May 11, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 11, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with FE.
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.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been reconstructed from partial records. We feel reasonably confident about the data below but cannot guarantee perfect accuracy.
Related puzzles
Center letter L: September 16, 2024Center letter I: March 31, 2022
Center letter E: July 6, 2020
Center letter H: January 15, 2020
words: 95
score: 464 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
C x 47
E x 7
F x 15
H x 3
I x 3
L x 16
Y x 4
4L x 20
5L x 34
6L x 29
7L x 5
8L x 5
9L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| C | 9 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 3 | - | 47 |
| E | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| F | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| H | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| I | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| L | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 16 |
| Y | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| tot | 20 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 95 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| CE x 7 | CH x 24 | CI x 5 | CL x 6 | CY x 5 |
| EC x 5 | EL x 2 | |||
| FE x 4 | FI x 4 | FL x 6 | FY x 1 | |
| FEC x 1 | FEL x 3 | |||
| HE x 1 | HI x 1 | HY x 1 | ||
| IC x 3 | ||||
| LE x 7 | LI x 6 | LY x 3 | ||
| YE x 4 |
| plu | 4 | 5 | tot |
| C | - | 1 | 1 |
| L | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 28 |
CHIEFLY
| word | length | |||
| CECIL | 5 | |||
| CEIL | 4 | |||
| CEILI | 5 | |||
| CELL | 4 | debut | ||
| CELLI | † 5 | debut | ||
| CELLIE | 6 | |||
| CELLY | 5 | |||
| CHECHE | 6 | |||
| CHEE | 4 | |||
| CHEF | 4 | debut | ||
| CHEFFY | 6 | |||
| CHEFLY | 6 | |||
| CHIC | 4 | debut | ||
| CHICH | 5 | |||
| CHICHI | 6 | debut | ||
| CHICLE | 6 | debut | ||
| CHICLY | 6 | debut | ||
| CHIEF | 5 | debut | ||
| CHIEFLY | 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| CHIEL | 5 | |||
| CHIFF | 5 | |||
| CHILE | 5 | |||
| CHILI | 5 | debut | ||
| CHILL | 5 | debut | ||
| CHILLI | 6 | |||
| CHILLILY | 8 | |||
| CHILLY | 6 | debut | ||
| CHYLE | 5 | |||
| CHYLIC | 6 | |||
| CHYLIFIC | 8 | |||
| CHYLIFY | 7 | |||
| CICELY | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| CIEL | 4 | |||
| CILICE | 6 | |||
| CILL | 4 | |||
| CILLY | 5 | |||
| CLECHE | 6 | |||
| CLECHY | 6 | |||
| CLEF | 4 | debut | ||
| CLICHE | 6 | debut | ||
| CLIFF | 5 | debut | ||
| CLIFFY | 6 | |||
| CYCLE | 5 | debut | ||
| CYCLI | 5 | |||
| CYCLIC | 6 | debut | ||
| CYCLICLY | 8 | |||
| CYLE | 4 | |||
| ECCE | 4 | |||
| ECCHI | 5 | |||
| ECCLE | 5 | |||
| ECHELLE | 7 | |||
| ECYCLE | 6 | |||
| ELCHI | 5 | |||
| ELICHE | 6 | |||
| FECHFECH | 8 | |||
| FELCH | 5 | |||
| FELICIFIC | 9 | |||
| FELLIC | 6 | |||
| FICE | 4 | |||
| FICHE | 5 | debut | ||
| FILCH | 5 | debut | ||
| FILICIC | 7 | |||
| FLECHE | 6 | |||
| FLEECE | 6 | debut | ||
| FLEECH | 6 | |||
| FLEECILY | 8 | |||
| FLEECY | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| FLIC | 4 | |||
| FYCE | 4 | |||
| HECH | 4 | |||
| HILCH | 5 | |||
| HYLIC | 5 | |||
| ICEY | 4 | |||
| ICICLE | 6 | debut | ||
| ICILY | 5 | debut | ||
| LECCY | 5 | |||
| LECH | 4 | debut | ||
| LECHI | 5 | |||
| LECHY | 5 | |||
| LEECH | 5 | debut | ||
| LEECHEE | 7 | |||
| LEECHY | 6 | |||
| LICE | † 4 | debut | ||
| LICEY | 5 | |||
| LICH | 4 | |||
| LICHEE | 6 | |||
| LICHI | 5 | |||
| LIFECYCLE | 9 | |||
| LYCEE | 5 | |||
| LYCH | 4 | |||
| LYCHEE | 6 | debut | ||
| YECCH | 5 | debut | ||
| YECCHY | 6 | |||
| YECH | 4 | debut | ||
| YECHY | 5 |
† plural noun