May 20, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 20, 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 . 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.
Related puzzles
Center letter C: April 29, 2024Center letter U: March 12, 2020
Center letter A: October 19, 2019
Center letter H: November 16, 2018
words: 128
score: 623 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 2
plurals: 1
bingo: yes
A x 30
C x 48
H x 12
N x 5
R x 19
U x 8
Y x 6
4L x 33
5L x 45
6L x 24
7L x 14
8L x 6
9L x 6
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 4 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| C | 8 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 48 |
| H | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 12 |
| N | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| R | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
| U | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Y | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| tot | 33 | 45 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 128 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AC x 8 | AH x 2 | AN x 5 | AR x 12 | AU x 2 | AY x 1 |
| CA x 16 | CH x 14 | CR x 10 | CU x 8 | ||
| HA x 7 | HU x 5 | ||||
| NA x 5 | |||||
| RA x 12 | RU x 7 | ||||
| UH x 1 | UN x 5 | UR x 2 | |||
| YA x 6 |
| plu | 6 | tot |
| A | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 |
| debut appearances | 0 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | unary |
RAUNCHY, UNCHARY, UNRAUNCHY
| word | length | |||
| AHURUHURU | 9 | |||
| ARRACACHA | 9 | |||
| CARRANCHA | 9 | |||
| CRANACHAN | 9 | |||
| CUCARACHA | 9 | |||
| UNRAUNCHY | 9 | pangram | ||
| ACCURACY | 8 | |||
| CARACARA | 8 | |||
| CARANCHA | 8 | |||
| CRACHACH | 8 | |||
| NAUCRARY | 8 | |||
| UNCHURCH | 8 | |||
| ACHARYA | 7 | |||
| ANARCHY | 7 | |||
| ANNUARY | 7 | |||
| CARACCA | 7 | |||
| CARANNA | 7 | |||
| CARAUNA | 7 | |||
| CARNARY | 7 | |||
| CARRUCA | 7 | |||
| CHURCHY | 7 | |||
| CRAUNCH | 7 | |||
| CRUNCHY | 7 | |||
| CURRACH | 7 | |||
| RAUNCHY | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| UNCHARY | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| ACHAAR | 6 | |||
| ACRACY | 6 | |||
| ANARCH | 6 | |||
| ANURAN | 6 | |||
| ARCANA | † 6 | |||
| ARRACH | 6 | |||
| CANARY | 6 | |||
| CARANA | 6 | |||
| CARUCA | 6 | |||
| CHANAR | 6 | |||
| CHARRY | 6 | |||
| CHUHRA | 6 | |||
| CHURCH | 6 | |||
| CHURNY | 6 | |||
| CRANCH | 6 | |||
| CRANNY | 6 | |||
| CRUNCH | 6 | |||
| CURACY | 6 | |||
| CURRAN | 6 | |||
| HURRAH | 6 | |||
| HURRAY | 6 | |||
| RANCHY | 6 | |||
| RAUNCH | 6 | |||
| YARRAN | 6 | |||
| ACARA | 5 | |||
| ACCRA | 5 | |||
| ACHAR | 5 | |||
| AHURA | 5 | |||
| ANURY | 5 | |||
| ARACA | 5 | |||
| ARARA | 5 | |||
| ARCHY | 5 | |||
| ARRAH | 5 | |||
| ARRAY | 5 | |||
| ARRHA | 5 | |||
| ARURA | 5 | |||
| AURAR | 5 | |||
| AYRAN | 5 | |||
| CARAC | 5 | |||
| CARNY | 5 | |||
| CARRY | 5 | |||
| CHARA | 5 | |||
| CHARR | 5 | |||
| CHARY | 5 | |||
| CHAUR | 5 | |||
| CHURN | 5 | |||
| CHURR | 5 | |||
| CRURA | 5 | |||
| CURCH | 5 | |||
| CURRY | 5 | |||
| HAARY | 5 | |||
| HARCH | 5 | |||
| HARRY | 5 | |||
| HURRA | 5 | |||
| HURRY | 5 | |||
| NACRY | 5 | |||
| NARRA | 5 | |||
| RANCH | 5 | |||
| RANNY | 5 | |||
| RAYAH | 5 | |||
| RUACH | 5 | |||
| RUANA | 5 | |||
| RUNCH | 5 | |||
| RUNNY | 5 | |||
| UHURU | 5 | |||
| UNARY | 5 | newly disallowed | ||
| UNRUN | 5 | |||
| YARAY | 5 | |||
| YARNY | 5 | |||
| ACRA | 4 | |||
| ARCH | 4 | |||
| ARNA | 4 | |||
| AURA | 4 | |||
| CARN | 4 | |||
| CARR | 4 | |||
| CHAR | 4 | |||
| CHUR | 4 | |||
| CRAN | 4 | |||
| CRAY | 4 | |||
| CURN | 4 | |||
| CURR | 4 | |||
| HAAR | 4 | |||
| HARA | 4 | |||
| HARN | 4 | |||
| HARR | 4 | |||
| HURR | 4 | |||
| NARC | 4 | |||
| NARY | 4 | |||
| RACH | 4 | |||
| RACY | 4 | |||
| RAHU | 4 | |||
| RANN | 4 | |||
| RAUN | 4 | |||
| RAYA | 4 | |||
| RUAN | 4 | |||
| RUNN | 4 | |||
| RURU | 4 | |||
| URNA | 4 | |||
| URRY | 4 | |||
| YAAR | 4 | |||
| YARN | 4 | |||
| YARR | 4 |
† plural noun