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August 18, 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 18, 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.

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center letter LABEKNO
Spelling Bee for August 18, 2020

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Center letter O: August 10, 2023
Center letter E: March 31, 2021

words: 172
score: 1,119 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

A x 36
B x 45
E x 6
K x 22
L x 31
N x 20
O x 12

5L x 59
6L x 46
7L x 32
8L x 22
9L x 8
10L x 2
11L x 2
13L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 tot
A 13 10 8 2 1 2 - - 36
B 13 10 11 8 3 - - - 45
E 1 1 1 2 1 - - - 6
K 9 6 4 2 1 - - - 22
L 12 13 1 4 1 - - - 31
N 5 2 6 3 1 - 2 1 20
O 6 4 1 1 - - - - 12
tot 59 46 32 22 8 2 2 1 172

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 6 AK x 1 AL x 23 AN x 6
BA x 18 BE x 6 BL x 9 BO x 12
EL x 1 EN x 5
KA x 7 KE x 4 KL x 1 KN x 4 KO x 6
LA x 11 LE x 8 LL x 1 LO x 11
NA x 6 NE x 1 NO x 13
OB x 2 OK x 1 OL x 5 ON x 2 OO x 2

cmp 6 8 9 tot
A - - 1 1
B - 1 - 1
L - 1 - 1
O 2 - - 2
tot 2 2 1 5

debut appearances 5

ANKLEBONE, BONKABLE, NONBANKABLE

word       length      
NONANNEALABLE 13
NANOBALLOON 11
NONBANKABLE 11 pangram
ALLOALLELE 10
ANNEALABLE 10
ANKLEBONE * 9 pangram, debut
BALNEABLE 9
BELLONEON 9
BLANKABLE 9
ENABLABLE 9
KLEENEBOK 9
LABELABLE 9
NONALLELE 9
ALKANONE 8
ALKENONE 8
BAKEABLE 8
BALLONNE 8
BANKABLE 8
BANNABLE 8
BEANBALL * 8
BONEABLE 8
BONKABLE 8 pangram
BOOKABLE 8 allowed elsewhere
ENALLENE 8
ENKENNEL 8
KABLOONA 8
KALLALOO 8
LEAKABLE 8
LOANABLE 8 debut
LOOKABLE 8
LOOKBOOK * 8 allowed elsewhere
NANOBALL 8
NONBLANK 8
NONNOBLE 8
OLEANANE 8
ABALONE 7 debut
ABOLLAE 7
ALBANOL 7
ALKANAL 7
ALKANOL 7
ALKENAL 7
ALKENOL 7
ALLENOL 7
BAKABLE 7
BALLEAN 7
BALLOON 7
BALNEAL 7
BLANKEN 7
BLEAKEN 7
BOBOLEE 7
BOLENOL 7
BONABLE 7
BOOABLE 7
BOOLEAN 7
ENNOBLE 7
KABBALA 7
KEBELLE 7
KNOBBLE 7
KOLONOK 7
LABELLA 7
NANOBEL 7
NONANAL 7
NONANOL 7
NONBALL 7
NONENAL 7
NONLAKE 7
OOLAKAN 7
ABANAL 6
ABOLLA 6
ALANNA 6
ALBANE 6
ALBOLL 6
ALKANE 6
ALKENE 6
ALLELE 6
ALLENE 6
ANNEAL 6
BABALA 6
BABBLE 6
BALBOA 6
BALEEN 6
BALLAN 6
BALLON 6
BEABLE 6
BELOOK 6
BOBBLE 6
BOBBOL 6
ENABLE 6
KABALA 6
KABELE 6
KANKLE 6
KEBELE 6
KELEBE 6
KENNEL 6
LABANA 6
LABANE 6
LABLAB 6
LALLAN 6
LANKEN 6
LEAKEE 6
LEBBAN 6
LEBBEK 6
LOANEE 6
LOBOLA 6
LOBOLO 6
LONNEN 6
LOOKEE 6
NOBBLE 6
NONLAB 6
OLEONE 6
OLONKA 6
ONLOAN * 6
ONLOOK * 6
ABELE 5
ABLEN 5
AKELA 5
ALALA 5
ALANE 5
ALBAN 5
ALEAK 5
ALLEE 5
ALOLL 5
ALONE 5 debut
ANKLE 5
ANNAL 5
ANOLE 5
BABEL 5
BALOO 5
BANAL 5
BELLE 5
BELLO 5
BLAKE 5
BLANK 5
BLEAK 5
BLOAK 5
BLOKE 5 debut
BLOOK 5
BOBOL 5
BOLON 5
ELLEN 5
KALON 5
KNEEL 5
KNELL 5
KNOLL 5
KOALA 5
KOKLE 5
KOLAK 5
KOLEA 5
KOLOA 5
LABBA 5
LABEL 5
LABNA 5
LABNE 5
LEBAN 5
LEBEN 5
LEBNA 5
LEONE 5
LLANO 5
LOBAL 5
LOKAO 5
LONKO 5
NABAL 5
NABLA 5
NALLA 5
NEBEL 5
NOBLE 5
OBOLE 5
OBOLO 5
OKOLE 5
OLEON 5
OLONA 5
OOLAK 5

* compound(ish) word

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