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October 11, 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 11, 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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter FCEILNT
Spelling Bee for October 11, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter C: October 28, 2022
Center letter L: August 8, 2021

words: 84
score: 582 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 10
bingo: yes

C x 6
E x 10
F x 41
I x 13
L x 10
N x 2
T x 2

5L x 21
6L x 29
7L x 11
8L x 12
9L x 6
10L x 2
11L x 1
12L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
C 3 - - 1 1 1 - - 6
E 2 3 1 2 1 1 - - 10
F 13 15 6 2 4 - - 1 41
I 1 5 2 3 - - 1 1 13
L 1 4 2 3 - - - - 10
N 1 1 - - - - - - 2
T - 1 - 1 - - - - 2
tot 21 29 11 12 6 2 1 2 84

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 1 CL x 5
EF x 5 EI x 1 EL x 3 ET x 1
FE x 18 FI x 17 FL x 6
IN x 13
LE x 2 LI x 8
NI x 2
TE x 1 TI x 1

cmp 5 6 8 9 tot
C - - - 1 1
F - - - 1 1
I 1 3 - - 4
L - 1 3 - 4
tot 1 4 3 2 10

debut appearances 2
previously disallowed debuts 1

CELLFECTIN, FENETICILLIN, INFLECT

word       length      
CELLFECTIN 10 pangram
CLEFT 5
CLIFF 5
CLIFFLET 8
CLIFFLINE * 9
CLIFT 5
EFFECT 6
EFFELL 6
EFFETE 6
EFFICIENCE 10
EFFICIENT 9
EIFELITE 8
ELFEN 5
ELFETTE 7
ELFIN 5
ETIFENIN 8
FECIT 5
FEELIE 6
FEINT 5
FELICIFIC 9
FELINE 6
FELLIC 6
FELLINIC 8
FENCE 5
FENCELET 8
FENCELINE * 9
FENETICILLIN 12 pangram
FENITE 6
FENNEC 6
FENNEL 6
FENTIN 6
FETII 5
FETTELITE 9
FETTLE 6
FICIN 5
FICTILE 7
FIENT 5
FIENTIC 7
FIFIE 5
FIFTEEN 7
FILET 5
FILICIC 7
FILICININ 9
FILLET 6
FINIF 5
FINIFF 6
FINITE 6
FINLET 6
FINNIF 6
FINNIFF 7
FITTIE 6
FLEECE 6
FLEEN 5
FLEET 5
FLINT 5
FLITE 5
FLITTEN 7
INEFFICIENCE 12
INEFFICIENT 11
INFECT 6
INFECTEE 8
INFEFT 6
INFELL * 6
INFELT * 6
INFICETE 8
INFILL * 6
INFINITE 8
INFIT * 5
INFLECT 7 perfect pangram, debut
INFLICT 7
LEFTIE 6 debut, previously disallowed
LEIFITE 7
LIFELET 7
LIFELINE * 8
LIFIE 5
LIFTIE 6
LIFTIN 6
LIFTLINE * 8
LINEFILL * 8
LITFIC * 6
NIFFLE 6
NIFLE 5
TEFILLIN 8
TIFFIN 6

* compound(ish) word

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