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 3, 2021 | Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 3, 2021, 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 TACEIPV
Spelling Bee for May 3, 2021

Related puzzles
Center letter C: May 30, 2023
Center letter P: August 11, 2022

words: 35
score: 238 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1

A x 9
C x 6
E x 2
P x 9
T x 7
V x 2

5L x 10
6L x 12
7L x 7
8L x 3
9L x 1
10L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 1 4 1 2 - 1 9
C 2 1 1 - 1 1 6
E 1 - 1 - - - 2
P 3 3 3 - - - 9
T 3 3 - 1 - - 7
V - 1 1 - - - 2
tot 10 12 7 3 1 2 35

debut appearances 13
newly disallowed words 1 pectic

CAPTIVATE, CAPTIVE

word       length      
ACCEPT 6
ACETATE 7
ACETIC 6
ACTIVATE 8 debut
ACTIVE 6 debut
APPETITE 8 debut
APPETITIVE 10 debut
ATTIC 5
AVIATE 6 debut
CACTI 5
CAPACITATE 10 debut, disallowed elsewhere
CAPTIVATE 9 pangram, debut
CAPTIVE 7 perfect pangram, debut
CAVEAT 6 debut
CIVET 5
EVICT 5
EVICTEE 7
PEPITA 6 debut
PEPTIC 6
PETIT 5
PETITE 6
PICCATA 7
PIPET 5
PIPETTE 7
PIPIT 5
PITAPAT 7
TACET 5
TACIT 5
TACTIC 6
TEEPEE 6
TEPEE 5
TIPPET 6
TITIVATE 8 debut
VACATE 6 debut
VITIATE 7 debut

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