May 23, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 23, 2018, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with HA.
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 H: January 3, 2024Center letter G: June 15, 2022
Center letter E: December 28, 2020
words: 39
score: 171 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
A x 5
C x 13
E x 6
G x 6
H x 3
L x 3
N x 3
4L x 14
5L x 9
6L x 10
7L x 4
8L x 1
9L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| C | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 13 |
| E | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| G | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| H | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| L | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| N | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| tot | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AC x 1 | AN x 4 | |
| CA x 4 | CH x 5 | CL x 4 |
| EL x 2 | EN x 4 | |
| GA x 2 | GE x 1 | GL x 3 |
| HA x 1 | HE x 2 | |
| HAN x 1 | ||
| LA x 2 | LE x 1 | |
| NA x 2 | NE x 1 |
| debut appearances | 31 |
CHALLENGE
| word | length | |||
| ACNE | 4 | |||
| ANAL | 4 | debut | ||
| ANGEL | 5 | debut | ||
| ANGLE | 5 | debut | ||
| ANNEAL | 6 | debut | ||
| CANAL | 5 | debut | ||
| CANCAN | 6 | |||
| CANCEL | 6 | debut | ||
| CANE | 4 | |||
| CHALLENGE | 9 | pangram, debut | ||
| CHANCE | 6 | |||
| CHANCEL | 7 | debut | ||
| CHANGE | 6 | debut | ||
| CHANNEL | 7 | debut | ||
| CLAN | 4 | debut | ||
| CLANG | 5 | debut | ||
| CLEAN | 5 | debut | ||
| CLENCH | 6 | debut | ||
| ELAN | 4 | debut | ||
| ELEGANCE | 8 | debut | ||
| ENCAGE | 6 | debut | ||
| ENGAGE | 6 | debut | ||
| ENHANCE | 7 | |||
| ENLACE | 6 | debut | ||
| GANACHE | 7 | debut | ||
| GANG | 4 | debut | ||
| GENE | 4 | debut | ||
| GLANCE | 6 | debut | ||
| GLEAN | 5 | debut | ||
| GLEN | 4 | debut | ||
| HANG | 4 | debut | ||
| HENCE | 5 | debut | ||
| HENNA | 5 | |||
| LANCE | 5 | debut | ||
| LANE | 4 | debut | ||
| LEAN | 4 | debut | ||
| NAAN | 4 | |||
| NANA | 4 | |||
| NENE | 4 | debut |