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January 7, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 7, 2020, including disallowed words, 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 RDFIOTW
Spelling Bee for January 7, 2020

words: 41
score: 260 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 6

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DO x 3 DR x 5
FI x 2 FO x 5 FR x 3
IF x 1 IR x 2
RI x 2 RO x 3
TO x 3 TR x 7
WO x 4 WR x 1
WOO x 2 WOR x 2

cmp 7 8 9 tot
D - - 1 1
F 2 - - 2
R 1 - - 1
W 1 1 - 2
tot 4 1 1 6

debut appearances 2

DRIFTWOOD

word       length      
DORID 5
DORIDID 7
DORTOIR 7
DRIFT 5
DRIFTWOOD * 9 pangram, debut
DROID 5
DROIT 5
DROTT 5
FIORD 5
FIRWOOD * 7
FOODOIR 7
FOOTROT * 7
FORDID 6
FORDO 5
FORRIT 6
FROOD 5
FROOT 5
FROTTOIR 8
IFRIT 5
IRIDOID 7
IRORI 5
RIDOTTO 7
RIRORIRO 8
ROOTROT * 7
ROTOID 6
ROTOR 5
TORII 5
TOROID 6
TORRID 6
TRIFF 5
TRIFFID 7
TRIFID 6
TRIIODO 7
TRIOR 5
TROTRO 6
TROTTOIR 8
WOODROOF * 8
WOODROT * 7
WORDOID 7
WORRIT 6
WRITO 5

* compound(ish) word

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