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October 12, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 12, 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 ADNORTU
Spelling Bee for October 12, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter O: November 8, 2024
Center letter N: July 16, 2023
Center letter U: August 29, 2022

words: 204
score: 1,270 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 10
bingo: yes

A x 45
D x 35
N x 33
O x 15
R x 19
T x 51
U x 6

5L x 78
6L x 61
7L x 47
8L x 8
9L x 8
10L x 1
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 18 16 10 - 1 - - 45
D 17 10 8 - - - - 35
N 10 9 9 4 1 - - 33
O 3 5 4 2 1 - - 15
R 7 6 5 - 1 - - 19
T 21 13 9 2 4 1 1 51
U 2 2 2 - - - - 6
tot 78 61 47 8 8 1 1 204

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AD x 7 AN x 14 AO x 2 AR x 13 AT x 4 AU x 4
DA x 11 DO x 18 DR x 2 DU x 4
NA x 19 NO x 11 NU x 3
OD x 3 ON x 2 OR x 4 OT x 1 OU x 5
OUT x 5
RA x 11 RO x 6 RU x 2
TA x 32 TO x 9 TR x 5 TU x 5
UD x 1 UN x 4 UR x 1

cmp 5 6 7 9 10 tot
A 1 - 1 - - 2
O - 3 2 - - 5
R - - 1 1 - 2
T - - - - 1 1
tot 1 3 4 1 1 10

debut appearances 3
newly disallowed words 2 donator, odorant

ODOURANT, ROTUNDA, TAURODONT, TURNAROUND

word       length      
AARON 5
ADDON * 5
ADDRA 5
ADNATA 6
ADNOUN 6
ADORANT 7
ADORN 5
ADRAD 5
ANANA 5
ANATTA 6
ANATTO 6
ANDRO 5
ANDRON 6
ANNATTO 7
ANNONA 6
ANNOTATOR 9
ANNOTTO 7
ANODON 6
ANODONT 7
ANONA 5
ANTRA 5
ANURAN 6
AORTA 5
AOUDAD 6
ARARA 5
ARATDAR 7
ARDOR 5
ARDOUR 6
ARNATTO 7
ARNOTTA 7
ARNOTTO 7
ARNUT 5
AROAR 5
AROUND 6
AROURA 6
ARRANT 6
ARURA 5
ATAUNT 6
ATAUNTO 7
ATTAR 5
ATTORN 6
AUDAD 5
AURAR 5
AURORA 6
AUTORAD * 7
DAANA 5
DADDA 5
DANDA 5
DANTA 5
DANTON 6
DANTRON 7
DARUAN 6
DATTO 5
DATURA 6
DAUNT 5
DAUNTON 7
DODAD 5
DODDARD 7
DODDART 7
DONAT 5
DONATOR 7 newly disallowed
DONNA 5
DONNARD 7
DOODAD 6
DOONA 5
DORAD 5
DORADO 6 allowed elsewhere
DOTAR 5
DOTARA 6
DOTARD 6
DOUAR 5
DOURA 5
DOURADA 7
DOUTAR 6
DRANT 5
DRAUNT 6
DUNNART 7
DURANT 6
DURRA 5
DUTAR 5
NANDOU 6
NANDU 5
NANNA 5
NANNAN 6
NANOART 7
NANODOT 7
NANOROAD 8
NANOROD 7
NANTO 5
NARDO 5
NARDOO 6
NARRA 5
NARRATOR 8
NARUTO 6
NATANT 6
NATATOR 7
NATRON 6
NATTO 5
NAUNT 5
NONAD 5
NONART 6
NONAUTO 7
NONDA 5
NONNA 5
NONRADAR 8
NONRADON 8
NONRAT 6
NONROAD 7
NOTANDA 7
NOTATOR 7
NURTURANT 9 disallowed elsewhere
NUTANT 6
NUTATOR 7
ODONATAN 8
ODORANT 7 newly disallowed
ODOURANT 8 pangram
ONDATRA 7
ONROAD * 6
ORANDA 6
ORANT 5
ORATOR 6
ORDONNANT 9
OTTAR 5
OUTADD * 6
OUTRAN * 6 debut
OUTRANT * 7
OUTROAR * 7
OUTTA 5
RADAR 5
RADON 5
RANDAN 6
RANDO 5 allowed elsewhere
RANDOT 6
RATAN 5
RATATAT * 7
RATOON 6
RATTAN 6
RATTON 6
RATTOON 7
ROTAN 5
ROTAROD 7
ROTATOR 7
ROTTA 5
ROTTAN 6
ROTUNDA 7 perfect pangram, debut
RUANA 5
RUNAROUND * 9
TANADAR 7
TANDA 5
TANDAR 6
TANDOOR 7
TANNA 5
TANNADAR 8
TANNOUR 7
TANNUR 6
TANOD 5
TANRU 5
TANTARA 7
TANTO 5
TANTRA 6
TARADA 6
TARAN 5
TARANTARA 9
TARATANTARA 11
TARATOR 7
TARDO 5
TAROT 5
TARTAN 6
TARTAR 6
TATARA 6
TATARARA 8
TATOO 5
TATOU 5
TATTA 5
TATTARARA 9
TATTOO 6
TAUNT 5
TAUON 5
TAURODONT 9 pangram
TONNATO 7
TOOART 6
TORAN 5
TORANA 6
TORNADO 7
TORRAND 7
TORTA 5
TOTARA 6
TOURONAUT 9
TRANT 5
TRATT 5
TROAT 5
TRONA 5
TRUANT 6
TUART 5
TUATARA 7
TUNDRA 6
TURNAROUND * 10 pangram, debut
TURRA 5
UDAND 5
UNADD 5
UNADON 6
UNADORN 7
UNTAUT 6
URANOAN 7

* compound(ish) word

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