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 9, 2022 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 9, 2022, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter ABCDKRY
Spelling Bee for May 9, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter R: April 20, 2021
Center letter B: July 11, 2020

words: 36
score: 126 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 2
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 4
B x 11
C x 10
D x 6
K x 1
R x 3
Y x 1

4L x 19
5L x 11
6L x 2
7L x 2
8L x 1
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 11 tot
A - 2 1 - - 1 4
B 8 1 - 1 1 - 11
C 4 4 1 1 - - 10
D 4 2 - - - - 6
K - 1 - - - - 1
R 2 1 - - - - 3
Y 1 - - - - - 1
tot 19 11 2 2 1 1 36

cmp 7 8 tot
B - 1 1
C 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 0
newly disallowed words 1 cracky

BACKYARD

word       length      
ABACK 5
ABBACY 6
ABRACADABRA 11
ARRAY 5
BABA 4
BABKA 5
BABY 4
BACK 4
BACKYARD * 8 pangram
BARB 4
BARD 4
BARK 4
BARRACK 7
BRAD 4
BRAY 4
CABBY 5
CADDY 5
CAKY 4
CARB 4
CARD 4
CARRY 5
CRAB 4
CRABBY 6
CRACK 5
CRYBABY * 7
DADDY 5
DARK 4
DRAB 4
DRAY 4
DRYAD 5
DYAD 4
KAYAK 5
RACK 4
RACY 4
RADAR 5
YARD 4

* compound(ish) word

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