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May 16, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Hints and More for Print
This page offers expanded customizable two-letter hints for solving the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2018, including disallowed words, 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.


Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been re­con­struct­ed from partial records. We feel reason­ably confident about the data below but cannot guar­an­tee perfect accuracy.
center letter TBEHILM
Spelling Bee for May 16, 2018

words: 89
score: 559 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 4
bingo: yes

B x 19
E x 9
H x 8
I x 4
L x 9
M x 16
T x 24

5L x 28
6L x 30
7L x 20
8L x 9
10L x 2

  5 6 7 8 10 tot
B 4 8 2 4 1 19
E 5 1 2 1 - 9
H 2 4 2 - - 8
I 1 2 1 - - 4
L 3 2 3 1 - 9
M 2 3 7 3 1 16
T 11 10 3 - - 24
tot 28 30 20 9 2 89

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BE x 9 BI x 8 BL x 2
EB x 1 EH x 1 EI x 1 EL x 1 EM x 2 ET x 3
HE x 4 HI x 4
IH x 1 IL x 3
LE x 2 LI x 7
ME x 10 MI x 6
TE x 8 TH x 7 TI x 9

cmp 6 7 tot
H 1 - 1
I 1 - 1
L - 1 1
T 1 - 1
tot 3 1 4

debut appearances 29

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