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
April 21, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from April 21, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter DABIJLR
Spelling Bee for April 21, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter R: February 28, 2023
Center letter A: May 26, 2019
Center letter L: December 30, 2018

words: 83
score: 513 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

A x 13
B x 20
D x 22
I x 5
J x 3
L x 9
R x 11

5L x 34
6L x 24
7L x 9
8L x 15
9L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 9 1 - 3 - 13
B 4 7 2 6 1 20
D 10 7 4 1 - 22
I 1 1 3 - - 5
J 2 - - 1 - 3
L 4 3 - 2 - 9
R 4 5 - 2 - 11
tot 34 24 9 15 1 83

cmp 5 7 8 tot
A 1 - - 1
B - 1 - 1
J - - 1 1
L - - 1 1
R - - 1 1
tot 1 1 3 5

JAILBIRD

word       length      
ABADA 5
ABDAL 5
ABJAD 5
ABRADIAL 8
ADDRA 5
ADLIB * 5
ADRAD 5
ADRADIAL 8
AIDID 5
ARADID 6
ARDRI 5
ARIID 5
ARRIBADA 8
BABILLARD 9
BADLA 5
BAIRDI 6
BAJADA 6
BALBARID 8
BALDRIB * 7
BALLAD 6
BARADARI 8
BARRAD 6
BARRIADA 8
BIDAR 5
BILLARD 7
BILLIARD 8
BIRADARI 8
BIRADIAL 8 allowed elsewhere
BRAID 5
BRAIRD 6
BRIARD 6
BRIDAL 6
BRIDI 5
DABBA 5
DADAJI 6
DADDA 5
DAIRA 5
DAIRID 6
DAJID 5
DAJJAAL 7
DAJJAL 6
DALAAL 6
DALADALA 8
DALAL 5
DARBAR 6
DARBARI 7
DIALID 6
DIARIAL 7
DIDJA 5
DILAL 5
DILARID 7
DRABA 5
DRAIL 5
DRILID 6
DRILL 5
IBALIID 7
ILARIID 7
ILIAD 5 disallowed elsewhere
IRIDAL 6
IRIDIAL 7
JAADI 5
JAILBIRD * 8 pangram
JILDI 5
LABIID 6
LABRID 6
LAIRD 5
LARDBALL * 8
LARID 5
LIARD 5
LIBIDIBI 8
LIDAR 5
LILIID 6
RABADI 6
RABID 5
RADAR 5
RADIAD 6
RADIAL 6
RADIALIA 8
RADII 5
RAILBIRD * 8
RAJID 5
RALLID 6
RIBALD 6

* compound(ish) word

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