Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
May 5, 2023 | 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 5, 2023, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with IC.


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 ICDMNOU
Spelling Bee for May 5, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter M: July 12, 2024
Center letter D: February 25, 2022

words: 199
score: 1,194 pts
pangrams: 7
bingo: yes

C x 37
D x 22
I x 28
M x 50
N x 31
O x 16
U x 15

4L x 30
5L x 49
6L x 48
7L x 26
8L x 30
9L x 10
10L x 1
11L x 2
12L x 2
14L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 tot
C 4 9 7 5 8 2 - 1 1 - 37
D 4 6 6 2 4 - - - - - 22
I 3 9 9 3 4 - - - - - 28
M 10 11 10 11 4 3 - 1 - - 50
N 3 6 7 1 7 4 1 - 1 1 31
O 3 6 4 2 1 - - - - - 16
U 3 2 5 2 2 1 - - - - 15
tot 30 49 48 26 30 10 1 2 2 1 199

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 10 CN x 2 CO x 22 CU x 3
DI x 13 DO x 8 DU x 1
IC x 2 ID x 2 IM x 9 IN x 9 IO x 6
ICO x 2
MI x 21 MO x 14 MU x 15
NI x 6 NO x 20 NU x 5
OC x 1 OD x 4 OI x 2 OM x 2 ON x 6 OO x 1
UD x 1 UN x 14

debut appearances 1
previously disallowed debuts 1

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