May 3, 2021: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 3, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 3, 2021, 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 3, 2021

Related puzzles

Center letter C: May 30, 2023
Center letter P: August 11, 2022

words: 175
score: 1,012 pts
pangrams: 8
perfect: 1
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 32
C x 29
E x 9
I x 1
P x 34
T x 54
V x 16

4L x 36
5L x 36
6L x 42
7L x 27
8L x 18
9L x 8
10L x 6
11L x 1
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
A	5	5	5	8	5	2	2	-	-	32
C	3	4	6	4	4	2	4	1	1	29
E	2	3	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	9
I	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
P	7	9	10	7	1	-	-	-	-	34
T	16	10	17	3	6	2	-	-	-	54
V	3	4	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	16
tot	36	36	42	27	18	8	6	1	1	175

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	5	6	7	8	tot
C	1	-	1	1	3
V	1	1	1	-	3
tot	2	1	2	1	6

ACCEPTIVE, CAPACITATIVE, CAPACITIVE, CAPITATIVE, CAPTATIVE, CAPTIVATE, CAPTIVATIVE, CAPTIVE

word	length
ACCEPT	6
ACCEPTEE	8
ACCEPTIVE	9	pangram
ACETA	5
ACETACETIC	10
ACETATE	7
ACETIC	6
ACTA	4
ACTI	4
ACTIVATE	8
ACTIVE	6
AETAT	5
AETT	4
APATETIC	8
APATITE	7
APATITIC	8
APEPTIC	7
APITPAT	7
APPETITE	8
APPETITIVE	10
ATACICEPT	9
ATACTIC	7
ATAP	4
ATAVIC	6
ATTA	4
ATTACCA	7
ATTAP	5
ATTIC	5
AVCAT	5
AVIATE	6
AVIATIC	7
AVIETTE	7
CACTI	^† 5
CAPACITATE	10	disallowed elsewhere
CAPACITATIVE	12	pangram
CAPACITIVE	10	pangram
CAPETTE	7
CAPITA	6
CAPITATA	^† 8
CAPITATE	8
CAPITATIVE	10	pangram
CAPITE	6
CAPTATIVE	9	pangram
CAPTEE	6
CAPTIVATE	9	pangram
CAPTIVATIVE	11	pangram
CAPTIVE	7	perfect pangram
CATATECTIC	10
CATE	4
CATTE	5
CATTIITE	8
CAVEAT	6
CAVETTI	^† 7
CAVITATE	8
CETACEA	7
CETE	4
CITATE	6
CITE	4
CITEE	5
CIVET	5
CTETIC	6
ECTATIC	7
EPACT	5
ETIC	4
EVEITE	6
EVET	4
EVICT	5
EVICTEE	7
EVITATIVE	9
EVITE	5
ICTIC	5
PACEITE	7
PACT	4
PACTA	5
PATACA	6
PATE	4
PATIA	5
PATTE	5
PATTEE	6
PATTIE	6
PEAT	4
PECTATE	7
PECTIC	6
PEEVIT	6
PEPITA	6
PEPTIC	6
PETE	4
PETIT	5
PETITE	6
PETITIVE	8
PETTA	5
PICCATA	7
PIET	4
PIETA	5
PIIPITE	7
PIPET	5
PIPETTE	7
PIPIT	5
PITA	4
PITAPAT	7
PITI	4
PITPAT	6
PITTA	5
PITTIE	6
PITTITE	7
TACCAVI	7
TACE	4
TACET	5
TACIT	5
TACT	4
TACTIC	6
TACTITE	7
TACTITIC	8
TAIT	4
TAPA	4
TAPAI	5
TAPE	4
TAPETA	6
TAPETI	6
TAPPA	5
TAPPEE	6
TAPPET	6
TAPPIT	6
TATA	4
TATAC	5
TATEE	5
TATIE	5
TATT	4
TATTA	5
TATTIE	6
TATTVA	6
TAVA	4
TEAT	4
TECTA	5
TECTATE	7
TEEPEE	6
TEET	4
TEETEE	6
TEEVEE	6
TEPA	4
TEPE	4
TEPEE	5
TEPETATE	8
TETE	4
TICE	4
TICTAC	6
TIETAC	6
TIETTAITE	9
TIPCAT	6
TIPI	4	allowed elsewhere
TIPITI	6
TIPPEE	6
TIPPET	6
TITI	4
TITIVATE	8
TITTIVATE	9
TIVAEVAE	8
TIVAIVAI	8
TVEITITE	8
VACATE	6
VATIC	5
VETA	4
VETITIVE	8
VIATIC	6
VIATICA	^† 7
VIATICATE	9
VITA	4
VITAE	^† 5
VITE	4
VITIATE	7
VITICETA	8
VITTA	5
VITTAE	^† 6
VITTATE	7
VIVAT	5

† plural noun

AC x 11	AE x 2	AP x 7	AT x 8	AV x 4
CA x 22	CE x 2	CI x 4	CT x 1
EC x 1	EP x 1	ET x 1	EV x 6
IC x 1
PA x 9	PE x 11	PI x 14
TA x 27	TE x 12	TI x 14	TV x 1
VA x 2	VE x 2	VI x 12

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