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October 16, 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 16, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter MAILNPT
Spelling Bee for October 16, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter N: June 4, 2024
Center letter P: November 17, 2022

words: 159
score: 1,073 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 24
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 29
I x 13
L x 16
M x 67
N x 3
P x 15
T x 16

5L x 37
6L x 44
7L x 43
8L x 25
9L x 4
10L x 3
11L x 1
12L x 1
13L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 tot
A 6 7 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 29
I 2 3 7 1 - - - - - 13
L 7 3 5 1 - - - - - 16
M 18 17 17 12 2 1 - - - 67
N - 2 1 - - - - - - 3
P 1 7 4 3 - - - - - 15
T 3 5 4 4 - - - - - 16
tot 37 44 43 25 4 3 1 1 1 159

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 1 AM x 8 AN x 13 AP x 4 AT x 3
IL x 1 IM x 9 IN x 3
LA x 7 LI x 8 LL x 1
MA x 42 MI x 25
NA x 2 NT x 1
PA x 8 PI x 4 PL x 2 PT x 1
TA x 11 TI x 5

cmp 6 7 8 10 tot
L - 1 - - 1
M 2 7 5 1 15
P 3 2 - - 5
T 2 - 1 - 3
tot 7 10 6 1 24

plu 6 7 tot
L 1 - 1
M 2 1 3
tot 3 1 4

debut appearances 6
previously disallowed debuts 3

ANTINAPALM, IMPLANT, PALMITIN

word       length      
ANTIMAMMALIAN 13
ANTIMILITANT 12
ANTIMILITIA 11
ANTIANIMAL 10
ANTINAPALM 10 pangram
MILITIAMAN * 10
ANIMALIAN 9
ANTIMANIA 9
MAMMALIAN 9
MATAMATAM 9
AMALAITA 8
AMANITIN 8
ANIPAMIL 8
APIMANIA 8
IMMANANT 8
LAMANTIN 8
MAINTAIN 8
MAMMILLA 8
MANNITAN 8
MANTILLA 8
MATAMATA 8
MILITANT 8
MILLIAMP 8
MILLTAIL * 8
MINILAMP * 8
MINIMALL * 8
MINIMILL * 8
MINIPILL * 8
PALMILLA 8
PALMITIN 8 pangram
PLANIMAL 8
TAILLAMP * 8 debut
TALLITIM 8
TIAPAMIL 8
TILMATLI 8
AMANITA 7
ANATMAN 7
ANTIMAN 7
APPALAM 7
ATTAMAN 7
IMITANT 7
IMPAINT 7
IMPALLA 7
IMPIMPI 7
IMPLANT 7 perfect pangram, debut
INTIMAL 7
INTIMIN 7
LAMINAL 7
LAMININ 7
LAMPLIT * 7
LIMINAL 7 debut, previously disallowed
LIMITAL 7
MAILMAN * 7
MAINPIN * 7
MALTMAN 7
MAMILLA 7
MANILLA 7
MANIMAL 7
MANPAIN * 7
MANTAPA 7
MATINAL 7
MILITIA 7
MILLMAN * 7
MINIMAL 7
MINIMAP * 7
MINIMIN * 7
MINTMAN * 7
MITMITA 7
MITTIMI  7
NTAMANI 7
PALMITA 7
PIAIMAN 7
PINTMAN * 7
PLATMAN * 7
TAMALIN 7
TAMAPIN 7
TAMPALA 7
TIMPANI 7 debut
ALMAMI 6
AMIMIA 6
AMINAL 6
ANIMAL 6
ANIMAT 6
APAMIN 6
ATAMAN 6
IMPALA 6
IMPALM 6
INTIMA 6
LAMINA 6
LIMAIL 6
LIMINA  6
MAALIN 6
MALLAM 6
MALLIN 6
MALTIN 6
MAMMAL 6
MANAIA 6
MANANA 6
MANILA 6 debut, previously disallowed
MANINI 6
MANITA 6
MANNAN 6
MANTIT * 6
MATAPI 6
MATMAN * 6
MILLIM 6
MINIMA  6
MINIMI  6
NAMMIT 6
NAPALM 6
PALAMA 6
PALMIN 6
PANAMA 6
PANMAN * 6
PINMAN * 6
PITMAN * 6
PTITIM 6
TAALIM 6
TAMPAN 6
TATAMI 6
TINMAN * 6
TITMAN * 6
AMAIN 5
AMALA 5
AMNIA 5
ANIMA 5
APPAM 5
ATMAN 5
ILAMA 5
IMALA 5
LAMIA 5
LAMIN 5
LIMAN 5
LIMIT 5
LIMMA 5
LIMPA 5
LLAMA 5
MALAI 5
MALIA 5
MAMMA 5
MANAL 5
MANAT 5
MANIA 5
MANNA 5
MANTA 5
MANTI 5
MATAI 5
MATIN 5
MATTA 5
MILIA 5
MILPA 5
MINIM 5
MINMI 5
MIPIT 5
MITTA 5
PAMPA 5
TALMA 5
TAMAL 5
TAMIN 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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