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December 15, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 15, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter ADMOPRU
Spelling Bee for December 15, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter R: July 23, 2023
Center letter O: March 27, 2022

words: 143
score: 868 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 4
bingo: yes

A x 33
D x 23
M x 29
O x 1
P x 45
R x 7
U x 5

5L x 69
6L x 35
7L x 20
8L x 14
9L x 3
10L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 21 11 1 - - - 33
D 12 8 3 - - - 23
M 16 7 4 - 1 1 29
O 1 - - - - - 1
P 12 6 11 13 2 1 45
R 3 2 1 1 - - 7
U 4 1 - - - - 5
tot 69 35 20 14 3 2 143

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AD x 5 AM x 7 AO x 1 AP x 5 AR x 11 AU x 4
APO x 1 APP x 3 APU x 1
DA x 8 DO x 11 DR x 3 DU x 1
MA x 18 MO x 6 MU x 5
OP x 1
PA x 28 PO x 9 PR x 3 PU x 5
RA x 5 RO x 1 RR x 1
UM x 2 UP x 2 UR x 1

cmp 6 7 tot
A 1 - 1
R 1 1 2
U 1 - 1
tot 3 1 4

debut appearances 4
previously disallowed debuts 1
newly disallowed words 1 duad

PARAMOUDRA, POMPADOUR

word       length      
ADDRA 5
ADPAO 5
ADRAD 5
ADROOP 6
ADROP 5
AMADOU 6
AMARO 5
AMARU 5
AMDRAM * 6
AMOMUM 6
AMORA 5
AMOUR 5 debut, previously disallowed
AOUDAD 6
APOOP 5
APPAM 5
APPOM 5
APPRO 5
APUDOMA 7
ARARA 5
ARDOR 5
ARDOUR 6
ARMADA 6
ARMADO 6
ARMOR 5
ARMOUR 6
AROAR 5
AROMA 5
AROURA 6
ARURA 5
AUDAD 5
AURAR 5
AURORA 6
AURUM 5
DADDA 5
DAMAR 5
DAMARU 6
DAMMA 5
DAMMAR 6
DAMMARA 7
DAPDAP 6
DARUMA 6
DODAD 5
DODDARD 7
DOMRA 5
DOODAD 6
DORAD 5
DORADO 6 allowed elsewhere
DORAMA 6
DOUAR 5
DOUMA 5
DOURA 5
DOURADA 7
DRAMA 5
DRAPA 5
DRAPUR 6
DURRA 5
MADAM 5
MADDA 5
MADURO 6
MAMMA 5
MAMPARA 7
MAOMAO 6
MAORMOR 7
MAPAU 5
MAPOU 5
MARAUD 6
MARMA 5
MAROR 5
MARRA 5
MARRAM 6
MARUA 5
MARUM 5
MARUPA 6
MAUMA 5
MOMMA 5
MOMPARA 7
MORADA 6
MORMAOR 7
MORMAORDOM 10
MORRA 5
MUDAR 5
MUDARDARA 9
MUDRA 5
MURRA 5
MURRAM 6
OPARA 5
PADAM 5
PADMA 5
PAMPA 5
PAOPAO 6
PAPAD 5
PAPADAM 7
PAPADOM 7
PAPADUM 7
PAPAU 5
PAPPAD 6
PAPPADAM 8
PAPPADOM 8
PAPPADUM 8
PARADOR 7
PARADROP 8
PARAMO 6
PARAMOUDRA 10 pangram
PARAMOUR 8 debut
PARAMPARA 9
PARAPARA 8
PARAPOD 7
PARDAO 6
PARDAU 6
PARDO 5
PARMA 5
PARRO 5
PARUPPU 7
PAUROPOD 8
POMPADOM 8
POMPADOR 8
POMPADOUR 9 pangram, debut
POPADOM 7
POPADUM 7
POPPA 5
POPPADOM 8
POPPADUM 8
POROMA 6
PRAAM 5
PRODROMA 8
PROPOMA 7
PUMAPARD 8
PUPADOM 7
PURAU 5
PURDA 5
PURPURA 7
RADAR 5
RAMADA 6
RAMARAMA 8
RAMROD * 6
RAUPO 5
ROADMAP * 7 allowed elsewhere
RRAUP 5
UMADA 5
UMARA 5
UPROAR * 6 debut
UPUPA 5
URUPA 5

* compound(ish) word

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