February 28, 2023: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

February 28, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 28, 2023, 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 February 28, 2023

Related puzzles

Center letter D: April 21, 2020
Center letter A: May 26, 2019
Center letter L: December 30, 2018

words: 134
score: 595 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 27
B x 39
D x 17
I x 4
J x 4
L x 19
R x 24

4L x 46
5L x 36
6L x 24
7L x 12
8L x 13
9L x 2
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	12	tot
A	10	7	4	3	3	-	-	27
B	9	11	8	3	6	1	1	39
D	7	4	3	3	-	-	-	17
I	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	4
J	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	4
L	6	8	3	-	1	1	-	19
R	10	6	5	1	2	-	-	24
tot	46	36	24	12	13	2	1	134

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	5	6	8	tot
L	1	1	-	2
R	1	-	1	2
tot	2	1	1	4

debut appearances

JAILBIRD

word	length
BARBARALALIA	12
BABILLARD	9
LIBRARIAL	9
ABRADIAL	8
ADRADIAL	8
ARRIBADA	8
BALBARID	8
BARADARI	8
BARRIADA	8
BILLIARD	8
BIRADARI	8
BIRADIAL	8
JAILBIRD	8	pangram
LARDBALL	8
RADIALIA	^† 8
RAILBIRD	8
AIRBALL	7
AIRBILL	7
ARARIBA	7
BALDRIB	7
BARILLA	7
BILLARD	7
DARBARI	7
DIARIAL	7
DILARID	7
ILARIID	7
IRIDIAL	7
RAJBARI	7
ARADID	6
ARALIA	6
ARILLI	6
ARRIBA	6
BAIRDI	6
BARBAL	6
BARRAD	6
BIRIBA	6
BIRRIA	6	allowed elsewhere
BRAIRD	6
BRIARD	6
BRIDAL	6
DAIRID	6
DARBAR	6
DRILID	6
IRIDAL	6
LABARA	^† 6
LABRAL	6
LABRID	6
RABADI	6
RADIAD	6
RADIAL	6
RALLID	6
RIBALD	6
ADDRA	5
ADRAD	5
AJARI	5
ARABA	5
ARARA	5
ARDRI	5
ARIID	5
BAJRA	5
BAJRI	5
BARIA	5
BARRA	5
BIDAR	5
BRAAI	5
BRAID	5
BRAIL	5
BRIAR	5
BRIDI	5
BRILL	5
DAIRA	5
DRABA	5
DRAIL	5
DRILL	5
LAARI	5
LABRA	^† 5
LAIRD	5
LARID	5
LIARD	5
LIBRA	5
LIBRI	5
LIDAR	5
RABAB	5
RABBI	5
RABID	5
RADAR	5
RADII	^† 5
RAJID	5
ABIR	4
ABRA	4
ABRI	4
AJAR	4
ALAR	4
ARAD	4
ARBA	4
ARIA	4
ARID	4
ARIL	4
BARA	4
BARB	4
BARD	4
BARI	4
BIRD	4
BIRL	4
BIRR	4
BRAD	4
BRIL	4
DARB	4
DARI	4
DARR	4
DIRA	4
DIRL	4
DRAB	4
DRIB	4
IRID	4
JARI	4
JARL	4
JIRD	4
LAIR	4
LARB	4
LARD	4
LARI	4
LIAR	4
LIRA	4
RAAD	4
RABI	4
RADA	4
RAID	4
RAIL	4
RAJA	4
RIAD	4
RIAL	4
RIBA	4
RILL	4

† plural noun

AB x 4	AD x 3	AI x 2	AJ x 2	AL x 1	AR x 15
BA x 18	BI x 10	BR x 11
DA x 7	DI x 4	DR x 6
IL x 1	IR x 3
JA x 3	JI x 1
LA x 12	LI x 7
RA x 19	RI x 5

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