May 8, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 8, 2021, alongside other analysis.
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 R: July 15, 2024Center letter L: November 26, 2020
Center letter L: October 3, 2019
Identical letters: November 2, 2018
words: 46
score: 229 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
A x 12
L x 6
M x 14
N x 5
O x 3
R x 5
Y x 1
4L x 9
5L x 22
6L x 5
7L x 7
8L x 3
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot | |
| A | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| L | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| M | 3 | 7 | - | 4 | - | 14 |
| N | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| O | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| R | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 9 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 46 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AL x 3 | AM x 2 | AN x 3 | AR x 4 |
| LA x 1 | LO x 5 | ||
| MA x 7 | MO x 6 | MY x 1 | |
| NA x 2 | NO x 2 | NY x 1 | |
| ON x 2 | OR x 1 | ||
| RA x 2 | RO x 3 | ||
| YA x 1 |
| debut appearances | 1 | |
| previously disallowed debuts | 1 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | anonym |
NORMALLY
| word | length | |||
| AMORALLY | 8 | |||
| NONROYAL | 8 | |||
| NORMALLY | 8 | pangram | ||
| ANOMALY | 7 | |||
| LOYALLY | 7 | |||
| MAMMARY | 7 | |||
| MAYORAL | 7 | |||
| MONONYM | 7 | |||
| MORALLY | 7 | |||
| ROYALLY | 7 | |||
| ANALLY | 6 | |||
| ARMORY | 6 | |||
| ARROYO | 6 | |||
| LAYMAN | 6 | |||
| ORALLY | 6 | |||
| ALLAY | 5 | |||
| ALLOY | 5 | |||
| ANNOY | 5 | |||
| ARRAY | 5 | |||
| LOAMY | 5 | |||
| LOONY | 5 | |||
| LORRY | 5 | |||
| LOYAL | 5 | |||
| MANLY | 5 | |||
| MARRY | 5 | |||
| MAYOR | 5 | |||
| MOLLY | 5 | debut, previously disallowed | ||
| MOMMY | 5 | |||
| MOONY | 5 | |||
| MORAY | 5 | |||
| NANNY | 5 | |||
| NYLON | 5 | |||
| ONLAY | 5 | |||
| RALLY | 5 | |||
| RAYON | 5 | |||
| ROOMY | 5 | |||
| ROYAL | 5 | |||
| ALLY | 4 | |||
| AMYL | 4 | |||
| ARMY | 4 | |||
| MANY | 4 | |||
| MAYO | 4 | |||
| MYNA | 4 | |||
| NARY | 4 | |||
| ONLY | 4 | |||
| YARN | 4 |