May 18, 2025 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 18, 2025, including disallowed words.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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words: 156
score: 949 pts
pangrams: 7
perfect: 1
bingo: yes
A x 9
F x 83
G x 16
I x 13
L x 9
N x 7
U x 19
4L x 29
5L x 26
6L x 28
7L x 36
8L x 21
9L x 11
10L x 2
11L x 2
12L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | tot | |
| A | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| F | 20 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 83 |
| G | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| I | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 13 |
| L | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| N | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| U | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 19 |
| tot | 29 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 156 |
GAINFUL, GAINFULL, LANGLAUFING, UNFAILING, UNFALLING, UNFLAGGING, UNGAINFUL