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


Instructions

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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: 155
score: 872 pts
pangrams: 3
bingo: yes

C x 35
F x 18
I x 20
L x 14
N x 40
O x 15
T x 13

4L x 35
5L x 34
6L x 31
7L x 19
8L x 14
9L x 9
10L x 10
11L x 2
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
C 4 7 8 7 4 1 1 2 1 35
F 3 4 4 4 1 2 - - - 18
I 4 6 3 1 1 1 4 - - 20
L 6 4 4 - - - - - - 14
N 11 6 7 4 4 4 4 - - 40
O 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 - - 15
T 2 5 3 1 2 - - - - 13
tot 35 34 31 19 14 9 10 2 1 155

CONFLICT, CONFLICTION, INFLICTION

word       length      
CLONICOTONIC 12
COLOCOLONIC 11
CONFLICTION 11 pangram
CONCOCTION 10
ILICICOLIN 10
ILLINITION 10
INFLICTION 10 pangram
INTINCTION 10
NONCOLITIC 10
NONCOLONIC 10
NONFICTION 10
NONOOLITIC 10
OCTONIONIC 10
COTILLION 9
FILICININ 9
FLOTILLIN 9
INFILLION 9
NICOTINIC 9
NONCOTTON 9
NONICONIC 9
NONILLION 9
OCTILLION 9
CINCINNI 8
CLITOCIN 8
CONFLICT 8 pangram
COTILLON 8
FLOTILIN 8
INOTOCIN 8
NOLITION 8
NONFLINT 8
NONIONIC 8
NONTONIC 8
OCTONION 8
OTOCONIN 8
TINCTION 8
TINNITIC 8
CICINNI 7
CLITION 7
COFILIN 7
COITION 7
COLICIN 7
COLONIC 7
CONCOCT 7
FICOLIN 7
FICTION 7
FINFOOT 7
FINNIFF 7
INFLICT 7
NICOTIC 7
NICOTIN 7
NITINOL 7
NONITOL 7
ONCOTIC 7
ONICOLO 7
TINFOIL 7
CLINIC 6
CLONIC 6
COCOON 6
COFFIN 6
COILIN 6
COLONI 6
CONFIT 6
COTTON 6
FINIFF 6
FINITO 6
FINNIF 6
FINNOC 6
ICONIC 6
ILICIN 6
INFILL 6
LIFTIN 6
LINTOL 6
LONNIN 6
LOTION 6
NOCINO 6
NONFIT 6
NONILL 6
NONION 6
NONOIL 6
NONTIN 6
NOTION 6
ONONIN 6
OTOLIN 6
TIFFIN 6
TOCINO 6
TOLLON 6
CINCT 5
CLINT 5
COION 5
COLIN 5
COLON 5
CONIC 5
CONTO 5
FICIN 5
FINIF 5
FLINT 5
FONIO 5
INFIT 5
INFON 5
INION 5
INNIT 5
INTIL 5
IONIC 5
LININ 5
LOCIN 5
LOCON 5
LONCO 5
NINON 5
NITIC 5
NITON 5
NONIC 5
NONNO 5
NOOIT 5
ONION 5
ONTIC 5
TINCT 5
TITIN 5
TONIC 5
TONOI 5
TONTO 5
CION 4
COIN 4
CONI 4
CONN 4
FINO 4
FOIN 4
FONT 4
ICON 4
INFO 4
INTI 4
INTO 4
LINN 4
LINO 4
LINT 4
LION 4
LOIN 4
LOON 4
NIFF 4
NILL 4
NOIL 4
NOIT 4
NOLL 4
NOLO 4
NONI 4
NONO 4
NOON 4
NOOT 4
NOTT 4
OINT 4
ONCT 4
ONOI 4
ONTO 4
OONT 4
TINT 4
TOON 4

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