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May 4, 2023 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 4, 2023, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter HEGILNT
Spelling Bee for May 4, 2023

words: 51
score: 405 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 1
compounds: 6

E x 7
H x 13
L x 9
N x 8
T x 14

5L x 16
6L x 5
7L x 9
8L x 7
9L x 5
10L x 5
11L x 2
12L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
E 1 1 - 1 2 1 - 1 7
H 2 2 5 1 1 - 1 1 13
L 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 - 9
N 3 - 1 1 1 2 - - 8
T 8 1 2 2 - 1 - - 14
tot 16 5 9 7 5 5 2 2 51

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
EI x 5 EN x 2
HE x 6 HI x 7
LE x 3 LI x 6
NE x 2 NI x 6
TE x 4 TH x 4 TI x 6

cmp 8 9 10 12 tot
E 1 - 1 - 2
H - 1 - 1 2
N - - 2 - 2
tot 1 1 3 1 6

debut appearances 13
newly disallowed words 1 hieing

ENLIGHTEN, ENLIGHTENING, LENGTHENING, LIGHTEN, LIGHTENING

word       length      
EIGHT 5
EIGHTEEN * 8 debut
EIGHTEENTH * 10 debut
EIGHTH 6
EIGHTIETH 9
ENLIGHTEN 9 pangram, debut
ENLIGHTENING 12 pangram, debut
HEELING 7
HEIGHT 6
HEIGHTEN 8 debut
HEIGHTENING 11 debut
HEINIE 6
HENGE 5
HIGHLIGHT * 9
HIGHLIGHTING * 12
HILLING 7
HINGE 5
HINGING 7
HINTING 7
HITTING 7
LENGTH 6
LENGTHEN 8
LENGTHENING 11 pangram, debut
LIGHT 5
LIGHTEN 7 perfect pangram, debut
LIGHTENING 10 pangram, debut
LIGHTING 8
LIGHTNING 9
LITHE 5
NEIGH 5
NEIGHING 8
NIGHT 5
NIGHTIE 7 debut
NIGHTLIGHT * 10
NINETEENTH * 10
NINETIETH 9
NINTH 5
TEETH 5
TEETHE 6
TEETHING 8 debut
TENTH 5
THIGH 5
THINE 5
THING 5
THINNING 8
TIGHT 5
TIGHTEN 7 debut
TIGHTENING 10 debut
TILTH 5
TITHE 5
TITHING 7

* compound(ish) word

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