May 16, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Hints and More
This page offers expanded customizable two-letter hints for solving the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with BE.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter E: September 19, 2024Center letter I: February 8, 2020
words: 144
score: 702 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 1
bingo: yes
B x 46
E x 12
G x 28
I x 9
L x 26
T x 21
Y x 2
4L x 42
5L x 36
6L x 33
7L x 18
8L x 7
9L x 4
10L x 2
11L x 1
12L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | tot | |
| B | 11 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 46 |
| E | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 12 |
| G | 11 | 8 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| I | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| L | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 26 |
| T | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 21 |
| Y | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| tot | 42 | 36 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 144 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| BE x 19 | BI x 18 | BL x 9 | |||
| BEE x 4 | BEI x 2 | BEL x 9 | BET x 4 | ||
| EE x 1 | EG x 1 | EI x 1 | EL x 7 | ET x 1 | EY x 1 |
| GE x 3 | GI x 12 | GL x 11 | GY x 2 | ||
| IG x 1 | IL x 8 | ||||
| LE x 12 | LI x 14 | ||||
| TE x 8 | TI x 12 | TY x 1 | |||
| YE x 1 | YI x 1 |
| cmp | 6 | tot |
| I | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 |
| debut appearances | 0 |