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May 12, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 12, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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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.
center letter TABDGIR
Spelling Bee for May 12, 2018

words: 141
score: 651 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 25
B x 21
D x 17
G x 13
I x 2
R x 16
T x 47

4L x 40
5L x 44
6L x 30
7L x 16
8L x 8
9L x 2
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 5 13 2 3 - 1 1 25
B 7 4 7 2 1 - - 21
D 7 3 2 3 2 - - 17
G 5 2 3 3 - - - 13
I - 2 - - - - - 2
R 2 5 5 2 2 - - 16
T 14 15 11 3 3 1 - 47
tot 40 44 30 16 8 2 1 141

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AB x 1 AD x 4 AG x 4 AI x 1 AR x 6 AT x 8
BA x 14 BI x 2 BR x 5
DA x 5 DI x 11 DR x 1
GA x 5 GI x 6 GR x 2
ID x 1 IT x 1
RA x 11 RI x 5
TA x 24 TI x 10 TR x 13

debut appearances 30

DIRTBAG

word       length      
ARRABBIATA 10
ABATAGATI 9
TATTARARA 9
BRAGGART 8 debut
DATARATI 8
DIGIRATI 8
RABBITAT 8
RATARDID 8
TATARARA 8
TIGRIDIA 8
TRIRADII 8
ADIABAT 7
AGARITA 7
ARATDAR 7
BABBITT 7
BARBITA 7
DATARIA 7
DIBATAG 7
DIRTBAG 7 perfect pangram, debut
GABBART 7
GIBIBIT 7
GIGABIT 7 debut
RADIATA 7
RATATAT 7 debut
TARAIRI 7
TRIARII 7
TRIBRID 7
ARTIAD 6
ATTRIT 6
BABBIT 6
BAGGIT 6
BARAAT 6
BARBAT 6
BATARD 6
BATATA 6
BATIDA 6
DIABAT 6
DIGITI 6
GIGGIT 6
GIRGIT 6
GITTAR 6
RABBIT 6 debut
RAGTAG 6 debut
RATBAG 6
RIBBIT 6 debut
RITARD 6
TAARAB 6
TABARD 6 debut
TAGATI 6
TAGRAG 6
TARADA 6
TARTAR 6 debut
TATARA 6
TIBIAD 6
TIDBIT 6 debut
TITBIT 6
TRIBAR 6
AARTI 5
ADATI 5
AGAIT 5
AGATI 5
AGITA 5 debut
ARATI 5
ARBIT 5
ARTAB 5
ATARI 5
ATGAR 5
ATRIA 5 debut
ATTAR 5 debut
ATTID 5
BATAB 5
BATTA 5
BRAIT 5
BRITT 5
DIGIT 5 debut
DITAG 5
DITTI 5
GATRA 5
GATTA 5
IDDAT 5
ITTAR 5
RABAT 5
RAIAT 5
RAITA 5 allowed elsewhere
RIATA 5
RIBAT 5
TABIA 5
TABID 5
TADIG 5
TAIGA 5 debut
TAIRA 5
TARAI 5
TATTA 5
TIARA 5 debut
TIATR 5
TIBIA 5 debut
TRAGI 5
TRAIT 5 debut
TRATT 5
TRIAD 5 debut
TRIGA 5
ADAT 4
ADIT 4
AIRT 4
ATAR 4
ATTA 4
BAIT 4 debut
BATA 4
BATT 4
BIRT 4
BITT 4
BRAT 4 debut
BRIT 4
DART 4 debut
DATA 4 debut
DATI 4
DIRT 4 debut
DITA 4
DITT 4
DRAT 4 debut
GAIT 4 debut
GATA 4
GIRT 4 debut
GRAT 4
GRIT 4 debut
RATA 4
RITT 4
TABI 4
TADA 4
TAIT 4
TARD 4
TART 4 debut
TATA 4
TATT 4
TIAR 4
TIRR 4
TITI 4
TRAD 4
TRIB 4
TRIG 4 debut
TRIT 4

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