October 12, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

October 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 October 12, 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.

Spelling Bee for October 12, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter O: November 8, 2024
Center letter N: July 16, 2023
Center letter U: August 29, 2022

words: 204
score: 1,270 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 10
bingo: yes

A x 45
D x 35
N x 33
O x 15
R x 19
T x 51
U x 6

5L x 78
6L x 61
7L x 47
8L x 8
9L x 8
10L x 1
11L x 1

	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	18	16	10	-	1	-	-	45
D	17	10	8	-	-	-	-	35
N	10	9	9	4	1	-	-	33
O	3	5	4	2	1	-	-	15
R	7	6	5	-	1	-	-	19
T	21	13	9	2	4	1	1	51
U	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	6
tot	78	61	47	8	8	1	1	204

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	6	7	9	10	tot
A	1	-	1	-	-	2
O	-	3	2	-	-	5
R	-	-	1	1	-	2
T	-	-	-	-	1	1
tot	1	3	4	1	1	10

debut appearances	3
newly disallowed words	2	donator, odorant

ODOURANT, ROTUNDA, TAURODONT, TURNAROUND

word	length
AARON	5
ADDON	* 5
ADDRA	5
ADNATA	6
ADNOUN	6
ADORANT	7
ADORN	5
ADRAD	5
ANANA	5
ANATTA	6
ANATTO	6
ANDRO	5
ANDRON	6
ANNATTO	7
ANNONA	6
ANNOTATOR	9
ANNOTTO	7
ANODON	6
ANODONT	7
ANONA	5
ANTRA	5
ANURAN	6
AORTA	5
AOUDAD	6
ARARA	5
ARATDAR	7
ARDOR	5
ARDOUR	6
ARNATTO	7
ARNOTTA	7
ARNOTTO	7
ARNUT	5
AROAR	5
AROUND	6
AROURA	6
ARRANT	6
ARURA	5
ATAUNT	6
ATAUNTO	7
ATTAR	5
ATTORN	6
AUDAD	5
AURAR	5
AURORA	6
AUTORAD	* 7
DAANA	5
DADDA	5
DANDA	5
DANTA	5
DANTON	6
DANTRON	7
DARUAN	6
DATTO	5
DATURA	6
DAUNT	5
DAUNTON	7
DODAD	5
DODDARD	7
DODDART	7
DONAT	5
DONATOR	7	newly disallowed
DONNA	5
DONNARD	7
DOODAD	6
DOONA	5
DORAD	5
DORADO	6	allowed elsewhere
DOTAR	5
DOTARA	6
DOTARD	6
DOUAR	5
DOURA	5
DOURADA	7
DOUTAR	6
DRANT	5
DRAUNT	6
DUNNART	7
DURANT	6
DURRA	5
DUTAR	5
NANDOU	6
NANDU	5
NANNA	5
NANNAN	6
NANOART	7
NANODOT	7
NANOROAD	8
NANOROD	7
NANTO	5
NARDO	5
NARDOO	6
NARRA	5
NARRATOR	8
NARUTO	6
NATANT	6
NATATOR	7
NATRON	6
NATTO	5
NAUNT	5
NONAD	5
NONART	6
NONAUTO	7
NONDA	5
NONNA	5
NONRADAR	8
NONRADON	8
NONRAT	6
NONROAD	7
NOTANDA	7
NOTATOR	7
NURTURANT	9	disallowed elsewhere
NUTANT	6
NUTATOR	7
ODONATAN	8
ODORANT	7	newly disallowed
ODOURANT	8	pangram
ONDATRA	7
ONROAD	* 6
ORANDA	6
ORANT	5
ORATOR	6
ORDONNANT	9
OTTAR	5
OUTADD	* 6
OUTRAN	* 6	debut
OUTRANT	* 7
OUTROAR	* 7
OUTTA	5
RADAR	5
RADON	5
RANDAN	6
RANDO	5	allowed elsewhere
RANDOT	6
RATAN	5
RATATAT	* 7
RATOON	6
RATTAN	6
RATTON	6
RATTOON	7
ROTAN	5
ROTAROD	7
ROTATOR	7
ROTTA	5
ROTTAN	6
ROTUNDA	7	perfect pangram, debut
RUANA	5
RUNAROUND	* 9
TANADAR	7
TANDA	5
TANDAR	6
TANDOOR	7
TANNA	5
TANNADAR	8
TANNOUR	7
TANNUR	6
TANOD	5
TANRU	5
TANTARA	7
TANTO	5
TANTRA	6
TARADA	6
TARAN	5
TARANTARA	9
TARATANTARA	11
TARATOR	7
TARDO	5
TAROT	5
TARTAN	6
TARTAR	6
TATARA	6
TATARARA	8
TATOO	5
TATOU	5
TATTA	5
TATTARARA	9
TATTOO	6
TAUNT	5
TAUON	5
TAURODONT	9	pangram
TONNATO	7
TOOART	6
TORAN	5
TORANA	6
TORNADO	7
TORRAND	7
TORTA	5
TOTARA	6
TOURONAUT	9
TRANT	5
TRATT	5
TROAT	5
TRONA	5
TRUANT	6
TUART	5
TUATARA	7
TUNDRA	6
TURNAROUND	* 10	pangram, debut
TURRA	5
UDAND	5
UNADD	5
UNADON	6
UNADORN	7
UNTAUT	6
URANOAN	7

* compound(ish) word

AA x 1	AD x 7	AN x 14	AO x 2	AR x 13	AT x 4	AU x 4
DA x 11	DO x 18	DR x 2	DU x 4
NA x 19	NO x 11	NU x 3
OD x 3	ON x 2	OR x 4	OT x 1	OU x 5
RA x 11	RO x 6	RU x 2
TA x 32	TO x 9	TR x 5	TU x 5
UD x 1	UN x 4	UR x 1

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