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December 5, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 5, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter OCHIMNP
Spelling Bee for December 5, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter C: February 2, 2024
Center letter P: May 2, 2021
Center letter I: March 19, 2019

words: 118
score: 772 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 6
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

C x 27
H x 11
I x 9
M x 16
N x 27
O x 9
P x 19

5L x 43
6L x 38
7L x 11
8L x 13
9L x 7
10L x 4
11L x 1
13L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 tot
C 13 10 - 2 1 - 1 - 27
H 5 2 1 - 2 1 - - 11
I 4 3 2 - - - - - 9
M 4 3 4 3 1 1 - - 16
N 8 7 1 5 3 2 - 1 27
O 5 3 1 - - - - - 9
P 4 10 2 3 - - - - 19
tot 43 38 11 13 7 4 1 1 118

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CH x 10 CI x 3 CO x 14
COC x 3 COI x 2 COM x 3 CON x 3 COO x 2 COP x 1
HI x 2 HO x 9
IC x 2 IM x 2 IN x 2 IO x 2 IP x 1
MI x 4 MO x 12
NI x 6 NO x 21
OC x 1 OH x 1 OM x 1 ON x 4 OO x 1 OP x 1
PH x 5 PI x 7 PO x 7

cmp 6 7 8 9 tot
C 1 - - - 1
H 1 - - - 1
I 1 - - - 1
M - 1 1 1 3
tot 3 1 1 1 6

plu 5 tot
C 1 1
N 1 1
tot 2 2

HOMOPHONIC, MONOPHONIC, NONHOMOPHONIC

word       length      
NONHOMOPHONIC 13 pangram
CINCHONINIC 11
HOMOPHONIC 10 pangram
MONOPHONIC 10 pangram
NINCOMPOOP 10
NONHOMININ 10
CINCHONIC 9
HOMOIONIC 9
HOOCHINOO 9
MINICOMIC * 9
NONCOMMON 9
NONICONIC 9
NONPIONIC 9
CHOOCHOO 8
CIOPPINO 8
MINIMOON * 8
MONOMINO 8
MOONMOON 8
NONCOMIC 8
NONIONIC 8
NONMONIC 8
NONOHMIC 8
NONOMINO 8
PHONONIC 8
PIHOIHOI 8
POOHPOOH 8
HOMININ 7
ICHIMON 7
IONOMIC 7
MINICOM * 7
MONOION 7
MONONOM 7
MOOCHIN 7
NOONCHI 7
OPINION 7
PHONINO 7
POMPION 7
CHICON 6
CHOCHO 6
CHOOCH 6
COCCIC 6
COCOON 6
COINOP * 6
COMMON 6
CONCHO 6
COOCOO 6
COPPIN 6
HIPHOP * 6
HONCHO 6
ICONIC 6
IMPOON 6
INCOOP * 6
MINION 6
MOIMOI 6
MOOMOO 6
NIMONO 6
NINCOM 6
NOCINO 6
NONCOM 6
NONCOP 6
NONHIP 6
NONION 6
OCCHIO 6
ONCHOM 6
ONONIN 6
PHONIC 6
PHONON 6
PINCHO 6
PINION 6
PIONIC 6
PIOPIO 6
POMPOM 6
POMPON 6
PONCHO 6
POOPOO 6
CHICO 5
CHIMO 5
CHINO 5
CHOMP 5
CHOOM 5
CHOON 5
COCCI  5
COION 5
COMIC 5
COMPO 5
CONCH 5
CONIC 5
COOCH 5
HIPPO 5
HOCCO 5
HOIHO 5
HOOCH 5
HOPPO 5
IMINO 5
INION 5
IONIC 5
IPPON 5
MOCHI 5
MONIC 5
MONOI 5
MOOCH 5
NINON 5
NINPO 5
NIOPO 5
NOMIC 5
NOMOI  5
NONIC 5
NONNO 5
NONOP 5
OHMIC 5
OMMIN 5
ONCOM 5
ONION 5
OOMPH 5
PHONO 5
PICON 5
PINON 5
POOCH 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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