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 8, 2023 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 8, 2023, alongside other analysis.


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 CABFIKL
Spelling Bee for May 8, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter L: May 3, 2024
Center letter K: May 17, 2022
Center letter I: January 19, 2021

words: 34
score: 173 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 6
bingo: yes

A x 5
B x 6
C x 10
F x 4
I x 1
K x 3
L x 5

4L x 8
5L x 14
6L x 4
7L x 1
8L x 6
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 1 3 1 - - - 5
B 1 1 - 1 2 1 6
C 2 6 1 - 1 - 10
F - 2 1 - 1 - 4
I - 1 - - - - 1
K 1 - - - 2 - 3
L 3 1 1 - - - 5
tot 8 14 4 1 6 1 34

cmp 8 9 tot
B 1 1 2
C 1 - 1
F 1 - 1
K 2 - 2
tot 5 1 6

debut appearances 0

BACKFILL

word       length      
ABACI 5
ABACK 5
ACACIA 6
ACAI 4
ALACK 5
BACILLI 7
BACK 4
BACKFILL * 8 pangram
BIBLICAL 8
BLACK 5
BLACKBALL * 9
CABAL 5
CABALA 6
CALF 4
CALL 4
CALLA 5
CALLBACK * 8
CILIA 5
CLACK 5
CLICK 5
CLIFF 5
FACIAL 6
FALLBACK * 8
FLACK 5
FLICK 5
ILIAC 5
KICK 4
KICKBACK * 8
KICKBALL * 8
LACK 4
LAIC 4
LAICAL 6
LICK 4
LILAC 5

* compound(ish) word

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