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May 16, 2022 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2022, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter IACHRTU
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: 26
score: 164 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
plurals: 3

A x 6
C x 12
H x 2
R x 1
T x 5

5L x 13
6L x 6
7L x 3
8L x 1
9L x 3

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 2 2 1 - 1 6
C 5 3 1 1 2 12
H 1 - 1 - - 2
R 1 - - - - 1
T 4 1 - - - 5
tot 13 6 3 1 3 26

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 1 AR x 3 AT x 2
CA x 2 CH x 5 CI x 4 CR x 1
HA x 1 HI x 1
RA x 1
TA x 2 TI x 1 TR x 1 TU x 1
TUT x 1

plu 5 tot
A 1 1
C 2 2
tot 3 3

HAIRCUT

word       length      
ACACIA 6
ARCHAIC 7
ARCTIC 6
ARTHRITIC 9
ATRIA  5
ATTIC 5
CACTI  5
CATHARTIC 9
CHAIR 5
CHICA 5
CHICHI 6
CHIHUAHUA 9
CHITCHAT 8
CIRCA 5
CIRCUIT 7
CIRRI  5
CITRIC 6
CRITIC 6
HAIRCUT 7 perfect pangram
HITCH 5
RAITA 5
TACIT 5
TACTIC 6
TIARA 5
TRAIT 5
TUTTI 5

† plural noun

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