Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
May 23, 2018 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 23, 2018, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with HE.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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center letter NACEGHL
Spelling Bee for May 23, 2018

Related puzzles
Center letter H: January 3, 2024
Center letter G: June 15, 2022
Center letter E: December 28, 2020

words: 176
score: 916 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 1
bingo: yes

A x 35
C x 44
E x 19
G x 24
H x 13
L x 24
N x 17

4L x 36
5L x 42
6L x 54
7L x 26
8L x 13
9L x 4
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 5 11 12 5 2 - - 35
C 5 7 16 9 3 3 1 44
E 2 2 6 3 5 1 - 19
G 7 8 5 3 1 - - 24
H 3 7 3 - - - - 13
L 6 4 7 5 2 - - 24
N 8 3 5 1 - - - 17
tot 36 42 54 26 13 4 1 176

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 5 AE x 1 AG x 2 AL x 7 AN x 20
CA x 18 CE x 2 CH x 19 CL x 5
EG x 1 EL x 4 EN x 14
GA x 12 GE x 7 GH x 1 GL x 3 GN x 1
HA x 8 HE x 5
HEN x 5
LA x 15 LE x 9
NA x 15 NE x 2

cmp 6 tot
C 1 1
tot 1 1

CHALLENGE, CHALLENGEE

word       length      
ACANA 5
ACENE 5
ACHENE 6
ACLANG 6
ACNE 4
AENACH 6
AGENE 5
AGNEL 5
ALAN 4
ALANE 5
ALANG 5
ALANNA 6
ALCANNA 7
ALLENE 6
ALNAGE 6
ANAGEN 6
ANAL 4
ANALGEN 7
ANALGENE 8
ANAN 4
ANANA 5
ANANGEA 7
ANCHAL 6
ANCLE 5
ANELACE 7
ANGEL 5
ANGELAGE 8
ANGELL 6
ANGLE 5
ANLACE 6
ANLAGE 6
ANLAGEN 7
ANNA 4
ANNAL 5 allowed elsewhere
ANNEAL 6
CALCANEA 8
CALCANEAL 9
CALCANEAN 9
CALEAN 6
CANAL 5
CANALAGE 8
CANCAN 6
CANCEL 6
CANCHA 6
CANE 4
CANELLA 7
CANG 4
CANGLE 6
CANN 4
CANNA 5 allowed elsewhere
CANNACH 7
CANNAE * 6
CANNEL 6
CENACLE 7
CENE 4
CHALAN 6
CHALANCE 8
CHALLAN 7
CHALLENGE 9 pangram
CHALLENGEE 10 pangram
CHANA 5
CHANCE 6
CHANCEL 7
CHANCLA 7
CHANG 5
CHANGA 6
CHANGAA 7
CHANGE 6
CHANNA 6
CHANNEL 7
CHENG 5
CHENNA 6
CHHANA 6
CHHENA 6
CLACHAN 7
CLAN 4
CLANG 5
CLEAN 5
CLENCH 6
EGENCE 6
ELAN 4
ELEGANCE 8
ELENCH 6
ELLEN 5
ENAL 4
ENALLAGE 8
ENALLENE 8
ENCAGE 6
ENCHANNEL 9
ENECLANN 8
ENGAGE 6
ENGAGEE 7
ENGELANG 8
ENGLE 5
ENHANCE 7
ENLACE 6
ENLEACH 7
ENNAGE 6
GALANGA 7
GALANGAL 8 allowed elsewhere
GALENA 6
GALLANE 7
GANACHE 7
GANCH 5
GANE 4
GANG 4
GANGA 5
GANGE 5
GANGLE 6
GANNA 5
GEAN 4
GELLAN 6
GENA 4
GENAE 5
GENAL 5
GENE 4
GENNEL 6
GHANA 5
GLANCE 6
GLEAN 5
GLEN 4
GNAG 4
HAEN 4
HALLAN 6
HANCE 5
HANCH 5
HANG 4
HANGE 5
HANGEE 6
HANGLE 6
HENCE 5
HENCH 5
HENG 4
HENGE 5 allowed elsewhere
HENNA 5
LAGAENA 7
LAGAENAE 8
LAGAN 5
LAGENA 6
LAGENAE 7
LAGGEN 6
LAHNGA 6
LALANG 6
LALLAN 6
LANA 4
LANCE 5
LANCH 5
LANE 4
LANG 4
LANGAHA 7
LEAN 4
LEEANGLE 8
LEGLEN 6
LEHANGA 7
LEHENGA 7
LEHNGA 6
LENE 4
LENG 4
LENGA 5
NAAN 4
NACELLE 7 allowed elsewhere
NAGA 4
NAGANA 6
NAGGLE 6
NALA 4
NALL 4
NALLA 5
NALLAH 6
NANA 4
NANG 4
NANGA 5
NANGCA 6
NANNA 5
NANNAN 6
NEAL 4
NENE 4

* compound(ish) word

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