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August 19, 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 19, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter ICDNOTU
Spelling Bee for August 19, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter T: March 18, 2024
Center letter U: June 27, 2022
Center letter N: May 26, 2021

words: 179
score: 1,299 pts
pangrams: 12
perfect: 3
compounds: 3
plurals: 7
bingo: yes

C x 38
D x 24
I x 25
N x 29
O x 28
T x 22
U x 13

5L x 52
6L x 43
7L x 31
8L x 21
9L x 16
10L x 11
11L x 3
12L x 1
13L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 tot
C 8 7 7 7 4 3 1 1 - 38
D 10 5 6 1 1 1 - - - 24
I 9 7 2 1 5 1 - - - 25
N 7 7 4 5 2 3 - - 1 29
O 6 10 5 3 1 2 1 - - 28
T 9 4 4 2 2 1 - - - 22
U 3 3 3 2 1 - 1 - - 13
tot 52 43 31 21 16 11 3 1 1 179

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 7 CN x 1 CO x 27 CU x 3
DI x 16 DO x 5 DU x 3
IC x 2 ID x 3 IN x 18 IO x 2
NI x 8 NO x 17 NU x 4
OC x 8 OD x 4 OI x 1 ON x 5 OO x 1 OT x 7 OU x 2
TI x 6 TO x 10 TU x 6
UN x 13

cmp 5 6 tot
I 1 - 1
O - 2 2
tot 1 2 3

plu 5 6 7 8 tot
C 1 - 1 1 3
N - 2 - - 2
T 1 - - - 1
U - 1 - - 1
tot 2 3 1 1 7

debut appearances 13
newly disallowed words 1 odic

COINDUCTION, CONDUCTI, CONDUCTIN, CONDUCTION, CONDUIT, DUCTION, INDUCTION, NOCTUID, NOCTUOID, NONCONDUCTION, UNCONDITION, UNIDIOTIC

word       length      
NONCONDUCTION 13 pangram
COCCIDIOIDIN 12
COINDUCTION 11 pangram
OCTODONTOID 11
UNCONDITION 11 pangram
CONCOCTION 10
CONDICTION 10
CONDUCTION 10 pangram, debut
DOCODONTID 10
INTINCTION 10
NICOTINOID 10
NONTUITION 10
NOTODONTID 10
OCTODONTID 10
OCTONIONIC 10
TINODONTID 10
CONDITION 9 debut
CONDUCTIN 9 pangram
COTTONOID 9
CUTINITIC 9
DIODONTID 9
IDIOTICON 9
INDICTION 9
INDUCTION 9 pangram, debut
INTUITION 9 debut
INUNCTION 9
NICOTINIC 9
NONICONIC 9
OTODONTID 9
TINTINNID 9
TONTONIID 9
UNIDIOTIC 9 pangram
CICONIID 8
CINCINNI  8
CNIDICIN 8
CONDUCTI 8 pangram
CONICOID 8
CONOIDIC 8
CONTINUO 8
DINOCTON 8
INOTOCIN 8
NOCTUOID 8 pangram
NONIONIC 8
NONIONID 8
NONTONIC 8
NONUNION 8 allowed elsewhere
OCTONION 8
ODONTOID 8
OTOCONIN 8
TINCTION 8
TINNITIC 8
UNICONIC 8
UNIONOID 8
CICINNI  7
COCCOID 7
COITION 7
CONDUIT 7 perfect pangram, debut
CONTOID 7
COTTOID 7
COUNION 7
DICODON 7
DICTION 7 debut
DIODONT 7
DODICIN 7
DUCTION 7 perfect pangram
DUNITIC 7
IDIOTIC 7 debut
INCONNU 7
NICOTIC 7
NICOTIN 7
NOCTUID 7 perfect pangram
NONUNIT 7
ODINIID 7
ODONTIC 7
OIDIOID 7
ONCOTIC 7
OTOITID 7
TONDINI 7
TONDINO 7
TUITION 7 debut
TUNICIN 7
UNCTION 7 debut
UNIONID 7
UNITION 7
CIDIOT 6
CIONID 6
COCCIC 6
COCCID 6
CONOID 6
COTTID 6
COUNIT 6
DIODIC 6
DIOTIC 6
DIUCON 6
DOTOID 6
DUCTIN 6
ICONIC 6
INDICT 6 debut
INDOIN 6
INDUCT 6 debut
INIOID 6
INTUIT 6
INUNCT 6
NOCINO 6
NONION 6
NONTIN 6
NOTION 6
NUNCII  6
NUNCIO 6 allowed elsewhere
NUNTII  6
OCTOIC 6
OCTOID 6
ONCOID 6
ONONIN 6
OTIDID 6
OTINID 6
OTITIC 6
OTITID 6
OUTDID * 6 debut
OUTDIN * 6
TOCINO 6
TOITOI 6
TONNID 6
TUCCID 6
UNCINI  6
UNCOIN 6
UNIOID 6
CINCT 5
CIOID 5
COCCI  5
COION 5
CONIC 5
CONID 5
CUIUI 5
CUTIN 5
DICOT 5
DIION 5
DINIC 5
DINOI 5
DIOID 5
DITIN 5
DITTI 5
DITTO 5
DOTID 5
DOUIT 5
ICTIC 5
IDIOT 5
INCUT * 5
INDIN 5
INIID 5
INION 5
INNIT 5
IODIC 5
IONIC 5
NINON 5
NITIC 5
NITID 5
NITON 5
NONIC 5
NOOIT 5
NUCIN 5
OCOID 5
OCTIC 5
ODIID 5
ONION 5
ONTIC 5
OOTID 5
TINCT 5
TITIN 5
TODID 5
TONDI 5
TONIC 5
TONOI  5
TUNIC 5
TUTIN 5
TUTTI 5
UNDID 5
UNION 5 debut
UNTIN 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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