May 18, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 18, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 18, 2022, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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Spelling Bee for May 18, 2022

Related puzzles

Center letter I: December 7, 2023
Center letter C: August 6, 2019

words: 156
score: 873 pts
pangrams: 3
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

C x 35
F x 18
I x 20
L x 14
N x 40
O x 15
T x 14

4L x 36
5L x 34
6L x 31
7L x 19
8L x 14
9L x 9
10L x 10
11L x 2
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
C	4	7	8	7	4	1	1	2	1	35
F	3	4	4	4	1	2	-	-	-	18
I	4	6	3	1	1	1	4	-	-	20
L	6	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
N	11	6	7	4	4	4	4	-	-	40
O	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	15
T	3	5	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	14
tot	36	34	31	19	14	9	10	2	1	156

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	4	5	7	8	tot
C	-	-	1	1	2
O	1	-	-	-	1
T	1	1	-	-	2
tot	2	1	1	1	5

debut appearances

CONFLICT, CONFLICTION, INFLICTION

word	length
CLONICOTONIC	12
COLOCOLONIC	11
CONFLICTION	11	pangram
CONCOCTION	10
ILICICOLIN	10
ILLINITION	10
INFLICTION	10	pangram
INTINCTION	10
NONCOLITIC	10
NONCOLONIC	10
NONFICTION	10
NONOOLITIC	10
OCTONIONIC	10
COTILLION	9
FILICININ	9
FLOTILLIN	9
INFILLION	9
NICOTINIC	9
NONCOTTON	9
NONICONIC	9
NONILLION	9
OCTILLION	9
CINCINNI	^† 8
CLITOCIN	8
CONFLICT	8	pangram
COTILLON	8
FLOTILIN	8
INOTOCIN	8
NOLITION	8
NONFLINT	8
NONIONIC	8
NONTONIC	8
OCTONION	8
OTOCONIN	8
TINCTION	8
TINNITIC	8
CICINNI	^† 7
CLITION	7
COFILIN	7
COITION	7
COLICIN	7
COLONIC	7
CONCOCT	7
FICOLIN	7
FICTION	7
FINFOOT	7
FINNIFF	7
INFLICT	7
NICOTIC	7
NICOTIN	7
NITINOL	7
NONITOL	7
ONCOTIC	7
ONICOLO	7
TINFOIL	7	debut
CLINIC	6
CLONIC	6
COCOON	6
COFFIN	6
COILIN	6
COLONI	6
CONFIT	6
COTTON	6
FINIFF	6
FINITO	6
FINNIF	6
FINNOC	6
ICONIC	6
ILICIN	6
INFILL	6
LIFTIN	6
LINTOL	6
LONNIN	6
LOTION	6
NOCINO	6
NONFIT	6
NONILL	6
NONION	6
NONOIL	6
NONTIN	6
NOTION	6
ONONIN	6
OTOLIN	6
TIFFIN	6
TOCINO	6
TOLLON	6
CINCT	5
CLINT	5
COION	5
COLIN	5
COLON	5
CONIC	5
CONTO	5
FICIN	5
FINIF	5
FLINT	5
FONIO	5
INFIT	5
INFON	5
INION	5
INNIT	5
INTIL	5
IONIC	5
LININ	5
LOCIN	5
LOCON	5
LONCO	5
NINON	5
NITIC	5
NITON	5
NONIC	5
NONNO	5
NOOIT	5
ONION	5
ONTIC	5
TINCT	5
TITIN	5
TONIC	5
TONOI	^† 5
TONTO	5
CION	4
COIN	4
CONI	4
CONN	4
FINO	4
FOIN	4
FONT	4
ICON	4
INFO	4
INTI	4
INTO	4
LINN	4
LINO	4
LINT	4
LION	4
LOIN	4
LOON	4
NIFF	4
NILL	4
NOIL	4
NOIT	4
NOLL	4
NOLO	4
NONI	4
NONO	4
NOON	4
NOOT	4
NOTT	4
OINT	4
ONCT	4
ONOI	^† 4
ONTO	4
OONT	4
TINT	4
TONI	^† 4
TOON	4

† plural noun

CI x 4	CL x 6	CO x 25
FI x 12	FL x 3	FO x 3
IC x 2	IL x 3	IN x 14	IO x 1
LI x 7	LO x 7
NI x 9	NO x 31
OC x 3	OI x 1	ON x 8	OO x 1	OT x 2
TI x 7	TO x 7

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