September 17, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

September 17, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 17, 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 September 17, 2020

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Center letter P: October 23, 2022
Center letter F: May 27, 2021

words: 139
score: 843 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 32
F x 13
I x 10
L x 12
N x 9
P x 52
U x 11

5L x 61
6L x 41
7L x 27
8L x 8
9L x 2

	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	17	8	7	-	-	32
F	7	5	1	-	-	13
I	4	3	2	1	-	10
L	6	4	1	1	-	12
N	4	1	2	2	-	9
P	19	17	12	3	1	52
U	4	3	2	1	1	11
tot	61	41	27	8	2	139

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	tot
I	1	-	1
P	-	1	1
tot	1	1	2

plu	6	tot
A	1	1
tot	1	1

PAINFUL, PLAINFUL, UNPAINFUL

word	length
PALILALIA	9
UNPAINFUL	9	pangram
INFAUNAL	8
LAPALAPA	8
NAUPLIAL	8
NIFFNAFF	8
PLAINFUL	8	pangram
PULLULAN	8
PUNALUAN	8
UNFILIAL	8
AFALINA	7
AFFINAL	7
ALAPANA	7
ALFALFA	7
ALNULIN	7
ANILLIN	7
AUFLAUF	7
FAUNULA	7
ILUPPAI	7
INFAUNA	7
LAPILLI	7
NAILFUL	7
NAUPLII	7
PAILFUL	7
PAINFUL	7	perfect pangram
PALINAL	7
PALLIAL	7
PAPILLA	7
PAPULLA	7
PINFALL	* 7
PINNULA	7
PIPPIAN	7
PLANFUL	7
PLANULA	7
PUNALUA	7
UNFINAL	7
UNPLAIN	7
ALALIA	6
ALANNA	6
ALFAIA	6
ALLIIN	6
ALNUIN	6
ANNUAL	6
ANNULI	^† 6
APPALL	6
FALLAL	6
FAUNAL	6
FILIAL	6
FINIAL	6
FUNANA	6
ILUPAI	6
INFALL	* 6
INFULA	6
LALLAN	6
LAPFUL	6
LAULAU	6
LUNULA	6
NANNAN	6
PALAPA	6	allowed elsewhere
PALLIA	6
PALPAL	6
PALULI	6
PANFUL	6
PANINI	6
PAPAIA	6
PAPAIN	6
PAPULA	6
PAULIN	6
PILAFF	6
PILLAU	6
PINNAL	6
PLANAL	6
PULPAL	6
PUNANI	6
PUNNAI	6
UNFAIL	6
UNNAIL	6
UNPLAN	6
AALII	5
AFLAP	5
ALAAP	5
ALALA	5
ALAPA	5
ALFIL	5
ALFIN	5
ALULA	5
ANANA	5
ANNAL	5
ANNUL	5
APALA	5
APIAN	5
APIIN	5
APPAL	5
APPUI	5
APUFF	5
FANAL	5
FAUNA	5
FINAL	5
FINNA	5
FLAFF	5
FLAIL	5
FULLA	5
ILALA	5
ILIAL	5
INIAL	5
INULA	5
LANAI	5
LAPIN	5
LAPPA	5
LAUAN	5
LIANA	5
LUFFA	5
NALLA	5
NANNA	5
NAPPA	5
NULLA	5
PAILA	5
PALLA	5
PALLU	5
PALPI	5
PANIN	5
PANNI	5
PAPAL	5
PAPAU	5
PAPPI	5
PFAFF	5
PILAF	5
PILAU	5
PINNA	5
PIPAL	5
PLAIN	5
PLANA	5
PUFFA	5
PULLA	5
PUPAL	5
UINAL	5
ULPAN	5
UNLAP	5
UPUPA	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AF x 3	AL x 14	AN x 6	AP x 7	AU x 1
FA x 5	FI x 4	FL x 2	FU x 2
IL x 4	IN x 6
LA x 9	LI x 1	LU x 2
NA x 7	NI x 1	NU x 1
PA x 26	PF x 1	PI x 10	PL x 6	PU x 9
UI x 1	UL x 1	UN x 8	UP x 1

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