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May 17, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 17, 2019, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter LABKRUW
Spelling Bee for May 17, 2019

words: 88
score: 349 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 9
B x 35
K x 13
L x 16
R x 3
U x 1
W x 11

4L x 34
5L x 26
6L x 20
7L x 6
8L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 3 5 1 - - 9
B 15 7 11 2 - 35
K 2 5 2 3 1 13
L 9 3 4 - - 16
R - 2 1 - - 3
U - - 1 - - 1
W 5 4 - 1 1 11
tot 34 26 20 6 2 88

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 1 AL x 6 AU x 2
BA x 11 BL x 7 BR x 1 BU x 16
KA x 7 KL x 1 KR x 1 KU x 4
LA x 12 LU x 4
RU x 3
UL x 1
WA x 9 WR x 1 WU x 1

debut appearances 4

BULWARK

word       length      
KALAKAAR 8
WALLBALL 8
BULLBAR 7
BULWARK 7 perfect pangram, debut
KABBALA 7
KALAKAR 7
KARAKUL 7
WALLABA 7
ALULAR 6
BABALA 6
BAKULA 6
BALAUA 6
BALUBA 6
BARBAL 6
BULBAL 6
BULBAR 6
BULBUL 6
BULLAR 6
BURLAK 6
BURLAW 6
KABALA 6
KURKUL 6
LABARA 6
LABLAB 6
LABRAL 6
LAULAU 6
RUBRAL 6
ULLUKU 6
ABLUR 5
ALALA 5
ALULA 5
ALUWA 5
AURAL 5
BABUL 5
BAULK 5
BLURB 5
BRAWL 5 debut
BUBAL 5
BULAK 5
BULLA 5
KALUA 5
KAWAL 5
KRAAL 5
KULAK 5
KURAL 5
LABBA 5
LABRA 5
LAURA 5
RUBLU 5
RURAL 5
WALLA 5
WARAL 5
WAULK 5
WRAWL 5
ALAR 4
ALBA 4
AULA 4
BAAL 4
BALK 4
BALL 4
BAWL 4
BLAA 4
BLAB 4
BLAK 4
BLAW 4
BLUB 4
BLUR 4
BUAL 4
BULB 4
BULK 4 debut
BULL 4
BURL 4
KLAR 4
KULA 4
LALL 4
LARB 4
LARK 4
LAUK 4
LAWK 4
LUAU 4
LULL 4
LULU 4
LURK 4 debut
WALK 4
WALL 4
WAUL 4 allowed elsewhere
WAWL 4
WULL 4

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