May 17, 2021 | 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 17, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with BA.
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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 A: August 20, 2022Identical letters: January 26, 2020
Center letter B: April 21, 2019
words: 121
score: 628 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
A x 11
B x 25
C x 56
E x 5
H x 2
L x 16
Y x 6
4L x 26
5L x 34
6L x 34
7L x 11
8L x 9
9L x 5
10L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| A | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| B | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| C | 10 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 56 |
| E | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| H | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| L | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 16 |
| Y | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| tot | 26 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 121 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AB x 2 | AC x 8 | AL x 1 | ||
| BA x 9 | BE x 11 | BL x 5 | ||
| BAC x 6 | BAL x 3 | |||
| CA x 25 | CE x 8 | CH x 16 | CL x 4 | CY x 3 |
| EA x 1 | EC x 4 | |||
| HA x 1 | HE x 1 | |||
| LA x 4 | LE x 9 | LY x 3 | ||
| YA x 2 | YE x 4 |
| plu | 6 | tot |
| C | 2 | 2 |
| tot | 2 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 0 |