Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
May 20, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 20, 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 LABCNOY
Spelling Bee for May 20, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter Y: September 27, 2022
Center letter O: August 27, 2020
Center letter A: July 5, 2019
Center letter B: November 8, 2018

words: 170
score: 1,092 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 9
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 22
B x 35
C x 51
L x 25
N x 31
O x 5
Y x 1

5L x 59
6L x 48
7L x 29
8L x 22
9L x 6
10L x 4
11L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 7 9 4 2 - - - 22
B 10 13 6 4 1 1 - 35
C 13 18 8 8 2 2 - 51
L 17 5 2 1 - - - 25
N 7 2 9 7 3 1 2 31
O 4 1 - - - - - 5
Y 1 - - - - - - 1
tot 59 48 29 22 6 4 2 170

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 3 AC x 3 AL x 13 AN x 3
BA x 20 BL x 5 BO x 9 BY x 1
CA x 16 CL x 7 CO x 23 CY x 5
LA x 9 LL x 1 LO x 15
NA x 8 NO x 21 NY x 2
OB x 1 OL x 2 ON x 2
YA x 1

cmp 5 6 7 8 10 tot
B - - 1 1 - 2
C - - 1 1 1 3
L 1 - - 1 - 2
O 1 1 - - - 2
tot 2 1 2 3 1 9

debut appearances 0

BALCONY, BALLOONACY

word       length      
NANOBALLOON 11
NONCLONALLY 11
BALLOONACY 10 pangram
CANNONBALL * 10
CYCLOALLYL 10
NONLOCALLY 10
BOOBYALLA 9
CLOACALLY 9
COLCANNON 9
NANOALLOY 9
NANOCANAL 9
NONCLONAL 9
ABANALLY 8
ACALYCAL 8
BABAYLAN 8
BALLCLAY * 8
BALLOONY 8
BANYALLA 8
CALLALOO 8
CLONALLY 8
COALBALL * 8
COCOBOLA 8
COCOBOLO 8
COLLOCAL 8
COLOANAL 8
COLOCOLO 8
LOBLOLLY * 8 allowed elsewhere
NANOBALL 8
NANOCLAY 8
NONALLOY 8
NONANOYL 8
NONCANAL 8
NONLOCAL 8
NONLOYAL 8
ACLONAL 7
ALBANOL 7
ALCANNA 7
ANCONAL 7
BACALAO 7
BACCALA 7
BALCONY 7 perfect pangram
BALLBOY * 7
BALLOON 7
BANALLY 7
CABBALA 7
CABOCLO 7
CALABAN 7
CALALOO 7
CALLBOY * 7
CANNOLO 7
CLOACAL 7
COLLABO 7
LOCALLY 7
LOYALLY 7
NONALLY 7
NONANAL 7
NONANOL 7
NONBALL 7
NONBLOC 7
NONCALL 7
NONCLAY 7
NONCOAL 7
NONCOLA 7
ABANAL 6
ABOLLA 6
ACYLAL 6
ALANNA 6
ALANYL 6
ALBOLL 6
ALCOOL 6
ALCYON 6
ANALLY 6
BABALA 6
BABBLY 6
BALBOA 6
BALLAN 6
BALLON 6
BANCAL 6
BLABBY 6
BLANCO 6
BLOBBY 6
BLOLLY 6
BOBBLY 6
BOBBOL 6
BYLYNA 6
CABALA 6
CALABA 6
CALLOO 6
CALYON 6
CANOLA 6
CLANCY 6
CLANNY 6
CLOACA 6
CLONAL 6 disallowed elsewhere
COALLY 6
COBBLY 6
COCCAL 6
COLLAB 6 allowed elsewhere
COLONY 6
COOLLY 6
CYANOL 6
CYCLOL 6
CYLCON 6
LABANA 6
LABLAB 6
LALLAN 6
LOBOLA 6
LOBOLO 6
NOBBLY 6
NONLAB 6
ONLOAN * 6
ALALA 5
ALBAN 5
ALLAY 5
ALLOY 5
ALLYL 5
ALOLL 5
ANNAL 5
BALLY 5
BALOO 5
BANAL 5
BLANC 5
BOBOL 5
BOCAL 5
BOLON 5
BOOLY 5
BOYLA 5
BOYLY 5
CABAL 5
CALLA 5
CANAL 5
COALA 5
COALY 5
COCAL 5
COLLA 5
COLLY 5
COLON 5
CONAL 5
COYLY 5
COYOL 5
CYCLO 5
LABBA 5
LABNA 5
LALLY 5
LAOYA 5
LAYAN 5
LAYBY * 5
LLANO 5
LOBAL 5
LOBBY 5
LOCAL 5
LOCAO 5
LOCON 5
LOLLY 5
LONCO 5
LOOBY 5
LOONY 5
LOYAL 5
NABAL 5
NABLA 5
NALLA 5
NOBLY 5
NONYL 5
NYALA 5
NYLON 5
OBOLO 5
OLLAY 5
OLONA 5
ONLAY * 5
YACAL 5

* compound(ish) word

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