February 28, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

February 28, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 28, 2022, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IO.

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Instructions

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Spelling Bee for February 28, 2022

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Center letter D: February 26, 2024
Center letter B: June 22, 2021

words: 263
score: 1,371 pts
pangrams: 7
perfect: 3
plurals: 8
bingo: yes

A x 40
B x 79
D x 37
I x 22
L x 35
O x 23
R x 27

4L x 65
5L x 68
6L x 55
7L x 36
8L x 22
9L x 13
10L x 3
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	tot
A	5	11	9	7	6	2	-	-	40
B	16	20	16	10	9	7	-	1	79
D	12	10	7	6	1	-	1	-	37
I	6	8	1	4	1	2	-	-	22
L	13	10	7	2	1	1	1	-	35
O	4	5	10	3	-	1	-	-	23
R	9	4	5	4	4	-	1	-	27
tot	65	68	55	36	22	13	3	1	263

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AB x 8	AD x 2	AI x 5	AL x 6	AR x 18
BA x 21	BI x 30	BL x 1	BO x 12	BR x 15
DA x 6	DI x 17	DO x 9	DR x 5
IA x 1	IB x 1	ID x 4	IL x 7	IO x 3	IR x 6
			IOD x 2	IOR x 1
LA x 12	LI x 17	LO x 6
OB x 5	OD x 1	OI x 5	OL x 3	OO x 5	OR x 4
RA x 17	RI x 7	RO x 3

plu	4	5	6	7	8	10	tot
I	1	1	-	-	-	-	2
L	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
O	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
R	-	1	-	1	1	1	4
tot	1	3	1	1	1	1	8

ARABIDIOL, ARBIDOL, BILLBOARD, BROADBILL, DOLLARBIRD, LABROID, RIBALDO

word	length
AALII	5
ABIDOL	6
ABILAO	6
ABILLA	6
ABILO	5
ABIR	4
ABOIL	5
ABRADIAL	8
ABRI	4
ADLIB	5
ADRADIAL	8
AIDID	5
AIOLI	5
AIRBALL	7
AIRBILL	7
AIROL	5
ALALIA	6
ALIBI	5
ALLODIA	7
ALLODIAL	8
ALLOLALIA	9
ALODIAL	7
ARABIDIOL	9	pangram
ARADID	6
ARALIA	6
ARARIBA	7
ARBIDOL	7	perfect pangram
ARBORIO	7
ARBOROID	8
ARDRI	5
ARIA	4
ARID	4
ARIID	5
ARIL	4
ARILLI	6
ARILLOID	8
AROID	5
AROLIA	6
ARRIBA	6
ARRIBADA	8
BABILLARD	9
BAIAO	5
BAIL	4
BAILA	5
BAILI	5
BAILLI	6
BAILO	5
BAILOR	6
BAIRDI	6
BALBARID	8
BALDRIB	7
BALLABILI	9
BALLIA	6
BALOI	5
BARADARI	8
BARBARALALIA	12
BARI	4
BARIA	5
BARILLA	7
BARRIADA	8
BARRIO	6
BIBB	4
BIBI	4
BIDAR	5
BIDI	4
BILABIAL	8
BILBO	5
BILBOA	6
BILL	4
BILLARD	7
BILLBOARD	9	pangram
BILLIARD	8
BILLIO	6
BILO	4
BILOBAL	7
BILOBAR	7
BILOBOL	7
BIOBALL	7
BIODAD	6
BIOLAB	6
BIOLOAD	7
BIOOIL	6
BIRADARI	8
BIRADIAL	8
BIRD	4
BIRDO	5
BIRIBA	6
BIRL	4
BIRO	4
BIRR	4
BIRRIA	6	allowed elsewhere
BLOODBIRD	9
BODAI	5
BOIAR	5
BOID	4
BOIL	4
BOLI	4
BOLILLO	7
BOOBIALLA	9
BOOBIRD	7
BOOID	5
BORBORID	8
BORDARII	8
BORID	5
BRAAI	5
BRADORIID	9
BRAID	5
BRAIL	5
BRAIRD	6
BRIAR	5
BRIARD	6
BRIDAL	6
BRIDI	5
BRIL	4
BRILL	5
BRILLO	6
BRIO	4
BROADBILL	9	pangram
BROIL	5
DABOIA	6
DAIRA	5
DAIRID	6
DALI	4
DARBARI	7
DARI	4
DIABLO	6
DIABOLO	7
DIAD	4
DIAL	4
DIALID	6
DIARIAL	7
DIDI	4
DIDO	4
DILAL	5
DILARID	7
DILDO	5
DILL	4
DIOBOL	6
DIOID	5
DIOL	4
DIRA	4
DIRL	4
DOID	4
DOIRA	5
DOLIA	5
DOLIOLID	8
DOLLARBIRD	10	pangram
DOODIA	6
DORADID	7
DORID	5
DORIDID	7
DRAIL	5
DRIB	4
DRILID	6
DRILL	5
DROID	5
IAIDO	5
IBALIID	7
IDIOLALIA	9
IDLI	4
IDOL	4
IDOLA	^† 5
ILALA	5
ILARIID	7
ILIA	^† 4
ILIAD	5
ILIAL	5
ILLABIAL	8
ILLO	4
IODAL	5
IODOL	5
IORA	4
IRID	4
IRIDAL	6
IRIDIAL	7
IRIDODIAL	9
IRIDOID	7
IRORI	5
LAARI	5
LABIA	^† 5
LABIAL	6
LABIID	6
LABRID	6
LABROID	7	perfect pangram
LAID	4
LAIR	4
LAIRD	5
LARI	4
LARID	5
LAROID	6
LIAO	4
LIAR	4
LIARD	5
LIBIDIBI	8
LIBIDO	6
LIBRA	5
LIBRARIAL	9
LIBRI	5
LIDAR	5
LIDO	4
LIDOL	5
LILA	4
LILIID	6
LILIOID	7
LILL	4
LILO	4
LIRA	4
LOBI	4
LOID	4
LOIR	4
LORID	5
LORIID	6
LORILABIAL	10
OBIA	4
OBLOID	6
OBOLI	5
OBOLID	6
OBOLOI	6
ODIID	5
OIBARA	6
OIDIA	5
OIDIAL	6
OIDIOID	7
OILBIRD	7
OLID	4
OLIO	4
OLOID	5
OOID	4
OOIDAL	6
OORALI	6
OORARI	6
OORIAL	6
ORARIA	^† 6
ORIBI	5
ORIOLID	7
OROLABIAL	9
RABADI	6
RABBI	5
RABI	4
RABID	5
RADIAD	6
RADIAL	6
RADIALIA	^† 8
RADII	^† 5
RADIO	5
RADIOLARIA	^† 10
RADIOLI	^† 7
RAID	4
RAIL	4
RAILBIRD	8
RAILROAD	8
RALLID	6
RARIORA	7
RIAD	4
RIAL	4
RIBA	4
RIBALD	6
RIBALDO	7	perfect pangram
RILL	4
RIRORIRO	8
ROBIOLA	7
ROID	4
ROIL	4

† plural noun

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