August 16, 2020: Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

August 16, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 16, 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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Spelling Bee for August 16, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter F: March 20, 2024
Center letter I: February 6, 2023
Center letter L: January 11, 2021

words: 178
score: 1,181 pts
pangrams: 5
compounds: 4
plurals: 8
bingo: yes

cmp	5	6	tot
F	-	1	1
I	-	2	2
L	1	-	1
tot	1	3	4

plu	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
C	1	-	1	1	1	1	5
I	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
tot	1	2	2	1	1	1	8

FANCIFUL, UNFANCIFUL, UNFINANCIAL, UNFINICAL, UNIFACIAL

word	length
AALII	5
ACACIA	6
ACACIIN	7
ACACIN	6
ACALCULIA	9
ACALCULIAC	10
ACANA	5
ACICULA	7
ACINACI	^† 7
ACINI	5
ACINIC	6
ACLINAL	7
ACLINIC	7
ACLINICAL	9
AFALINA	7
AFANC	5
AFFINAL	7
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALANNA	6
ALCAIC	6
ALCANNA	7
ALFAIA	6
ALFALFA	7
ALFIL	5
ALFIN	5
ALLICIN	7
ALLIIN	6
ALNUIN	6
ALNULIN	7
ALULA	5
ANACLINAL	9
ANANA	5
ANCILIA	7
ANCILLA	7
ANCILLULA	9
ANICCA	6
ANILIC	6
ANILINIC	8
ANILLIN	7
ANNAL	5
ANNUAL	6
ANNUL	5
ANNULI	^† 6
AUFLAUF	7
AULIC	5
CAFFILA	7
CAFILA	6
CALALU	6
CALCIAN	7
CALCIC	6
CALCIFIC	8
CALCIN	6
CALCULI	^† 7
CALICULI	^† 8
CALIF	5
CALIN	5
CALLA	5
CALLI	5
CALLUNA	7
CANAL	5
CANALICULI	^† 10
CANCAN	6
CANFUL	6	disallowed elsewhere
CANINI	6
CANNA	5
CANNULA	7
CANULA	6
CANUN	5
CAULICULI	^† 9
CAULINI	7
CICALA	6
CICLACILLIN	11
CIFAL	5
CILIA	^† 5
CILIAL	6
CINCINNAL	9
CLINAL	6
CLINIA	6
CLINICAL	8
CLINICIAN	9
CLUNIAL	7
CUICA	5
FACIA	5
FACIAL	6
FACULA	6
FALCIAL	7
FALCULA	7
FALLAL	6
FANAL	5
FANCIFUL	8	pangram
FANFIC	* 6
FAUCAL	6
FAUCIAL	7
FAUNA	5
FAUNAL	6
FAUNULA	7
FICAIN	6
FILIAL	6
FILICAL	7
FINAL	5
FINANCIAL	9
FINCA	5
FINIAL	6
FINICAL	7
FINNA	5
FINNAC	6
FLAFF	5
FLAIL	5
FLICFLAC	8
FLUCAN	6
FLUCCAN	7
FUCAN	5
FULLA	5
FUNANA	6
ILALA	5
ILIAC	5
ILIACAL	7
ILIACI	^† 6
ILIAL	5
ILLICIA	7
INCALL	* 6
INFALL	* 6
INFAUNA	7
INFAUNAL	8
INFULA	6
INIAC	5
INIAL	5
INULA	5
LACCIC	6
LACCIN	6
LACINIA	7
LACINIAL	8
LACINULA	8
LACUNA	6
LACUNAL	7
LACUNIN	7
LAICAL	6
LALLAN	6
LANAI	5
LANCIN	6
LANCININ	8
LAUAN	5
LAULAU	6
LIANA	5
LICUALA	7
LILAC	5
LILACIN	7
LINAC	* 5
LUCANICA	8
LUFFA	5
LUNULA	6
NAFCILLIN	9
NAILFUL	7
NALLA	5
NANNA	5
NANNAN	6
NIACIN	6
NIFFNAFF	8
NULLA	5
NUNCIAL	7
UINAL	5
UNCAL	5
UNCAN	5
UNCIA	5
UNCIAL	6
UNCINAL	7
UNCLINICAL	10
UNFAIL	6
UNFANCIFUL	10	pangram
UNFILIAL	8
UNFINAL	7
UNFINANCIAL	11	pangram
UNFINICAL	9	pangram
UNICLINAL	9
UNIFACIAL	9	pangram
UNNAIL	6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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