| ROTI | 4 | |||
| ROTO | 4 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| ROTOR | 5 | |||
| ROWF | 4 | |||
| ROWT | 4 | |||
| ROWTH | 5 | |||
| THIR | 4 | |||
| THORO | 5 | |||
| THRIFT | 6 | |||
| THROW | 5 | |||
| TIRO | 4 | |||
| TIRR | 4 | |||
| TOOTHROW | 8 | |||
| TOOTHWORT | 9 | |||
| TORI | † 4 | |||
| TORII | 5 | |||
| TORO | 4 | |||
| TOROTH | 6 | |||
| TORR | 4 | |||
| TORT | 4 | |||
| TRIFF | 5 | |||
| TRIO | 4 | |||
| TRIOR | 5 | |||
| TRIT | 4 | |||
| TROT | 4 | |||
| TROTH | 5 | |||
| TROTRO | 6 | |||
| TROTTOIR | 8 | |||
| TROW | 4 | |||
| TROWTH | 6 | |||
| WHIR | 4 | |||
| WHIRR | 5 | |||
| WHORT | 5 | |||
| WITHTHROW | 9 | |||
| WORRIT | 6 | |||
| WORT | 4 | |||
| WORTH | 5 | |||
| WRIT | 4 | |||
| WRITO | 5 | |||
| WROO | 4 | |||
| WROTH | 5 | debut, previously disallowed |
† plural noun