August 31, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 31, 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 . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Please note: This is not the solution set for today’s Spelling Bee, which instead uses T as the center letter. For that solution set, click the date highlighted below.
Related puzzles
Center letter T: November 29, 2024 ← latestCenter letter K: January 9, 2023
Center letter B: January 28, 2022
words: 75
score: 470 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 2
compounds: 16
plurals: 0
A x 7
B x 20
C x 17
K x 11
O x 9
T x 11
5L x 26
6L x 25
7L x 18
8L x 5
10L x 1
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | tot | |
| A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
| B | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | 20 |
| C | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 17 |
| K | 4 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 11 |
| O | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 9 |
| T | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 11 |
| tot | 26 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 75 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AB x 4 | AC x 1 | AU x 2 | |
| BA x 8 | BO x 10 | BU x 2 | |
| CA x 4 | CO x 10 | CU x 3 | |
| KA x 3 | KK x 1 | KO x 7 | |
| OC x 1 | OT x 1 | OU x 7 | |
| TA x 6 | TO x 4 | TU x 1 | |
| TOB x 1 | TOC x 1 | TOT x 1 | TOU x 1 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| A | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| C | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| O | 2 | 4 | - | 6 |
| tot | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| debut appearances | 3 |
BACKOUT, OUTBACK
| word | length | |||
| ABACOT | 6 | |||
| ABBOT | 5 | |||
| ABOUT | 5 | debut | ||
| ABUCCO | 6 | |||
| ACOCK | 5 | |||
| AUTOBOOT | * 8 | |||
| AUTOCAB | * 7 | |||
| BABACO | 6 | |||
| BABAKOTO | 8 | |||
| BABOO | 5 | |||
| BACCOO | 6 | |||
| BACKOUT | * 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| BACOO | 5 | |||
| BAOBAB | 6 | |||
| BATABOB | 7 | |||
| BOBAC | 5 | |||
| BOBAK | 5 | |||
| BOBCAT | * 6 | |||
| BOCCA | 5 | |||
| BOOBOO | 6 | |||
| BOOBOOK | 7 | |||
| BOOCOO | 6 | |||
| BOOKOO | 6 | |||
| BOOTCUT | * 7 | |||
| BOUBOU | 6 | |||
| BUCKO | 5 | |||
| BUTTOCK | 7 | |||
| CACAO | 5 | |||
| CAOBA | 5 | |||
| CAOUK | 5 | |||
| CATBOAT | * 7 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| COACT | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| COCKATOO | 8 | |||
| COCKBOAT | * 8 | |||
| COCOA | 5 | |||
| COOCOO | 6 | |||
| COOKBOOK | * 8 | |||
| COOKOUT | * 7 | |||
| COTTA | 5 | |||
| COUCOU | 6 | |||
| COUTA | 5 | |||
| CUCKOO | 6 | |||
| CUTACOO | 7 | |||
| CUTOUT | * 6 | |||
| KABOB | 5 | |||
| KABOOK | 6 | |||
| KABUTO | 6 | |||
| KKOKTU | 6 | |||
| KOAUAU | 6 | |||
| KOKAKO | 6 | |||
| KOKKO | 5 | |||
| KOOKA | 5 | |||
| KOTTU | 5 | |||
| KOTUKU | 6 | |||
| KOTUKUTUKU | 10 | |||
| OCCABOT | 7 | |||
| OTAKU | 5 | |||
| OUTACT | * 6 | |||
| OUTBACK | * 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| OUTBUTT | * 7 | |||
| OUTCOOK | * 7 | |||
| OUTCUT | * 6 | |||
| OUTTA | 5 | |||
| OUTTOOK | * 7 | |||
| TABACCO | 7 | |||
| TABACO | 6 | |||
| TABOO | 5 | |||
| TATOO | 5 | |||
| TATOU | 5 | |||
| TATTOO | 6 | |||
| TOBACCO | 7 | |||
| TOCCATA | 7 | |||
| TOTOABA | 7 | |||
| TOUBAB | 6 | |||
| TUBBO | 5 |
* compound(ish) word