Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
May 18, 2023 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 18, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with BI.


Instructions

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center letter LBGINRU
Spelling Bee for May 18, 2023

words: 127
score: 787 pts
pangrams: 10
perfect: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

B x 44
G x 28
I x 4
L x 27
N x 9
R x 10
U x 5

4L x 26
5L x 18
6L x 18
7L x 31
8L x 31
9L x 2
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
B 9 5 5 12 12 1 - 44
G 7 3 4 5 8 1 - 28
I 1 1 1 - 1 - - 4
L 6 7 5 8 1 - - 27
N 2 - - 4 3 - - 9
R 1 2 2 2 3 - - 10
U - - 1 - 3 - 1 5
tot 26 18 18 31 31 2 1 127

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BI x 13 BL x 11 BR x 3 BU x 17
BIB x 1 BIG x 1 BIL x 7 BIN x 1 BIR x 3
GI x 8 GL x 6 GR x 5 GU x 9
IG x 1 IL x 2 IN x 1
LI x 13 LU x 14
NI x 5 NU x 4
RI x 6 RU x 4
UN x 5

BLURBING, BLURRING, BULLRING, BURBLING, BURGLING, BURLING, GRUBBLING, GRUBLING, RUBBLING, UNBLURRING

word       length      
BIBBLING 8
BIGLUING 8
BILGING 7
BILIN 5
BILING 6
BILIRUBIN 9
BILL 4
BILLBUG 7
BILLING 7
BINGLING 8
BIRL 4
BIRLING 7
BIRLINN 7
BLIN 4
BLING 5
BLINI 5
BLUB 4
BLUBBING 8
BLUING 6
BLUNGING 8
BLUR 4
BLURB 5
BLURBING 8 pangram
BLURRING 8 pangram
BRIL 4
BRILL 5
BRILLIG 7
BUBBLING 8
BUGLING 7
BULB 4
BULBIL 6
BULBING 7
BULBUL 6
BULGING 7
BULGUR 6
BULL 4
BULLING 7
BULLRING 8 pangram
BUNGGUL 7
BUNGLING 8
BURBLING 8 pangram
BURGLING 8 pangram
BURL 4
BURLING 7 perfect pangram
GIBLI 5
GIGGLING 8
GILGUL 6
GILL 4
GILLING 7
GINGLING 8
GIRL 4
GIRLING 7
GLIB 4
GLUB 4
GLUBBING 8
GLUG 4
GLUGGING 8
GLUING 6
GRILL 5
GRILLING 8
GRRRL 5
GRUBBLING 9 pangram
GRUBLING 8 pangram
GUGGLING 8
GUGGUL 6
GUILING 7
GULGUL 6
GULL 4
GULLING 7
GURGLING 8
GURL 4
GURLING 7
IGIL 4
ILLUI 5
ILLURING 8
INULIN 6
LIBBING 7
LIBRI 5
LIGGING 7
LIGNIN 6
LILL 4
LILLING 7
LING 4
LINGUINI 8
LININ 5
LINING 6
LINN 4
LINNING 7
LIULI 5
LUBING 6
LUGGI 5
LUGGING 7
LUGING 6
LUIGINI 7
LUING 5
LULL 4
LULLING 7
LULU 4
LUNG 4
LUNGI 5
LUNGING 7
LURGI 5
LURING 6
NIBBLING 8
NIBLING 7
NIGGLING 8
NILL 4
NILLING 7
NUBBLING 8
NULL 4
NULLING 7
NURLING 7
RIGGLING 8
RIGLING 7
RILING 6
RILL 4
RILLING 7
RINGBILL 8
RUBBLING 8 pangram
RUBLI 5
RUBLU 5
RULING 6
UNBLUING 8
UNBLUR 6
UNBLURRING 10 pangram
UNGLUING 8
UNLINING 8

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