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
plurals: 1
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

AA x 1	AD x 7	AN x 14	AO x 2	AR x 13	AT x 4	AU x 4
		AOR x 1	AOU x 1
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

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

plu	6	tot
A	1	1
tot	1	1

ODOURANT, ROTUNDA, TAURODONT, TURNAROUND

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

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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