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August 6, 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 6, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter LANOPRU
Spelling Bee for August 6, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter U: November 3, 2022
Center letter O: December 7, 2021
Center letter N: March 19, 2021

words: 127
score: 841 pts
pangrams: 6
compounds: 5
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 22
L x 15
N x 22
O x 4
P x 50
R x 5
U x 9

5L x 44
6L x 39
7L x 22
8L x 12
9L x 6
10L x 3
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 10 7 4 - 1 - - 22
L 7 5 2 1 - - - 15
N 4 2 6 5 3 2 - 22
O 3 1 - - - - - 4
P 15 18 9 5 1 1 1 50
R 2 2 - 1 - - - 5
U 3 4 1 - 1 - - 9
tot 44 39 22 12 6 3 1 127

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 8 AN x 5 AP x 5 AR x 2 AU x 2
AUR x 2
LA x 7 LL x 1 LO x 3 LU x 4
NA x 3 NO x 16 NU x 3
OL x 1 ON x 2 OR x 1
PA x 19 PL x 8 PO x 9 PR x 6 PU x 8
RA x 1 RO x 3 RU x 1
UL x 3 UN x 5 UP x 1

cmp 5 6 tot
O 1 1 2
P - 1 1
R - 1 1
U - 1 1
tot 1 4 5

debut appearances 6
previously disallowed debuts 1
newly reallowed words 1

ANOPLURAN, NONPAPULAR, NONPLURAL, NONPOPULAR, PRONOUNAL, UNPOPULAR

word       length      
PROPRANOLOL 11
NONPAPULAR 10 pangram
NONPOPULAR 10 pangram
PROPANOLOL 10
ANOPLURAN 9 pangram
NONANNUAL 9
NONPLANAR 9
NONPLURAL 9 pangram
PRONOUNAL 9 pangram
UNPOPULAR 9 pangram, debut
LAPALAPA 8
NANOLOOP 8
NONLUNAR 8
NONPAPAL 8
NONPOLAR 8
NONRURAL 8
PLANULAR 8
PROPANAL 8
PROPANOL 8 debut, previously disallowed, disallowed elsewhere
PULLULAN 8
PUNALUAN 8
ROULROUL 8
ALAPANA 7
ANNULAR 7
ARNOLOL 7
AURORAL 7 debut
LUNULAR 7 newly reallowed
LUPANAR 7
NARANOL 7
NONANAL 7
NONANOL 7
NONNULL 7
NONORAL 7
NONPLAN 7
PAPULAR 7
PAPULLA 7
PARANAL 7
PARLOUR 7
PARORAL 7
PLANULA 7
POLARON 7
POPULAR 7 debut
PUNALUA 7
ULLALOO 7
ALANNA 6
ALULAR 6
ANNUAL 6
APOLAR 6
APOLLO 6 disallowed elsewhere
APPALL 6
AROLLA 6
LALLAN 6
LARRUP 6 debut
LAULAU 6
LOLLOP 6
LUNULA 6
NOUNAL 6
NULLAR 6
ONLOAN * 6
PALAPA 6 allowed elsewhere
PALLOR 6
PALOLO 6
PALPAL 6
PALPON 6
PAPULA 6
PARLOR 6
PARRAL 6
PARULA 6
PLANAL 6
PLANAR 6
PLURAL 6 debut
POLLAN 6
POPLAR 6
POPOLO 6
PROLAN 6
PULLUP * 6
PULPAL 6
RANULA 6
ROLLUP * 6
UNLOOP 6
UNPLAN 6
UNROLL 6
UPROLL * 6
ALAAP 5
ALALA 5
ALAPA 5
ALOLL 5
ALULA 5
ANNAL 5
ANNUL 5
APALA 5
APPAL 5
AURAL 5
LAPPA 5
LAUAN 5
LAURA 5
LLANO 5
LORAL 5
LORAN 5
LUNAR 5
NALLA 5
NOPAL 5
NULLA 5
NULLO 5
OLONA 5
ONLAP * 5
ORLOP 5 disallowed elsewhere
PALLA 5
PALLU 5
PAOLO 5
PAPAL 5
PAROL 5
PLANA 5
PLARN 5
PLOOP 5
POLAO 5
POLAR 5
PORAL 5
POULP 5
PULAO 5
PULLA 5
PUPAL 5
RORAL 5
RURAL 5
ULNAR 5
ULPAN 5
UNLAP 5

* compound(ish) word

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