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September 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 September 12, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter ICLMNOT
Spelling Bee for September 12, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter T: August 4, 2022
Center letter M: November 11, 2021
Center letter O: September 15, 2019

words: 186
score: 1,325 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 10
plurals: 9
bingo: yes

C x 36
I x 19
L x 18
M x 45
N x 35
O x 21
T x 12

5L x 46
6L x 42
7L x 34
8L x 25
9L x 18
10L x 14
11L x 3
12L x 3
13L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 tot
C 9 8 7 3 3 1 3 2 - 36
I 6 5 4 1 - 3 - - - 19
L 5 5 3 1 2 2 - - - 18
M 8 9 10 7 7 3 - - 1 45
N 7 8 5 6 4 4 - 1 - 35
O 5 4 4 5 2 1 - - - 21
T 6 3 1 2 - - - - - 12
tot 46 42 34 25 18 14 3 3 1 186

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 3 CL x 9 CO x 24
COC x 2 COI x 3 COL x 9 COM x 5 CON x 2 COO x 1 COT x 2
IC x 2 IL x 6 IM x 2 IN x 7 IO x 2
LI x 10 LO x 8
MI x 21 MO x 24
NI x 9 NO x 26
OC x 9 OM x 2 ON x 5 OO x 1 OT x 4
TI x 6 TO x 6

cmp 6 7 8 9 tot
I 1 - - - 1
M - 3 4 1 8
T 1 - - - 1
tot 2 3 4 1 10

plu 5 6 7 8 tot
C 1 - 1 1 3
M - 1 1 1 3
N 1 - - - 1
T 2 - - - 2
tot 4 1 2 2 9

debut appearances 0

LIMONCITO, LIMONITIC, LOCOMOTION

word       length      
CICINNI  7
CINCINNI  8
CINCT 5
CLINIC 6
CLINOLIMNION 12
CLINT 5
CLITIC 6
CLITION 7
CLITOCIN 8
CLOIT 5
CLONIC 6
CLONICOTONIC 12
COCCI  5
COCCIC 6
COILIN 6
COION 5
COITION 7
COLIC 5
COLICIN 7
COLIMIT 7
COLIN 5
COLITIC 7
COLOCOLIC 9
COLOCOLONIC 11
COLONI 6
COLONIC 7
COMIC 5
COMMIT 6
COMMONITION 11
COMMOTION 9
COMONOTONIC 11
CONCOCTION 10
CONIC 5
COOLIO 6
COTILLION 9
COTILLON 8
ICONIC 6
ICTIC 5
ILICICOLIN 10
ILICIN 6
ILLICIT 7
ILLINITION 10
ILLITIC 7
ILLLIT * 6
IMINIC 6
IMINO 5
INIMIC 6
INION 5
INNIT 5
INOTOCIN 8
INTIL 5
INTIMIN 7
INTINCTION 10
IONIC 5
IONOMIC 7
LICIT 5
LIMIT 5
LIMNIC 6
LIMONCILLO 10
LIMONCITO 9 pangram
LIMONIN 7
LIMONITIC 9 pangram
LININ 5
LINTOL 6
LITOTIC 7
LOCIN 5
LOCOMOTION 10 pangram
LOIMIC 6
LOMILOMI 8
LONNIN 6
LONOMIC 7
LOTIC 5
LOTION 6
MICTIC 6
MICTION 7
MILIOLITIC 10
MILLICOIN 9
MILLIM 6
MILLION 7
MIMIC 5
MINICOM * 7
MINICOMIC * 9
MINILOCI *  8
MINIM 5
MINIMI  6
MINIMILL * 8
MINIMIN * 7
MINIMOON * 8
MINIMOTO * 8
MINION 6
MINMI 5
MIOTIC 6
MITOTIC 7
MITTIMI  7
MOIMOI 6
MOLIMO 6
MOLINILLO 9
MOLLIC 6
MOLOI 5
MONIC 5
MONIMOLIMNION 13
MONITION 8
MONOCLINIC 10
MONOCOTIC 9
MONOI 5
MONOION 7
MONOMICTIC 10
MONOMINO 8
MONOMITIC 9
MONOTIC 7
MONOTINT 8
MONOTONIC 9 disallowed elsewhere
MONOTONIN 9
MOOLI 5
MOONLIT * 7
MOTILIN 7
MOTION 6
MOTTI 5
NICOTIC 7
NICOTIN 7
NICOTINIC 9
NIMONO 6
NINCOM 6
NINON 5
NITIC 5
NITINOL 7
NITON 5
NOCINO 6
NOLITION 8
NOMIC 5
NOMILIN 7
NOMOI  5
NONCOLITIC 10
NONCOLONIC 10
NONCOMIC 8
NONIC 5
NONICONIC 9
NONILL 6
NONILLION 9
NONION 6
NONIONIC 8
NONITOL 7
NONMITOTIC 10
NONMONIC 8
NONMONOTONIC 12
NONMOTION 9
NONOIL 6
NONOMINO 8
NONOOLITIC 10
NONTIN 6
NONTONIC 8
NOOIT 5
NOTION 6
OCOTILLO 8 disallowed elsewhere
OCTIC 5
OCTILLION 9
OCTITOL 7
OCTLI 5
OCTOIC 6
OCTOMINO 8
OCTONION 8
OCTONIONIC 10
OMMIN 5
OMNITONIC 9
ONCOTIC 7
ONICOLO 7
ONION 5
ONONIN 6
ONTIC 5
OOLITIC 7
OTITIC 6
OTOCONIN 8
OTOLIN 6
OTOLITIC 8
TIMOLOL 7
TINCT 5
TINCTION 8
TINNITIC 8
TITIN 5
TITLO 5
TOCINO 6
TOITOI 6
TOMOI  5
TOMTIT * 6
TONIC 5
TONOI  5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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