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May 24, 2021 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 24, 2021, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter IACLOPT
Spelling Bee for May 24, 2021

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Center letter P: July 2, 2022

words: 54
score: 386 pts
pangrams: 6
perfect: 3
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

A x 5
C x 13
I x 3
L x 5
O x 5
P x 14
T x 9

5L x 20
6L x 9
7L x 14
8L x 8
9L x 2
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 3 1 - - - 1 5
C 5 2 4 2 - - 13
I 1 1 1 - - - 3
L 2 2 - 1 - - 5
O 1 1 1 1 1 - 5
P 6 - 5 2 1 - 14
T 2 2 3 2 - - 9
tot 20 9 14 8 2 1 54

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 1 AI x 1 AP x 1 AT x 2
CA x 6 CI x 1 CO x 6
IL x 2 IT x 1
LA x 2 LI x 2 LO x 1
OC x 3 OP x 2
PA x 3 PI x 6 PL x 1 PO x 4
TA x 5 TI x 2 TO x 2

cmp 6 7 8 tot
C - 1 1 2
P - 1 - 1
T 1 - 1 2
tot 1 2 2 5

debut appearances 9
newly disallowed words 1 apical

APOLITICAL, CAPITOL, OCCIPITAL, OPTICAL, POLITICAL, TOPICAL

word       length      
ACACIA 6
AIOLI 5
APOLITICAL 10 pangram, debut
ATILT 5
ATTIC 5
CACTI 5
CALICO 6
CAPICOLA 8 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CAPITAL 7 debut
CAPITOL 7 perfect pangram, debut
CATTAIL * 7
CILIA 5
COATI 5
COATTAIL * 8
COCCI 5
COITAL 6
COLIC 5
COPILOT 7
ILIAC 5
ILLICIT 7
ITALIC 6
LACTIC 6
LAICAL 6
LICIT 5
LILAC 5
LOLLIPOP 8
OCCIPITAL 9 pangram, debut
OCOTILLO 8 disallowed elsewhere
OCTOPI 6
OPTIC 5
OPTICAL 7 perfect pangram, debut
PALATIAL 8
PAPILLA 7
PATIO 5
PICCATA 7
PICCOLO 7
PICOT 5
PILOT 5
PIPIT 5
PITAPAT * 7
PLAIT 5
POLIO 5
POLITIC 7
POLITICAL 9 pangram, debut
POLITICO 8
TACIT 5
TACTIC 6
TACTICAL 8
TAILCOAT * 8
TAPIOCA 7 debut
TILAPIA 7
TIPTOP * 6
TOPIC 5
TOPICAL 7 perfect pangram, debut

* compound(ish) word

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