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 18, 2022 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 18, 2022, including disallowed words, 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.

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center letter NCFILOT
Spelling Bee for May 18, 2022

Related puzzles
Center letter I: December 7, 2023
Center letter C: August 6, 2019

words: 120
score: 837 pts
pangrams: 3
bingo: yes

C x 31
F x 15
I x 16
L x 8
N x 29
O x 10
T x 11

5L x 34
6L x 31
7L x 19
8L x 14
9L x 9
10L x 10
11L x 2
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
C 7 8 7 4 1 1 2 1 31
F 4 4 4 1 2 - - - 15
I 6 3 1 1 1 4 - - 16
L 4 4 - - - - - - 8
N 6 7 4 4 4 4 - - 29
O 2 2 2 2 1 1 - - 10
T 5 3 1 2 - - - - 11
tot 34 31 19 14 9 10 2 1 120

CONFLICT, CONFLICTION, INFLICTION

word       length      
CICINNI 7
CINCINNI 8
CINCT 5
CLINIC 6
CLINT 5
CLITION 7
CLITOCIN 8
CLONIC 6
CLONICOTONIC 12
COCOON 6
COFFIN 6
COFILIN 7
COILIN 6
COION 5
COITION 7
COLICIN 7
COLIN 5
COLOCOLONIC 11
COLON 5
COLONI 6
COLONIC 7
CONCOCT 7
CONCOCTION 10
CONFIT 6
CONFLICT 8 pangram
CONFLICTION 11 pangram
CONIC 5
CONTO 5
COTILLION 9
COTILLON 8
COTTON 6
FICIN 5
FICOLIN 7
FICTION 7
FILICININ 9
FINFOOT 7
FINIF 5
FINIFF 6
FINITO 6
FINNIF 6
FINNIFF 7
FINNOC 6
FLINT 5
FLOTILIN 8
FLOTILLIN 9
FONIO 5
ICONIC 6
ILICICOLIN 10
ILICIN 6
ILLINITION 10
INFILL 6
INFILLION 9
INFIT 5
INFLICT 7
INFLICTION 10 pangram
INFON 5
INION 5
INNIT 5
INOTOCIN 8
INTIL 5
INTINCTION 10
IONIC 5
LIFTIN 6
LININ 5
LINTOL 6
LOCIN 5
LOCON 5
LONCO 5
LONNIN 6
LOTION 6
NICOTIC 7
NICOTIN 7
NICOTINIC 9
NINON 5
NITIC 5
NITINOL 7
NITON 5
NOCINO 6
NOLITION 8
NONCOLITIC 10
NONCOLONIC 10
NONCOTTON 9
NONFICTION 10
NONFIT 6
NONFLINT 8
NONIC 5
NONICONIC 9
NONILL 6
NONILLION 9
NONION 6
NONIONIC 8
NONITOL 7
NONNO 5
NONOIL 6
NONOOLITIC 10
NONTIN 6
NONTONIC 8
NOOIT 5
NOTION 6
OCTILLION 9
OCTONION 8
OCTONIONIC 10
ONCOTIC 7
ONICOLO 7
ONION 5
ONONIN 6
ONTIC 5
OTOCONIN 8
OTOLIN 6
TIFFIN 6
TINCT 5
TINCTION 8
TINFOIL 7
TINNITIC 8
TITIN 5
TOCINO 6
TOLLON 6
TONIC 5
TONOI 5
TONTO 5

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