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May 16, 2024 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 16, 2024, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AT.


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center letter LAGINTV
Spelling Bee for May 16, 2024

words: 76
score: 439 pts
pangrams: 3
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

A x 13
G x 16
I x 2
L x 14
N x 5
T x 15
V x 11

4L x 19
5L x 14
6L x 6
7L x 17
8L x 14
9L x 1
10L x 3
11L x 1
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 3 6 1 1 2 - - - - 13
G 5 1 - 4 4 1 - - 1 16
I - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2
L 4 1 3 3 2 - 1 - - 14
N 1 2 - 1 1 - - - - 5
T 5 - 2 3 3 - 1 1 - 15
V 1 4 - 4 2 - - - - 11
tot 19 14 6 17 14 1 3 1 1 76

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AI x 1 AL x 5 AN x 4 AT x 1 AV x 2
ATI x 1
GA x 9 GI x 4 GL x 3
IN x 2
LA x 6 LI x 8
NA x 4 NI x 1
TA x 8 TI x 7
VA x 5 VI x 6

plu 4 7 tot
G - 1 1
T 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 15
newly disallowed words 1 titling

GALLIVANT, GALLIVANTING, VIGILANT

word       length      
AILING 6
ALGA 4
ALGAL 5
ALIGN 5
ALIGNING 8
ALIT 4
ANAL 4
ANGLING 7
ANNAL 5
ANVIL 5
ATILT 5
AVAIL 5
AVAILING 8 debut
GALA 4
GALANGAL 8
GALL 4
GALLANT 7
GALLING 7
GALLIVANT 9 pangram, debut
GALLIVANTING 12 pangram, debut
GANGLIA  7
GANGLING 8
GIGGLING 8
GILL 4
GILLING 7
GILT 4
GLIA 4
GLINT 5
GLINTING 8
INITIAL 7
INITIALING 10 debut
LAGGING 7
LAIN 4
LANAI 5
LANTANA 7
LAVA 4
LAVING 6 debut
LIGATING 8 debut
LILT 4
LILTING 7
LINING 6
LINT 4
LITIGANT 8 debut
LITIGATING 10 debut
LIVING 6
NAIL 4
NAILING 7
NATAL 5
NAVAL 5
NIGGLING 8
TAIL 4
TAILGATING 10 debut
TAILING 7 debut
TALI  4
TALL 4
TALLIT 6
TANGLING 8 debut
TATTLING 8 debut
TILING 6
TILL 4
TILLING 7
TILT 4
TILTING 7
TINGLING 8
TITILLATING 11 debut
VAGAL 5
VAGINAL 7 debut
VALIANT 7
VANILLA 7
VANILLIN 8
VIAL 4
VIGIL 5
VIGILANT 8 pangram, debut
VILLA 5
VILLAIN 7
VITAL 5

† plural noun

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