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May 17, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 17, 2018, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been re­con­struct­ed from partial records. We feel reason­ably confident about the data below but cannot guar­an­tee perfect accuracy.
center letter OCFILMR
Spelling Bee for May 17, 2018

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words: 146
score: 729 pts
pangrams: 8
compounds: 11
bingo: yes

C x 42
F x 31
I x 3
L x 14
M x 40
O x 4
R x 12

4L x 56
5L x 28
6L x 18
7L x 8
8L x 18
9L x 13
10L x 3
11L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
C 15 10 4 2 5 5 - 1 42
F 10 8 5 1 4 1 2 - 31
I 1 2 - - - - - - 3
L 10 - 1 - 3 - - - 14
M 11 7 6 3 4 7 1 1 40
O 3 - - 1 - - - - 4
R 6 1 2 1 2 - - - 12
tot 56 28 18 8 18 13 3 2 146

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 4 CL x 2 CO x 32 CR x 4
FI x 7 FL x 7 FO x 13 FR x 4
IL x 1 IR x 2
LI x 3 LO x 11
MI x 18 MO x 22
OL x 1 OO x 1 OR x 2
RI x 1 RO x 11

cmp 6 7 8 9 10 tot
C - - 1 - - 1
F - - 1 - - 1
M - 1 - 4 1 6
R 1 1 1 - - 3
tot 1 2 3 4 1 11

CILIFORM, CILIIFORM, COLIFORM, COROLLIFORM, FILICIFORM, FILIFORMIC, MICROFILL, MICROFILM

word       length      
CILIFORM 8 pangram
CILIIFORM 9 pangram
CIRIO 5
CIRRIFORM 9
CLOFF 5
CLOOF 5
COCCI 5 allowed elsewhere
COCCIC 6
COCO 4
COCRICO 7
COFF 4
COFOCI 6
COIF 4
COIL 4
COIR 4 allowed elsewhere
COLI 4
COLIC 5
COLIFORM 8 pangram
COLL 4
COLLOFORM 9
COLO 4
COLOCOLIC 9
COLOCOLO 8
COLOR 5
COLORIFIC 9
COMIC 5
COMM 4
COOCOO 6
COOF 4
COOL 4
COOLIO 6
COOLROOM * 8
COOM 4
CORF 4
CORM 4
CORMI 5
COROCORO 8
COROLLIFORM 11 pangram
CRIOLLO 7
CROC 4
CROCI 5
CROOL 5
FICIFORM 8
FICO 4
FILICIFORM 10 pangram
FILIFORM 8
FILIFORMIC 10 pangram
FILLO 5
FILO 4
FLOC 4
FLOCC 5
FLOCCI 6
FLOOF 5
FLOOR 5
FLOR 4
FLORIFORM 9
FOCI 4
FOIL 4
FOLIC 5
FOLIFORM 8
FOLIO 5
FOOF 4
FOOFOO 6
FOOL 4
FORM 4
FORMIC 6
FORMOL 6
FORMROOM * 8
FORRILL 7
FRICO 5
FROLF 5
FROLIC 6
FROM 4
ILLO 4
IRMOI 5
IRORI 5
LILIFORM 8
LILO 4
LIMO 4
LOCI 4
LOCO 4
LOCOFOCO 8
LOFF 4
LOFI 4
LOIMIC 6
LOIR 4
LOLL 4
LOMILOMI 8
LOOF 4
LOOM 4
MICO 4
MICRO 5
MICROCOCCI * 10
MICROCOIL 9
MICROCORM 9
MICROFILL * 9 pangram
MICROFILM * 9 pangram
MICROFOCI * 9
MICROFORM * 9
MICROMILL 9
MICROMIRROR 11
MICROMOL 8
MILFOIL 7
MILO 4
MIRMILLO 8
MIRO 4
MIROMIRO 8
MIRROR 6
MOCO 4
MOFF 4
MOFO 4
MOIL 4
MOIMOI 6
MOLIMO 6
MOLL 4
MOLLIC 6
MOLOI 5
MOMO 4
MOMOIR 6
MOOL 4
MOOLI 5
MOOMOO 6
MOOR 4
MOORI 5
MOORILL * 7
MORIC 5
MORIFORM 8
MORIL 5
MOROCCO 7 allowed elsewhere
MORRO 5
OLIO 4
OOFF 4
ORIFORM 7
ORLO 4
RIRORIRO 8
ROCOCO 6
ROIL 4
ROLF 4
ROLL 4
ROLLFORM * 8
ROLLOFF * 7
ROMCOM * 6
ROOF 4
ROOL 4
ROOM 4
RORIC 5

* compound(ish) word

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