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May 12, 2023 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 12, 2023, including disallowed words.


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 VACENOT
Spelling Bee for May 12, 2023

words: 88
score: 499 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 7
C x 24
E x 8
N x 15
O x 8
T x 3
V x 23

4L x 22
5L x 16
6L x 19
7L x 16
8L x 7
9L x 4
10L x 3
14L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 tot
A 1 2 2 1 1 - - - 7
C 3 5 2 8 1 2 2 1 24
E 3 1 2 1 1 - - - 8
N 3 2 3 4 1 1 1 - 15
O 2 1 3 - 2 - - - 8
T 1 - 2 - - - - - 3
V 9 5 5 2 1 1 - - 23
tot 22 16 19 16 7 4 3 1 88

CENTAVO, CONCAVATE, CONVOCATE, COVENANT, COVENANTEE

word       length      
CONCAVOCONCAVE 14
CONVENANCE 10
COVENANTEE 10 pangram
NONCONCAVE 10
CONCAVATE 9 pangram
CONVOCATE 9 pangram
NONVACANT 9
VACCENATE 9
AVVOCATO 8
COVENANT 8 pangram
EVECTANT 8
NONEVENT 8
OCTAVATE 8
OVENETTE 8
VENENATE 8
AVOCATE 7
CAVETTO 7
CENTAVO 7 perfect pangram
COEVENT 7
CONCAVE 7
CONVECT 7
CONVENE 7
CONVENT 7
CONVNET 7
EVOCATE 7
NAVETTE 7
NONEVEN 7
NONVOTE 7
NOVENAE 7
VACANCE 7
VANETTE 7
AVOCAT 6
AVOCET 6
CAVEAT 6
COVENT 6
ENCAVE 6
EVOVAE 6
NAVETA 6
NOVATE 6
NOVENA 6
OCTAVE 6
OCTAVO 6
OTTAVA 6
TATTVA 6
TEEVEE 6
VACANT 6
VACATE 6
VATTOO 6
VOCATE 6
VOTEEN 6
AVANT 5
AVCAT 5
CAVAE 5
CAVAN 5
CONVO 5
COVEN 5
COVET 5
EVENT 5
NEVEN 5
NOVAE 5
OVATE 5
VANNA 5
VEENA 5
VENAE 5
VENTA 5
VONCE 5
AVEN 4
CAVA 4
CAVE 4
COVE 4
EAVE 4
EVEN 4
EVET 4
NAVE 4
NEVE 4
NOVA 4
OVEN 4
OVOO 4
TAVA 4
VACA 4
VANE 4
VATO 4
VENA 4
VENT 4
VETA 4
VETO 4
VEVE 4
VOTE 4

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