I don’t think I’ve ever participated in a spelling bee before. Cartoons would lead you to believe it’s something everyone gets subjected to growing up, but they were always more informal after-school activity-type things. If you were a spelling bee enthusiast in your youth, you might get a kick out of the New York Times’ daily Spelling Bee puzzle. If you need some inspiration before trying the Spelling Bee out, we’ve got the answers from this month’s puzzles.
NYT Spelling Bee Answers (May 2022)
Here’s how the Spelling Bee puzzle works: every day, you get a honeycomb of seven letters, and you need to use those letters to create as many words as you possibly can. You can reuse letters to create longer words, but every word you make must include the center letter. All words also have to be at least four letters long.
With that out of the way, here are all of the puzzle solutions so far this month.
May 19, 2022
- eleven
- enliven
- ennui
- even
- evil
- innie
- jejune
- jell
- jive
- julienne
- juvenile
- levee
- level
- lien
- lieu
- line
- linen
- live
- liven
- lune
- nene
- nine
- uneven
- unlevel
- unveil
- veil
- vein
- venue
- venule
- vile
- vine
May 18, 2022
- clinic
- cocoon
- coffin
- coin
- colon
- colonic
- concoct
- concoction
- confit
- conflict
- conic
- cotillion
- cotton
- fiction
- finito
- flint
- font
- icon
- iconic
- infill
- inflict
- infliction
- info
- into
- ionic
- lint
- lion
- loin
- loon
- lotion
- nonfiction
- nonillion
- noon
- notion
- octillion
- onion
- onto
- tinct
- tinfoil
- tint
- tonic
- toon
May 17, 2022
- aback
- alack
- alkali
- babka
- back
- backfill
- balalaika
- balk
- bilk
- black
- blackball
- callback
- clack
- click
- fallback
- flack
- flak
- flick
- kick
- kickback
- kickball
- kill
- lack
- lick
May 16, 2022
- acacia
- acai
- archaic
- arctic
- aria
- arthritic
- atria
- attic
- cacti
- cathartic
- chai
- chair
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chihuahua
- chit
- chitchat
- circa
- circuit
- cirri
- citric
- critic
- hair
- haircut
- hitch
- itch
- raita
- rich
- tacit
- tactic
- tiara
- trait
- tutti
- uric
May 15, 2022
- admit
- admitted
- aimed
- amid
- dame
- dammed
- dammit
- deem
- deemed
- demit
- demitted
- diadem
- dime
- dimmed
- edamame
- edema
- emit
- emitted
- imam
- imitate
- imitated
- imitative
- immediate
- item
- madam
- madame
- made
- maid
- maim
- maimed
- mama
- mamma
- mate
- mated
- matte
- matted
- mead
- meat
- media
- mediate
- mediated
- meditate
- meditated
- meditative
- meet
- meme
- memed
- meta
- metadata
- mete
- meted
- midi
- mime
- mimed
- mite
- mitt
- tame
- tamed
- tatami
- team
- teamed
- teammate
- teatime
- teem
- teemed
- time
- timed
- timid
May 14, 2022
- avid
- avidly
- daddy
- daily
- dally
- dandily
- dandy
- daylily
- dial
- diddly
- dill
- dilly
- dillydally
- diva
- divan
- divvy
- dyad
- idly
- idyl
- idyll
- inlaid
- inland
- invalid
- invalidity
- lady
- laid
- land
- landlady
- livid
- lividly
- nada
- naiad
- valid
- validly
- vandal
- viand
- vivid
- vividly
May 13, 2022
- clock
- clocked
- cock
- cocked
- cockle
- coke
- coked
- coldcock
- coldcocked
- cook
- cooked
- deck
- decked
- deckle
- deke
- deked
- dock
- docked
- eked
- keel
- keeled
- kook
- leek
- lock
- locked
- look
- looked
- wedlock
- week
- woke
- woodcock
May 12, 2022
- cede
- ceded
- cent
- cite
- cited
- decedent
- deceit
- decent
- decide
- decided
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- deject
- dejected
- detect
- detected
- dice
- diced
- dietetic
- edict
- eidetic
- eject
- ejected
- entice
- enticed
- iced
- incidence
- incident
- incite
- incited
- indecent
- indict
- indicted
- inject
- injected
- nice
- niece
- tinct
May 11, 2022
- apian
- aping
- capping
- chap
- chapping
- chip
- chipping
- gaping
- napping
- nipping
- pacing
- pagan
- paging
- pain
- paining
- pang
- panic
- panini
- panning
- papa
- pica
- picnic
- pigging
- pinch
- pinching
- ping
- pinging
- pining
- pinning
- piping
- pippin
May 10, 2022
- demimonde
- demo
- demoed
- demon
- dino
- diode
- dioxide
- dodo
- dome
- domed
- dominion
- domino
- done
- donee
- donned
- doom
- doomed
- doxed
- doxx
- doxxed
- idiom
- iodine
- memo
- mimeo
- minion
- mode
- modem
- mondo
- monied
- mono
- monoxide
- mood
- mooed
- moon
- mooned
- moxie
- neon
- nodded
- node
- nominee
- none
- noon
- odeon
- omen
- onion
- oxen
- oxide
- xenon
May 9, 2022
- aback
- abbacy
- abracadabra
- array
- baba
- babka
- baby
- back
- backyard
- barb
- bard
- bark
- barrack
- brad
- bray
- cabby
- caddy
- caky
- carb
- card
- carry
- crab
- crabby
- crack
- crybaby
- daddy
- dark
- drab
- dray
- dryad
- dyad
- kayak
- rack
- racy
- radar
- yard
May 8, 2022
- airball
- aria
- arid
- aril
- barb
- bard
- bazaar
- billiard
- biradial
- bird
- blizzard
- brad
- braid
- briar
- bridal
- drab
- drib
- drill
- lair
- lard
- liar
- lira
- lizard
- rabbi
- rabid
- radar
- radial
- radii
- raid
- rail
- railbird
- razz
- rial
- ribald
- rill
May 7, 2022
- acacia
- acai
- acclaim
- acclimate
- acetal
- acetate
- acetic
- acme
- attic
- cacti
- calcite
- call
- calla
- calm
- came
- camel
- camellia
- cami
- catcall
- cattail
- cattle
- celiac
- cell
- celli
- cellmate
- cilia
- cite
- claim
- clam
- cleat
- climactic
- climate
- climatic
- clime
- eclat
- eclectic
- elect
- electee
- elicit
- emaciate
- emcee
- emetic
- icicle
- iliac
- illicit
- italic
- lace
- lactate
- lacteal
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- lattice
- lice
- licit
- lilac
- mace
- malic
- malice
- mecca
- metallic
- mica
- mice
- mimetic
- mimic
- tacet
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tactile
- talc
- titmice
May 6, 2022
- eggy
- eight
- eighth
- eightieth
- eighty
- eyeteeth
- ghee
- height
- teeth
- teethe
- thee
- they
- tithe
- twee
- tweet
- weigh
- weight
- weighty
- whee
- whet
- whew
- whey
- white
- yeti
May 5, 2022
- addend
- addenda
- aeon
- anode
- anon
- deaden
- deadened
- deafen
- deafened
- dean
- defend
- defended
- done
- donee
- donned
- ended
- ennead
- fanned
- fend
- fended
- fond
- hand
- handed
- handoff
- henna
- hennaed
- hone
- honed
- naan
- nada
- nana
- need
- needed
- nene
- neon
- nodded
- node
- none
- noon
- odeon
- offend
- offended
- offhand
- offhanded
May 4, 2022
- acacia
- acai
- acing
- arcana
- arcing
- arnica
- caging
- cairn
- cancan
- caning
- canna
- canning
- capping
- caring
- carp
- carpi
- carping
- cigar
- circa
- cirri
- crag
- crania
- craning
- crap
- crapping
- cringing
- gracing
- icing
- narc
- niacin
- pacing
- panic
- pica
- picnic
- prancing
- priapic
- pricing
- racing
- ricin
- ricing
May 3, 2022
- clod
- clot
- cloy
- codicil
- coil
- cold
- coldly
- colic
- colloid
- colt
- cool
- coolly
- coyly
- cyclic
- diddly
- dildo
- dill
- dilly
- docility
- doily
- doll
- dolly
- dolt
- icily
- idly
- idol
- idyl
- idyll
- idyllic
- illicit
- illicitly
- illy
- licit
- licitly
- lilt
- lily
- loci
- loco
- loll
- loot
- lotto
- oddly
- oily
- olio
- tidily
- till
- tilt
- toil
- told
- toll
- tool
May 2, 2022
- afar
- afoul
- afro
- alfalfa
- aloof
- fall
- falloff
- farro
- fava
- favor
- flavor
- flavorful
- floor
- flora
- floral
- flour
- fluff
- foal
- fool
- fora
- foul
- four
- froufrou
- full
- furl
- furor
- loaf
- loofa
- offal
- roof
- ruff
May 1, 2022
- chin
- chunk
- cinch
- cumin
- hunch
- hunk
- inch
- kink
- mini
- minim
- minimum
- mink
- munch
- munchkin
- nick
- nunchuck
- nunchuk
- unkink
