May 16, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 16, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CR.

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 16, 2022

Related puzzles

Center letter A: October 22, 2024
Center letter H: May 20, 2023
Center letter T: May 25, 2021

words: 180
score: 995 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 2
plurals: 6
bingo: yes

A x 39
C x 56
H x 14
I x 6
R x 11
T x 45
U x 9

4L x 30
5L x 58
6L x 40
7L x 23
8L x 13
9L x 13
10L x 2
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	tot
A	7	11	6	7	2	5	-	1	39
C	8	19	13	8	3	3	2	-	56
H	2	4	5	1	1	1	-	-	14
I	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	6
R	3	5	2	-	1	-	-	-	11
T	7	16	10	5	4	3	-	-	45
U	2	1	3	1	1	1	-	-	9
tot	30	58	40	23	13	13	2	1	180

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AC x 11	AI x 5	AR x 11	AT x 8	AU x 3
CA x 9	CH x 23	CI x 12	CR x 6	CU x 6
		CRA x 2	CRI x 4
HA x 6	HI x 5	HU x 3
IA x 1	IC x 2	IR x 1	IT x 2
RA x 4	RH x 1	RI x 6
TA x 17	TH x 2	TI x 10	TR x 15	TU x 1
UR x 7	UT x 2

plu	4	5	6	tot
A	1	1	-	2
C	-	3	-	3
U	-	-	1	1
tot	1	4	1	6

AUTARCHIC, HAIRCUT, UTCHARI

word	length
AARTI	5
ACACIA	6
ACAI	4
ACARI	5
ACCIACCATURA	12
ACHARI	6
ACHIRA	6
ACRATIA	7
ACRATIC	7
ACRITARCH	9
ACTARIT	7
ACTI	4
AIRCAR	6
AIRT	4
AIRTH	5
AITCH	5
AITU	4
ARACARI	7
ARACHIC	7
ARATI	5
ARAUCARIA	9
ARCHAIC	7
ARCI	^† 4
ARCTIC	6
ARIA	4
ARTHRITIC	9
ARTIC	5
ARUI	4
ATACTIC	7
ATARACTIC	9
ATARI	5
ATRIA	^† 5
ATRICHIA	8
ATRICHIC	8
ATTIC	5
ATTRIT	6
AURIC	5
AUTARCHIC	9	pangram
AUTIC	5
CACHIRI	7
CACTI	^† 5
CAIR	4
CARRI	5
CARRITCH	8
CATARACTIC	10
CATHAIR	7
CATHARTIC	9
CAURI	5
CHAI	4
CHAIR	5
CHARCHARI	9
CHATI	5
CHATTI	6
CHHATRI	7
CHIA	4
CHIC	4
CHICA	5
CHICH	5
CHICHA	6
CHICHI	6
CHIHUAHUA	9
CHIRATA	7
CHIRR	5
CHIRU	5
CHIT	4
CHITCHAT	8
CHITHI	6
CHITTHI	7
CHITTI	6
CHIURA	6
CHURI	5
CICUTA	6
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRCUIT	7
CIRRHI	6
CIRRI	^† 5
CITHARA	7
CITHARAI	8
CITRATURIA	10
CITRI	5
CITRIC	6
CRAIC	5
CRATIC	6
CRIA	4
CRIT	4
CRITH	5
CRITIC	6
CUICA	5
CUIT	4
CUIUI	5
CURARI	6
CURATIC	7
CURIA	5
HAIR	4
HAIRCUT	7	perfect pangram
HAITCH	6
HAITH	5
HARIRA	6
HATTI	5
HIATIC	6
HIRCARRA	8
HIRCARRAH	9
HIRCIC	6
HITCH	5
HUATIA	6
HUIA	4
HUTIA	5
IATRARCH	8
ICHTHIC	7
ICTIC	5
IRITIC	6
ITCH	4
ITTAR	5
RACHITIC	8
RAHUI	5
RAIAT	5
RAITA	5
RHAITA	6
RIAH	4
RIATA	5
RICH	4
RICHT	5
RICRAC	6
RITT	4
TACHI	5
TACHIAI	7
TACIT	5
TACTIC	6
TACTITIC	8
TAHARI	6
TAHRI	5
TAHRIR	6
TAIAHA	6
TAICHI	6
TAIRA	5
TAIT	4
TARAI	5
TARAIRI	7
TARICTIC	8
TARTARIC	8
TAURIC	6
THAIR	5
THIR	4
TIAR	4
TIARA	5
TIATR	5
TICH	4
TICTAC	6
TIRR	4
TIRTHA	6
TITCH	5
TITHI	5
TITI	4
TRAIT	5
TRIAC	5
TRIACT	6
TRIARCH	7
TRIARCHIC	9
TRIARII	7
TRIATIC	7
TRICA	5
TRICAR	6
TRICH	5
TRICHITIC	9
TRICTRAC	8
TRIT	4
TRITACTIC	9
TRUTI	5
TUTTI	5
URACHI	^† 6
URARI	5
URATIC	6
URATURIA	8
URIC	4
URTICA	6
URTICARIA	9
UTCHARI	7	perfect pangram
UTIA	4

† plural noun

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