December 15, 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 15, 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 . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
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Center letter D: January 11, 2025Center letter R: July 23, 2023
Center letter O: March 27, 2022
words: 143
score: 868 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 4
bingo: yes
A x 33
D x 23
M x 29
O x 1
P x 45
R x 7
U x 5
5L x 69
6L x 35
7L x 20
8L x 14
9L x 3
10L x 2
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| A | 21 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 33 |
| D | 12 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | 23 |
| M | 16 | 7 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 12 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 45 |
| R | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| U | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| tot | 69 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 143 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AD x 5 | AM x 7 | AO x 1 | AP x 5 | AR x 11 | AU x 4 |
| DA x 8 | DO x 11 | DR x 3 | DU x 1 | ||
| MA x 18 | MO x 6 | MU x 5 | |||
| OP x 1 | |||||
| PA x 28 | PO x 9 | PR x 3 | PU x 5 | ||
| RA x 5 | RO x 1 | RR x 1 | |||
| UM x 2 | UP x 2 | UR x 1 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | tot |
| A | 1 | - | 1 |
| R | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| U | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 3 | 1 | 4 |
PARAMOUDRA, POMPADOUR
| word | length | |||
| MORMAORDOM | 10 | |||
| PARAMOUDRA | 10 | pangram | ||
| MUDARDARA | 9 | |||
| PARAMPARA | 9 | |||
| POMPADOUR | 9 | pangram | ||
| PAPPADAM | 8 | |||
| PAPPADOM | 8 | |||
| PAPPADUM | 8 | |||
| PARADROP | 8 | |||
| PARAMOUR | 8 | |||
| PARAPARA | 8 | |||
| PAUROPOD | 8 | |||
| POMPADOM | 8 | |||
| POMPADOR | 8 | |||
| POPPADOM | 8 | |||
| POPPADUM | 8 | |||
| PRODROMA | 8 | |||
| PUMAPARD | 8 | |||
| RAMARAMA | 8 | |||
| APUDOMA | 7 | |||
| DAMMARA | 7 | |||
| DODDARD | 7 | |||
| DOURADA | 7 | |||
| MAMPARA | 7 | |||
| MAORMOR | 7 | |||
| MOMPARA | 7 | |||
| MORMAOR | 7 | |||
| PAPADAM | 7 | |||
| PAPADOM | 7 | |||
| PAPADUM | 7 | |||
| PARADOR | 7 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| PARAPOD | 7 | |||
| PARUPPU | 7 | |||
| POPADOM | 7 | |||
| POPADUM | 7 | |||
| PROPOMA | 7 | |||
| PUPADOM | 7 | |||
| PURPURA | 7 | |||
| ROADMAP | * 7 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| ADROOP | 6 | |||
| AMADOU | 6 | |||
| AMDRAM | * 6 | |||
| AMOMUM | 6 | |||
| AOUDAD | 6 | |||
| ARDOUR | 6 | |||
| ARMADA | 6 | |||
| ARMADO | 6 | |||
| ARMOUR | 6 | |||
| AROURA | 6 | |||
| AURORA | 6 | |||
| DAMARU | 6 | |||
| DAMMAR | 6 | |||
| DAPDAP | 6 | |||
| DARUMA | 6 | |||
| DOODAD | 6 | |||
| DORADO | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| DORAMA | 6 | |||
| DRAPUR | 6 | |||
| MADURO | 6 | |||
| MAOMAO | 6 | |||
| MARAUD | 6 | |||
| MARRAM | 6 | |||
| MARUPA | 6 | |||
| MORADA | 6 | |||
| MURRAM | 6 | |||
| PAOPAO | 6 | |||
| PAPPAD | 6 | |||
| PARAMO | 6 | |||
| PARDAO | 6 | |||
| PARDAU | 6 | |||
| POROMA | 6 | |||
| RAMADA | 6 | |||
| RAMROD | * 6 | |||
| UPROAR | * 6 | |||
| ADDRA | 5 | |||
| ADPAO | 5 | |||
| ADRAD | 5 | |||
| ADROP | 5 | |||
| AMARO | 5 | |||
| AMARU | 5 | |||
| AMORA | 5 | |||
| AMOUR | 5 | |||
| APOOP | 5 | |||
| APPAM | 5 | |||
| APPOM | 5 | |||
| APPRO | 5 | |||
| ARARA | 5 | |||
| ARDOR | 5 | |||
| ARMOR | 5 | |||
| AROAR | 5 | |||
| AROMA | 5 | |||
| ARURA | 5 | |||
| AUDAD | 5 | |||
| AURAR | 5 | |||
| AURUM | 5 | |||
| DADDA | 5 | |||
| DAMAR | 5 | |||
| DAMMA | 5 | |||
| DODAD | 5 | |||
| DOMRA | 5 | |||
| DORAD | 5 | |||
| DOUAR | 5 | |||
| DOUMA | 5 | |||
| DOURA | 5 | |||
| DRAMA | 5 | |||
| DRAPA | 5 | |||
| DURRA | 5 | |||
| MADAM | 5 | |||
| MADDA | 5 | |||
| MAMMA | 5 | |||
| MAPAU | 5 | |||
| MAPOU | 5 | |||
| MARMA | 5 | |||
| MAROR | 5 | |||
| MARRA | 5 | |||
| MARUA | 5 | |||
| MARUM | 5 | |||
| MAUMA | 5 | |||
| MOMMA | 5 | |||
| MORRA | 5 | |||
| MUDAR | 5 | |||
| MUDRA | 5 | |||
| MURRA | 5 | |||
| OPARA | 5 | |||
| PADAM | 5 | |||
| PADMA | 5 | |||
| PAMPA | 5 | |||
| PAPAD | 5 | |||
| PAPAU | 5 | |||
| PARDO | 5 | |||
| PARMA | 5 | |||
| PARRO | 5 | |||
| POPPA | 5 | |||
| PRAAM | 5 | |||
| PURAU | 5 | |||
| PURDA | 5 | |||
| RADAR | 5 | |||
| RAUPO | 5 | |||
| RRAUP | 5 | |||
| UMADA | 5 | |||
| UMARA | 5 | |||
| UPUPA | 5 | |||
| URUPA | 5 |
* compound(ish) word