May 8, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers

May 8, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 8, 2022, including disallowed words.

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 8, 2022

Related puzzles

Center letter I: September 15, 2023
Center letter A: December 30, 2019
Center letter B: July 13, 2019

words: 158
score: 741 pts
pangrams: 1
bingo: yes

A x 27
B x 42
D x 20
I x 8
L x 22
R x 27
Z x 12

4L x 46
5L x 43
6L x 35
7L x 15
8L x 16
9L x 2
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	12	tot
A	9	6	4	4	4	-	-	27
B	9	9	12	3	7	1	1	42
D	7	5	4	4	-	-	-	20
I	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	8
L	6	9	4	1	1	1	-	22
R	10	7	8	-	2	-	-	27
Z	3	5	1	1	2	-	-	12
tot	46	43	35	15	16	2	1	158

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

BLIZZARD

word	length
ABIR	4
ABRA	4
ABRADIAL	8
ABRI	4
ADDRA	5
ADRAD	5
ADRADIAL	8
AIRBALL	7
AIRBILL	7
ALAR	4
ALBARIZA	8
ALIZARI	7
ARABA	5
ARAD	4
ARADID	6
ARALIA	6
ARARA	5
ARARIBA	7
ARBA	4
ARDRI	5
ARIA	4
ARID	4
ARIID	5
ARIL	4
ARILLI	6
ARRIBA	6
ARRIBADA	8
BABILLARD	9
BAIRDI	6
BALBARID	8
BALDRIB	7
BARA	4
BARADARI	8
BARAZA	6
BARB	4
BARBAL	6
BARBARALALIA	12
BARD	4
BARI	4
BARIA	5
BARILLA	7
BARRA	5
BARRAD	6
BARRIADA	8
BAZAAR	6
BIDAR	5
BILLARD	7
BILLIARD	8
BIRADARI	8
BIRADIAL	8
BIRD	4
BIRIBA	6
BIRL	4
BIRR	4
BIRRIA	6	allowed elsewhere
BLAZAR	6
BLIZZARD	8	pangram
BRAAI	5
BRAD	4
BRAID	5
BRAIL	5
BRAIRD	6
BRAZIL	6
BRIAR	5
BRIARD	6
BRIDAL	6
BRIDI	5
BRIL	4
BRILL	5
DAIRA	5
DAIRID	6
DARB	4
DARBAR	6
DARBARI	7
DARI	4
DARR	4
DARZI	5
DIARIAL	7
DILARID	7
DIRA	4
DIRL	4
DIZDAR	6
DIZZARD	7
DRAB	4
DRABA	5
DRAIL	5
DRIB	4
DRILID	6
DRILL	5
ILARIID	7
IRID	4
IRIDAL	6
IRIDIAL	7
IZAAR	5
IZAR	4
IZARD	5
IZZARD	6
LAARI	5
LABARA	6
LABRA	5
LABRAL	6
LABRID	6
LAIR	4
LAIRD	5
LARB	4
LARD	4
LARDBALL	8
LARI	4
LARID	5
LAZAR	5
LIAR	4
LIARD	5
LIBRA	5
LIBRARIAL	9
LIBRI	5
LIDAR	5
LIRA	4
LIRAZZA	7
LIZARD	6
RAAD	4
RABAB	5
RABADI	6
RABBI	5
RABI	4
RABID	5
RABIZ	5
RADA	4
RADAR	5
RADIAD	6
RADIAL	6
RADIALIA	8
RADII	5
RAID	4
RAIL	4
RAILBIRD	8
RALLID	6
RAZZ	4
RAZZIA	6
RIAD	4
RIAL	4
RIBA	4
RIBALD	6
RILL	4
RIZALA	6
RIZLA	5
RIZZAR	6
ZAAR	4
ZABRA	5
ZAILDAR	7
ZARBI	5
ZARDA	5
ZARI	4
ZARIBA	6
ZIARA	5
ZIBAR	5
ZILLADAR	8
ZILLIARD	8
ZIRA	4

AB x 4	AD x 3	AI x 2	AL x 3	AR x 15
BA x 18	BI x 10	BL x 2	BR x 12
DA x 8	DI x 6	DR x 6
IL x 1	IR x 3	IZ x 4
LA x 13	LI x 9
RA x 19	RI x 8
ZA x 7	ZI x 5

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