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May 27, 2021 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 27, 2021, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter FAILNPU
Spelling Bee for May 27, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter P: October 23, 2022
Center letter A: September 17, 2020

words: 92
score: 460 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

A x 10
F x 39
I x 7
L x 5
N x 5
P x 15
U x 11

4L x 25
5L x 20
6L x 24
7L x 16
8L x 5
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 1 4 1 4 - - 10
F 16 9 10 4 - - 39
I 1 1 3 1 1 - 7
L 1 1 2 1 - - 5
N 3 - - 1 1 - 5
P 3 4 3 4 1 - 15
U - 1 5 1 2 2 11
tot 25 20 24 16 5 2 92

cmp 6 7 tot
F 1 - 1
I 2 - 2
P - 1 1
U 1 - 1
tot 4 1 5

debut appearances 1

PAINFUL, PLAINFUL, UNPAINFUL

word       length      
AFALINA 7
AFFINAL 7
AFLAP 5
ALFAIA 6
ALFALFA 7
ALFIL 5
ALFIN 5
ALIF 4
APUFF 5
AUFLAUF 7
FAAL 4
FAFF 4
FAIL 4
FAIN 4
FALL 4
FALLAL 6
FANA 4
FANAL 5
FAUN 4
FAUNA 5
FAUNAL 6
FAUNULA 7
FIFI 4
FILA 4
FILIAL 6
FILIPIN 7
FILL 4
FILLIP 6
FILLUP * 6
FINAL 5
FINIAL 6
FINIF 5
FINIFF 6
FINNA 5
FINNIF 6
FINNIFF 7
FLAFF 5
FLAIL 5
FLAN 4
FLAP 4
FLIP 4
FLUFF 5
FUFF 4
FUFU 4
FULFIL 6
FULFILL 7
FULL 4
FULLA 5
FUNANA 6
IFIL 4
INFALL * 6
INFAUNA 7
INFAUNAL 8
INFILL * 6
INFLU 5
INFULA 6
LAPFUL 6
LUFF 4
LUFFA 5
LUFFIN 6
LULLFUL 7
NAFF 4
NAIF 4
NAILFUL 7
NIFF 4
NIFFNAFF 8
PAILFUL 7
PAINFUL 7 perfect pangram
PANFUL 6
PFAFF 5
PFUI 4
PIFF 4
PILAF 5
PILAFF 6
PINFALL * 7
PLAINFUL 8 pangram
PLANFUL 7
PLUFF 5
PUFF 4
PUFFA 5
PUFFIN 6 debut
UNFAIL 6
UNFILIAL 8
UNFILL 6
UNFINAL 7
UNFLIP 6
UNFULFIL 8
UNFULFILL 9
UNFULL 6
UNFUN 5
UNPAINFUL 9 pangram
UPFILL * 6

* compound(ish) word

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